For Immediate Release
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RESULTS– 2.24.04
Contact: Christina Cracolici
Phone: (781) 283-2003
E-mail: ccracoli@wellesley.edu
Boxscore
CLARK CLIPS WELLESLEY 64-43 TO ADVANCE TO THE NEWMAC CHAMPIONSHIP
SEMIFINALS
Worcester, Mass. – Four Clark players scored
in double figures as the second seed Cougars downed seventh-seed
Wellesley College 64-43 in quarterfinal action of the 2004 New England
Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference women’s
basketball tournament. Clark (19-6) advances to the semifinal of
the NEWMAC Championship and will play third-seed Mount Holyoke Friday,
February 27 at 5:30 p.m. at Springfield College. Mount
Holyoke defeated Smith in its quarterfinal match-up 60-41.
Echo Freeman (Maynard, Mass.) led the Cougars with 16 points on
6-for-7 shooting while Ashley Auclair (Williamsburg, Mass.), Andrea
Comen (Holden, Mass.) and Rachael Turkington (Holland, Mass.) netted
13, 12 and 10 points respectively.
Erin Johnson (Westhampton Beach, N.Y.) paced Wellesley (11-11) with
a game-high 20 points. Kristin Doeberl (West Redding, Conn.) chipped
in with nine points, five rebounds, two assists and three steals
for the Blue which was hampered by a 33.3 field goal percentage,
connecting on just 14-for-42 shots for the game.
Clark took control of the game midway through the second half, outscoring
Wellesley 21-5 during a key eight minute stretch. Holding on to
a five-point lead at 37-32 with 12:11 remaining, the Cougars rattled
off 11 unanswered points to take a commanding 48-32 lead with just
under eight minutes to play as Wellesley went ice-cold missing five
straight shots. Clark’s Comen scored four of her 13
points in the run, while Turkington nailed one of her two three-pointers.
Wellesley snapped its scoring drought scoring its first field goal
in over four minutes on a jumper from sophomore Hadley Diest (Mendota
Heights, Minn.) to cut the lead to 13 at 48-35 with seven minutes
to play, but it was as close as they would get the rest of the way
as Clark would outscore the Blue 10-2 over the next three minutes
to take its largest lead of the game at 21 points at 58-37 with
3:58 to play.
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NCAA Div. III Women’s Basketball: NEWMAC
QUARTERFINAL - #2 Clark 64, # 7 Wellesley 43
02/24/04 8:00 pm at Worcester, MA, Kneller Athetic Center
WELLESLEY COLLEGE (11-11)
JOHNSON, Erin 6-15 5-7 20; DOEBERL, Kristin 3-8 3-4 9; HARRIS, Bridget
1-2 4-4 6; ROMASCO, Catie 2-5 0-2 4; DIEST, Hadley 1-3 0-0 2; ALLUKIAN,
Alex 1-3 0-0 2; JASINSKI, Laura 0-3 0-0 0; WESLANDER, Laura 0-2
0-0 0; ADASI, Sefi 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 14-42 12-17 43.
CLARK UNIVERSITY (19-6)
Echo Freeman 6-7 4-6 16; Ashley Auclair 6-9 1-2 13; Andrea Comen
6-9 0-0 12; Rachael Turkington 4-11 0-1 10; Abby Pineo 3-8 1-1 7;
Brittney Wickles 1-4 2-2 4; Heather Kamyck 1-2 0-0 2; Dayna Greenfield
0-3 0-0 0; Meghan Donnelly 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-54 8-12 64.
Wellesley College 19
24 43
Clark University 22 42
64
3-point goals-Wellesley College 3-14 (JOHNSON, Erin 3-8; ROMASCO,
Catie 0-2; DIEST, Hadley 0-2; WESLANDER, Laura 0-2), Clark University
2-9 (Rachael Turkington 2-6; Abby Pineo 0-1; Dayna Greenfield 0-2).
Fouled out—Wellesley College-None, Clark University-None.
Rebounds-Wellesley College 31 (ALLUKIAN, Alex 6), Clark University
32 (Abby Pineo 5).
Assists-Wellesley College 8 (ROMASCO, Catie 3), Clark University
17 (Rachael Turkington 7).
Total fouls-Wellesley College 13, Clark University 15.
A-250
2004 NEWMAC Women's Basketball Championship Quarterfinal
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