For Immediate Release
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RESULTS– 11.22.03
Contact: Christina Cracolici
Phone: (781) 283-2003
E-mail: ccracoli@wellesley.edu
WELLESLEY OPENS SEASON WITH 57-52 WIN OVER ALBERTUS MAGNUS
Williamstown, Mass. – Trailing by nine points
late in the second half, Wellesley College put together an 18-4
run over the final 10 minutes of the game to earn a season-opening
57-52 win against Albertus Magnus (0-1) in the first game of the
Williams College Invitational. Wellesley (1-0) will play the winner
of the Williams/Bay Path game, Sunday in the invitational championship
game at 3 p.m.
Behind 48-39 with just under nine minutes to play, Wellesley ran
off 12 unanswered points as first-year Alex Allukian (Boston, Mass./Boston
Latin) scored all seven of her points to spark the run, including
a put-back on an offensive rebound to give Wellesley its first lead
of the second half with five minutes remaining at 49-48. Erin Johnson
(Westhampton, N.Y.) tallied six points in the decisive run, including
a jumper with just five seconds remaining to seal the 57-52 win.
Both teams entered the second half with the score knotted at 25
points apiece but Albertus Magnus opened up the half with an 11-2
run behind five points from Tara Cruz (West Haven, Conn.) to take
a 36-27 lead. Wellesley cut the lead to three at 40-37 as sophomore
Catie Romasco (Worcester, Mass.) connected on two jumpers and passed
off one of her team-high five assists, but Albertus Magnus answered
quickly with a 6-2 mini-run to reclaim its nine-point advantage
with 9:16 remaining.
Johnson had a team-high 13 points and eight rebounds to pace Wellesley
while Kristin Doeberl (West Redding, Conn.) chipped in with eight
points and four rebounds. First-year Laura Jasinksi (Amherst, Mass.)
hauled in a game-high 11 rebounds.
Albertus Magnus was led by a game-high 18 points from Natalia Perlaza
(Wallingford, Conn.) and eight points and five assists from Cruz.
Perlaza was 9-of-19 from the floor to lead all scorers, chipping
in with six rebounds and four steals.
NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball
– Wellesley 57, Albertus Magnus 52 (at Williams Invitational)
Wellesley (1-0)
Romasco 2 2-2 6; Doeberl 3 2-2 8; Diest 1 2-2 4; Johnson 6 1-2 13;
Jasinski 1 4-4 6; Worell 0 0-0 0; Adasi 2 0-0 4; Senecal 1 2-3 4;
Weslander 2 1-2 5; Allukian 3 1-1 7 Totals 21 15-18 57
Albertus Magnus (0-1)
Pollack 1 0-0 2; Jefferys 2 0-0 4; Perlaza 9 0-2 18; Raspardo 2
0-0 4; Cruz 3 2-4 8; Dixon 1 0-0 2; Lotko 0 0-0 0; Leonelli 1 0-0
2; Lumus 3 0-0 6; Young 3 0-0 6; Crespo 0 0-0 0 Totals 25
2-6 52
Three-Point Field Goals: Wellesley – none ; Albertus Mangus
- none
Halftime – Tied 25-25
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