For Immediate Release
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL – 12.6.02
Contact: Christina Cracolici
Phone: (781) 283-2003
E-mail: ccracoli@wellesley.edu
Swarthmore, Mt. Holyoke, Vassar and Wellesley Pick Up Wins In
First Day of Seven Sisters Basketball Championship.
WELLESLEY, MASS. – After the first day of
the 2002 Seven Sisters Basketball Championship, Swarthmore, the
defending champion, Mt. Holyoke, Vassar, the 2001 runners-up and
Wellesley College each earned wins. Swarthmore escaped Smith with
a 56-53 overtime victory in the final game, while Mt. Holyoke, Vassar
and Wellesley each picked up double-digit victories. Mt. Holyoke
defeated St. Joseph's 77-44, while Vassar downed Haverford 50-33
and Wellesley cruised past Bryn Mawr 80-30. The Seven Sisters Basketball
Championship is being hosted by Wellesley College. All games are
played at the Dorothy Towne Fieldhouse, December 6-8, 2002.
In the nightcap, trailing 48-45 to Smith, 2-3, with seconds remaining
Swarthmore's Debra Farrelly (Lebanon, N.J.) banked in a buzzer-beating
three-point field goal to push the Garnet's into overtime. Farrelly
then connected on two more trifectas in the overtime stanza to give
Swarthmore, 4-1, the 56-53 overtime win.
Farrelly ended the game with five three-pointers and a team-high
21 points. Smith had four players in double digits led by 13 points
from Shelly Harrison (Reston, Va.) and 12 points from Dasen Woitkowski
(Pittsfield, Mass.). Harrison finished with a near triple-double
on 13 points, 12 rebounds and eight block shots.
In the third game, Wellesley College, 3-3, shot 62.2 percent from
the field on 33-of-53 shooting to down Bryn Mawr, 80-50. Sophomore
Bridget Harris (Newbury Park, Calif.) and senior Kelly Grover (Westbrook,
Maine) combined for 36 points, netting 18 points a piece to lead
Wellesley. Grover was an outstanding 9-for-10 from the floor in
just 22 minutes of action. Junior Elizabeth Senecal (Wellesley,
Mass.) paced the Blue in the rebounding department with a game-high
14 rebounds to give Wellesley a 43-18 advantage on the boards.
Bryn Mawr's Deb Charamella (Springfield, Pa.) played well on the
floor for the Mawrters, 0-5, with five points, four assists, and
four steals, while Vanessa von Hagen (Wallingford, Pa.) netted a
team-high 15 points.
In the second game, Vassar broke open a close game, leading 21-20
at the half, to defeat Haverford 50-33, shooting 72 percent from
the floor in the second half. Natalie Serkowski (Clinton Corners,
N.Y.) paced Vassar, 2-3, with 13 points while Stacey Tiamfook (Brooklyn,
N.Y.) and Christine Wegner (Bristol, Conn.) each chipped in with
eight points a piece.
Haverford, 2-3, Catie Kimura (Kamuela, Hawaii) led the Fords with
12 points, two assists and two rebounds in 40 minutes of action
while Claire Scribner (Basking Ridge, N.J.) chipped in with nine
points and eight rebounds.
In the opening game, Mount Holyoke, 2-3, outscored St. Joseph's,
now 2-1, 41-21 in the first half and never looked back en route
to a 77-44 win. Mount Holyoke's Maeve Baroa (Norwell, Mass.) scored
a game-high 18 points on 6-for-11 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds
to lead the Lyons while Kara Bergeron (Houston, Texas) chipped in
with 14 points, five rebounds and four assists.
St. Joseph's Edna Caamano (East Hartford, Conn.) was the lone Blue
Jay to score in double-figures with 10 points.
Bryn Mawr will play Haverford, December 7 at 10 a.m.. Smith will
play St. Joseph's at noon; Wellesley will play Vassar at 2 p.m.
and Swarthmore will face Mount Holyoke at 4 p.m.
Wellesley (3-2) 80
Carbonello 3 2-2 8; Diest 1 2-2 4; Romasco 0 1-2 1; Senecal 2 2-3
6; Harris 7 4-4 18; Weslander 5 0-0 13; Kim 2 0-0 4; Grover 9 0-0
18; Johnson 4 0-0 9 Totals 33 11-13 80
Bryn Mawr (0-5) 30
Von Hagen 6 0-0 15; Charamella 2 1-1 5; Venditta 0 0-0 0; Ejelona
2 0-0 4; Romero 1 0-0 2; Fedak 1 0-0 2; Kutteruf 1 0-0 2; Freeman
0 0-0 0 Totals 13 1-1 30
Three Point Field Goals: Wellesley - Weslander 2, Johnson Bryn
Mawr - von Hagen 3
Halftime: Wellesley 44-19
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