For Immediate Release
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RESULTS– 2.3.04
Contact: Christina Cracolici
Phone: (781) 283-2003
E-mail: ccracoli@wellesley.edu
WELLESLEY UPENDS MOUNT HOLYOKE 59-55
SOUTH HADLEY, MASS. – Behind by three points
at 55-52 Wellesley outscored Mount Holyoke College 7-0 over the
final three minutes of action to upend the Lyons 59-55 in a New
England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference basketball
match-up Tuesday in South Hadley. With the win Wellesley snaps a
three-game skid and improves to 7-9 overall and 3-5 in the NEWMAC.
Mount Holyoke falls to 15-4 overall and 6-3 in league play.
Kristin Doeberl (West Redding, Conn.) scored four of her game-high
16 points in the final push to pace the Blue while Erin Johnson
(Westhampton Beach, N.Y.) added three points, including a jumper
with seven seconds remaining to seal the win. Johnson ended
the game with 10 points and three assists.
In a game with 12 lead changes and five ties, Mount Holyoke entered
the halftime break holding onto the lead as Christine Godin (Lunenburg,
Mass.) connected on a buzzer-beating jump-shot for a 28-26 advantage.
The Lyons would lead by as many as eight points early in the second
half before Wellesley clawed its way back to take its first lead
of the second half at 41-39 as sophomore Hadley Diest (Mendota Heights,
Minn.) connected on a three-pointer for her only points of the night
with 12:43 remaining. Mount Holyoke quickly countered, however,
reclaiming the lead at 45-41 with just over 10 minutes remaining
as Godin, Sara Belding (Sebastopol, Calif.) and Jonee Billy (New
York, N.Y.) each scored two points a piece. Godin would finish the
game with 10 points and two assists while Billy led Mount Holyoke
with 14 points and seven rebounds.
Both teams would trade baskets the rest of the way with Mount Holyoke
holding on to a slim advantage as Wellesley pulled to within one
point five times over the next eight minutes. Angela Astuccio (Foxboro,
Mass.), who ended the game with 10 points, would score Mount Holyoke’s
final basket of the game with 2:35 remaining for a 55-52 Lyon lead
before Wellesley would close the game with seven unanswered points
for the win.
NCAA Div. III Women’s Basketball: Wellesley 59, Mount Holyoke
55
Wellesley College vs Mount Holyoke College
2/3/04 7:00 at Kendall Hall, South Hadley, MA
WELLESLEY COLLEGE (7-9 (3-5 NEWMAC))
DOEBERL, Kristin 8-15 0-0 16; JOHNSON, Erin 4-10 1-2 10; WESLANDER,
Laura 3-12 0-0 8; HARRIS, Bridget 2-3 3-4 8; JASINSKI, Laura 3-5
0-0 6; ADASI, Sefi 2-3 0-0 4; DIEST, Hadley 1-2 0-0 3; ALLUKIAN,
Alex 1-2 0-0 2;
ROMASCO, Catie 1-1 0-2 2. Totals 25-53 4-8 59.
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE (15-4 (6-3 NEWMAC))
Billy, Jonee 7-17 0-0 14; Astuccio, Angela 3-5 4-4 10; Godin, Christine
2-56-7 10; Belding, Sara 3-9 0-0 7; Silvey, Joeanna 2-6 2-3 6; Powers,
Jeanne2-5 0-0 5; Groth, Emily 1-2 0-0 3; Donatiello Christina 0-1
0-0 0. Totals 20-50 12-14 55.
Wellesley College
26 33 59
Mount Holyoke College 28
27 55
3-point goals-Wellesley College 5-14 (WESLANDER, Laura 2-7; JOHNSON,
Erin 1-2; DIEST, Hadley 1-1; HARRIS, Bridget 1-1; ALLUKIAN, Alex
0-1; DOEBERL, Kristin 0-2), Mount Holyoke College 3-11 (Belding,
Sara 1-4; Powers, Jeanne 1-4; Groth, Emily 1-1; Silvey, Joeanna
0-1; Astuccio, Angela 0-1).
Fouled out--Wellesley College-None, Mount Holyoke College-None.
Rebounds-Wellesley College 32 (JASINSKI, Laura 7), Mount Holyoke
College 26 (Billy, Jonee 7)
Assists-Wellesley College 13 (WESLANDER, Laura 4; ROMASCO, Catie
4), Mount Holyoke College 9 (Belding, Sara 4).
Total fouls-Wellesley College 14, Mount Holyoke College 16. A-80
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