For Immediate Release
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL – 12.8.02
Contact: Christina Cracolici
Phone: (781) 283-2003
E-mail: ccracoli@wellesley.edu
Mount Holyoke Holds Off Wellesley To Claim 2002 Seven Sisters
Basketball Championship
WELLESLEY, CONN. – Christine Godin (Lunenburg,
Mass.) scored four of her 11 points, converting a lay-up and two
free throws, in the final 30 seconds of action to lead Mount Holyoke,
5-2, to the 2002 Seven Sisters Basketball Championship with a 57-54
win over Wellesley College, Sunday at Wellesley College. With the
win Mount Holyoke claimed its first Seven Sisters Basketball Championship
since 1983, also with a win over Wellesley
Trailing by eight points, 51-43, with four minutes remaining in
the game following a Godin jumper, Wellesley, 4-3, clawed its way
back to within two points on the heels of an 8-2 run. Wellesley's
Bridget Harris (Newbury Park, Calif.) started the run, draining
her first three-point field goal of the night on a cross-court feed
from first-year Laura Weslander (Mendota Heights, Minn.).
Harris then found Kelly Grover (Westbrook, Maine) at the top of
the key for a short jumper to cut the lead to 51-48. Senior Christine
Carbonello (Londonderry, N.H.), the 2002 Seven Sisters Basketball
Most Valuable Player, drained a 15-footer on an assist from Weslander
before Mount Holyoke's Sara Belding (Sebastol, Calif.) knocked down
a long jumper with 1:35 remaining for a 53-50 lead.
Wellesley's Harris hit the front-end of a one-and-one with 29 second
remaining to cut the lead to two at 53-51, but it was as close as
Wellesley would get the rest of the way as Godin took over the game
for Mount Holyoke.
Mount Holyoke had three players in double figures led by 17 points
and seven rebounds from Jessica Justice (Doylestown, Pa.) Maeve
Baroa (Norwell, Mass.) had 12 points while Godin finished with 11
points.
Wellesley also had three players in double-figures led by a 15-point,
11-rebound performance from Harris. Grover also had a double-double
for the Blue with 14 points and 12 rebounds while Carbonello had
13 points, four assists and four rebounds.
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Mount Holyoke (5-2) 57
Godin 4 3-4 11; Colby 0 0-0 0; Bergeron 0 0-0 0; Belding 3 0-0 7;
Brennan 0 0-0 0; Powers 0 0-0 0; Baumann 0 0-0 0; Justice 8 1-2
17; Billy 0 0-0 0; Barao 5 0-0 12; Donatiello 0 0-0 0; Shea 1 0-0
2; Huran 4 0-0 8; Bannish 0 0-0 0 Totals 25 4-6 57
Wellesley (4-3) 54
Carbonello 5 2-2 13; Diest 0 0-0 0; Romasco 1 2-4 4; Senecal 1 0-0
2; Harris 2 10-12; Weslander 0 0-0 0; Kim 1 0-0 2; Grover 7 0-1
14; Johnson 1 2-2 4 Totals 18 16-21 54
Halftime 23-23
Three Point Field Goals: MHC - Belding, Barao 2 Wellesley - Carbonello,
Harris.
2002 Sevens Sisters Basketball All-Tournament Team
Christine Carbonello, Wellesley College
Sarah Belding, Mount Holyoke
Katie Robinson, Swarthmore
Bridget Harris, Wellesley College
Jessica Justice, Mount Holyoke
Dasen Woitkowski, Smith
Carleen Aubee, Vassar
Debra Farrelly, Swarthmore
Shelley Harrison, Smith
Carbonello - Tournament MVP
Robinson - Tournament Best Defensive Player
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