Beard Considered Week-to-Week

WASHINGTON, D.C. – General Manager Linda Hargrove announced today
that Alana Beard has a strained left shoulder. The Mystics athletic
trainer as well as the team doctor expects the guard to be week-to-
week. Beard injured her shoulder overseas while playing in Italy
with USA Basketball.

Beard played in 32 games in 2006 and averaged a team high 31.1
minutes per game and 19.2 points per game. Last season, Beard was
named a starter for the Eastern Conference in the 2006 WNBA All-Star
game. She was also on the USA Basketball World Championship team
that won a Bronze medal in the 2006 FIBA World Championship in
Brazil.

"She's obviously doing everything she can to get back on the
basketball court as quickly as possible. With that said we don't
want to take any chances and we want to make sure she's strong and
not set her up for additional injuries," said General Manager, Linda
Hargrove. "It's a strained shoulder so we'll evaluate her pretty
much at the end of each week and see what progress she's made."

The Mystics will tip off its tenth season on Saturday May 19th at
6:00 p.m. when the team hosts conference rival, Connecticut Sun.
Washington will be the host of the 2007 WNBA All- Star game on July
15th. Season tickets, partial plans and All-Star tickets are
currently on sale and can be purchased by calling the Mystics Sales
Office at 1-877-DC-HOOP1 or by visiting the Mystics web site at
www.washingtonmystics.com.