For Immediate Release
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RESULTS– 2.21.04
Contact: Christina Cracolici
Phone: (781) 283-2003
E-mail: ccracoli@wellesley.edu
WELLESLEY SLIPS PAST WPI 42-40
Wellesley, Mass. – Alex Allukian (Boston,
Mass./Boston Latin) scored nine points, including three of Wellesley’s
final five points of the game, as the Blue held off WPI 42-40 in
a New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference
women’s basketball tilt, Saturday at Wellesley.
Allukian scored all nine of her team-high points in the second half
as Wellesley improves to 11-10 overall and 7-6 in conference action
while WPI falls to 15-10 and 8-5. Junior Erin Johnson (Westhampton
Beach, N.Y.) added eight points and a team-high four assists for
the Blue while Kristin Doeberl (West Redding, Conn.) chipped in
with six points and a game-high nine rebounds.
WPI’s Lee Helberg (South Yarmouth, Mass.) led two Engineers
players in double-figures scoring a game-high 14 points while Allison
Wing (Brewer, Maine) netted 11 points to go along with five rebounds,
five assists and four steals.
Trailing by four points with under a minute to play, WPI’s
Wing brought the Engineers to within two points at 42-40 on a driving
lay-up with 35 seconds remaining. After a missed lay-up from Johnson,
WPI regained possession and had two chances to knot the game up
in the final twelve seconds, including a team-offensive rebound,
but both shots found nothing but iron as time expired.
Both teams struggled to find their range early on in the game as
Wellesley took a slim 19-17 halftime advantage after low scoring
first half. Wellesley shot 31.8 percent from the field in the first
half connecting on 7-of-22 shots while WPI finished 8-of-29 shots
in the opening stanza for a 27.6 field goal percentage. For the
game Wellesley connected on 17-of-46 shots, shooting 37 percent
from the field while WPI was 17-for-58 shooting 29.3 percent.
NCAA Div. III Women’s Basketball: Wellesley
42, WPI 40
2/21/04 2 p.m. at Towne Fieldhouse, Wellesley College
WPI (15-10, 8-5)
Lee Helberg 6-16 2-2 14; Allison Wing 5-16 0-0 11; Kate Herchenroder
3-6 0-0 6; Meghan Pajonas 1-5 2-2 4; Sarah Doyon 1-7 0-0 2; Karissa
Barnes 1-2 0-0 2; Becky Duhaime 0-1 1-2 1; Ashley Zalucky 0-4 0-0
0; Tiffany Madsen 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 17-58 5-6 40.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE (11-10, 7-6)
ALLUKIAN, Alex 3-5 3-6 9; JOHNSON, Erin 2-8 4-5 8; ADASI, Sefi 3-4
0-0 6; DOEBERL, Kristin 3-7 0-0 6; WESLANDER, Laura 2-11 0-0 5;
JASINSKI, Laura 2-4 0-0 4; DIEST, Hadley 1-1 0-0 2; ROMASCO, Catie
1-4 0-0 2; SENECAL, Elizabeth
0-2 0-0 0. Totals 17-46 7-11 42.
WPI
17 23 40
Wellesley College 19
23 42
3-point goals-WPI 1-12 (Allison Wing 1-5; Kate Herchenroder 0-1;
Sarah Doyon 0-3; Ashley Zalucky 0-2; Lee Helberg 0-1), Wellesley
College 1-8 (WESLANDER, Laura 1-3; JOHNSON, Erin 0-2; ROMASCO, Catie
0-2; SENECAL, Elizabeth 0-1).
Fouled out--WPI-None, Wellesley College-None.
Rebounds-WPI 33 (Sarah Doyon 5; Meghan Pajonas 5; Allison Wing 5),
Wellesley College 38 (DOEBERL, Kristin 9).
Assists-WPI 11 (Allison Wing 5), Wellesley College 10 (JOHNSON,
Erin 4).
Total fouls-WPI 11, Wellesley College 12.
Attendance -84
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