For Immediate Release
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RESULTS– 1.17.04
Contact: Christina Cracolici
Phone: (781) 283-2003
E-mail: ccracoli@wellesley.edu
WELLESLEY DOWNS MIT 72-37
Cambridge, Mass. – Wellesley shot 50 percent
from the field, connecting on 14-of-28 field goals in the opening
half, to build a 17-point 39-22 lead at intermission and never
looked back en route to a 72-37 win over MIT in a New England Women’s
and Men’s Athletic Conference women’s basketball match-up
Saturday at MIT.
Wellesley’s Laura Weslander (Mendota Heights, Washington)
scored a career-best 15 points, including three three-point field
goals on 3-for-4 shooting from beyond the arc, to lead a solid team
scoring effort as five players scored at least eight points for
the Blue. With the win Wellesley evens out at 6-6 overall
and 2-2 in league action while MIT drops to 1-8 and 0-3.
First-year Laura Jasinski (Amherst, Mass) and sophomore Hadley Diest
(Otsego, Mich.) scored 11 and nine points respectively while Kristin
Doeberl (Redding, Conn.) and Sefi Adasi (Rockville, Md.) chipped
in with eight points a piece. Jasinski, Adasi and Doeberl shared
team rebounding honors collecting eight rebounds each as Wellesley
out-rebounded MIT 50-31.
Rayna Zacks paced the Engineers with 14 points and a game-high nine
rebounds and Maria Hidalgo chipped in with nine points and five
rebounds, but it wasn’t enough as MIT gave up 22 offensive
rebounds and committed 26 turnovers.
Wellesley returns to action January 20 at 7 p.m. against NEWMAC
rival Smith. The game will be played at Regis College.
NCAA Div. III Women’s Basketball: Wellesley
72, MIT 37
Wellesley (6-6, 2-2 NEWMAC)
Romasco 1 3-4 5; Doeberl 4 0-0 8; Adasi 2 4-4 8; Weslander 6 0-3
15; Johnson 3 0-0 6; Diest 3 2-3 9; Worrell 0 0-0 0; Senecal 0 0-0
0; Harris 2 2-2 6; Allukian 2 0-0 4; Jasinski 3 5-6 11 Totals: 26
16-22 72
MIT (1-8, 0-3 NEWMAC )
Mahjub 2 0-0 4; Dooley 0 0-0 0; Hidalgo 4 0-0 9; Zacks 7 0-2 14;
Margossian 0 1-2 1; Tsai 0 0-0 0; Ruchelsman 1 0-0 3; Moghabeli
0 0-0 0; Kinnaman 3 0-0 6; Walls 0 0-0 0; Ha 0 0-0 0 Totals 17 1-4
37
Three Point Field Goals: Wellesley – Weslander
3; Diest MIT – Hidalgo, Ruchelsman
Halftime: Wellesley 39-22
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