Liz Schultz, Dickinson
What Did We Learn?
- Johns Hopkins' magic number for clinching the regular-season title and top seed for the Conference tournament is one.
- Muhlenberg and Ursinus secured playoff berths with victories.
- Haverford's magic number for gaining its first-ever Centennial tournament berth is one - a win or a loss by Gettysburg and Washington College.
Johns Hopkins 67, Ursinus 46
Despite it being senior day in Goldfarb Gym, it was junior Alex
Vassila who led the #22 Johns Hopkins women’s basketball
team to a 67-46 victory over Ursinus, Saturday afternoon, in a key
Centennial Conference clash. Vassila paced the Blue Jays in scoring
with 16 points while pulled down a career-high 16 rebounds for her
eighth double-double of the season. Chantal Mattiola added 11
points and three assists while Stephanie Fong chipped in eight.
Lindsay Teuber led all scoring with 20 points.
Franklin & Marshall 64, Swarthmore
47
An early first half run gave Franklin & Marshall a
comfortable lead en route to a 64-47 victory over Swarthmore in
Centennial Conference (CC) women's basketball action Saturday
afternoon. The Diplomats (17-6, 13-4 CC) extended their win streak
to five games while the Garnet (8-14, 6-12 CC) dropped their fifth
in a row. Allison Bauer paced the Diplomats with game-highs of 19
points and four steals, while Alexa Barbush contributed 18 points.
Megan
Pauley pulled down eight rebounds and had a game-high three
blocks. Elle Larsen led the way for the Garnet with 16 points and
seven boards, while Katie Lytle added nine points and a game-high
13 rebounds.
Muhlenberg 66, McDaniel 54
During the Senior Day ceremonies before the Muhlenberg
women’s basketball game against McDaniel, senior Kathleen
Naddaff said she had trouble catching her breath because she was so
emotional. Luckily for the Mules, they had no such trouble
of their own as they used a strong first-half run to open up enough
breathing room that they were able to weather a return run by the
Green Terror for a 66-54 win that clinched a spot in the Centennial
Conference playoffs. It’s the seventh straight playoff trip
for the Mules (18-5, 13-5), who moved into sole possession of third
place in the CC thanks to Ursinus’ loss at first-place Johns
Hopkins. They are still one game back of second-place Franklin
& Marshall. Alexandra Chili finished with 18 points and a
career-high 15 rebounds for the fourth double-double of her career.
Emma Wingerd and Steph Perez led the Terror with 11 points.
Washington College 58, Gettysburg
50
Senior guard Meghan
Tait (Oxford, PA/Oxford Area) became Washington College's
all-time career leader in made free throws as the visiting
Shorewomen knocked off host Gettysburg, 58-50, in a Centennial
Conference women's basketball game this afternoon in Gettysburg,
PA. The win was the Shorewomen's (14-9, 9-9 Centennial) second-ever
road win over the Bullets (11-12, 9-9) and their first since
1996. Gettysburg had won 10 straight home games over
Washington. Tait led all players with 18 points and seven assists
and also brought down 11 rebounds in the win. Kelly Mitchell and
senior guard Sally
O'Donnell (Cape May Court House, NJ/Wildwood Catholic) added 10
points each. Sara Kinsley led Gettysburg with 10 points and game
highs of 15 rebounds and six blocked shots. The Shorewomen's only
previous road win over the Bullets was a 61-55 triumph on January
27, 1996.
Dickinson 71, Bryn Mawr 29
The Dickinson College women's basketball team rolled to a
71-29 win at Bryn Mawr on Saturday afternoon. The Red Devils were
strong out of the gate and never let up, stretching the lead to
33-8 in the first half before a late bucket made the score 33-10 at
the break. First-year Liz
Schultz (Dunmore, Pa./Scranton Prep) scored a game-high 18
points on 8-of-11 shooting and controlled six rebounds. Junior Bridget
Borgese (Swarthmore, Pa./Notre Dame de Namur) tallied 17
points, eight rebounds, including seven offensive, and three
steals. Nicolette Parmese led Bryn Mawr (0-22, 0-17) with 15 points
and eight rebounds.