Wellesley Athletics News Releases

COAST GUARD HALTS WELLESLEY 62-53

NEW LONDON, CONN. – Lis Bosma had 26 points, 16 of those in the second half, leading Coast Guard to a 62-53 win over Wellesley in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) game. Wellesley used an 11-0 run to take its biggest lead of the game 18-6 with 11:42 to go in the first half.The Bears responded with nine straight to cut the lead to 18-15 with 6:49 left in the first half.

Wellesley held a slim 22-21 advantage at the half, but Coast Guard's Jamie Russell (10 points), hit a three-pointer to open the scoring in the second half, as the Bears took their first lead of the game 24-22.

Coast Guard used an 11-2 spurt, capped by a Regina Dunn basket, to turn a 30-27 deficit into a 38-32 lead with 13:56 left in the game. With Coast Guard leading 43-39, Bosma had back-to-back baskets as the Bears took an eight-point lead with five minutes left and never looked back. Mary Arvidson added 12 points for Coast Guard (9-13, 4-7) which was playing without starting point guard Kira Peterson, who missed the game with a sprained ankle. Holly Bucheit led the Bears with 12 rebounds.

Erin Johnson (Westhampton Beach, N.Y.) led Wellesley (9-10, 5-6) with 18 points while Kristin Doeberl (West Redding, Conn.) added nine points and a team-high 10 rebounds.

(Courtesy of Coast Guard Sports Information)

NCAA Div. III Women’s Basketball: Coast Guard 62, Wellesley 53
2/14/04 1:00 at New London, Conn.

WELLESLEY (9-10, 5-6)
JOHNSON, Erin 7-15 2-2 18; DOEBERL, Kristin 4-17 1-4 9; ROMASCO, Catie 2-4 2-5 8; HARRIS, Bridget 2-6 2-4 7; WESLANDER, Laura 2-8 0-0 6; ALLUKIAN, Alex1-3 1-2 3; JASINSKI, Laura 1-4 0-0 2; SENECAL, Elizabeth 0-1 0-0 0; DIEST, Hadley 0-1 0-0 0; ADASI, Sefi 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 19-60 8-17 53.

COAST GUARD (9-13, 4-7)
Lis Bosma 9-14 7-10 26; Mary Arvidson 5-7 2-2 12; Jamie Russell 2-4 4-4 10; Amy Harmel 2-9 1-3 6; Holly Bucheit 3-7 0-0 6; Regina Dunn 1-2 0-0 2; Jen Makowski 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 22-44 14-19 62.

Wellesley 22 31 53
Coast Guard 21 41 62

3-point goals-Wellesley 7-22 (WESLANDER, Laura 2-7; ROMASCO, Catie 2-4; JOHNSON, Erin 2-4; HARRIS, Bridget 1-3; ALLUKIAN, Alex 0-1; DOEBERL, Kristin0-3), Coast Guard 4-15 (Jamie Russell 2-4; Amy Harmel 1-7; Lis Bosma 1-2;Jen Makowski 0-1; Holly Bucheit 0-1).

Fouled out: Wellesley-None, CoastGuard-None.

Rebounds: Wellesley 31 (DOEBERL, Kristin 10), Coast Guard 41 (Holly Bucheit 12).

Assists: Wellesley 7 (JOHNSON, Erin 4), Coast Guard 9 (Jamie Russell 3).

Total fouls: Wellesley 13, Coast Guard 14.