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Back to top 12/8/2007 Etown takes Blue Jay Classic title with 65-54 win over Rowan ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Elizabethtown Wins R1 Sports Blue Jay Classic Title With 65-54 Victory over Rowan; Amanda Reid Named Most Valuable Player Elizabethtown/Rowan box score ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Senior Amanda Reid (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth Area) scored a game-high 14 points and added 10 rebounds to earn Most Valuable Player honors as Elizabethtown College defeated Rowan University 65-54 in the championship game of the R1 Sports Blue Jay Classic at Thompson Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. Reid, who posted the sixth double-double of her career, went 3-for-3 from the field and 8-for-8 from the foul line while adding three assists and three blocked shots for the Blue Jays (5-2 overall), who earned the tournament championship for the first time since the 1999-2000 season. Junior Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) notched her first career double-double for the Blue Jays with 12 points and a career-high 12 rebounds while senior Erin Walton (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington County) added 10 points and five rebounds to earn a spot on the All-Tournament team. Brynn DeGroff led the Profs (4-3 overall) with 11 points, six rebounds and six steals, but she was the lone player to hit double figures as Rowan shot 30.3 percent (20-for-66) from the field and 10-for-25 (40 percent) at the foul line. The Blue Jays never trailed in the contest, but led just 36-35 at halftime as the Profs hit a pair of three-pointers in the final 1:40 of the half to cut a seven-point deficit to one. In the second half, the Blue Jays took control as they scored the first 10 points of the half while holding the Profs without a point until a basket by Michelle Lala with 14:01 to play. Walton scored six of Etown's 10 points during the run. Elizabethtown's lead would grow to as many as 14 points on three occasions, as the Profs would get no closer than nine points in the final nine minutes of the game. Jillian Kane and Amanda Jennings each scored eight points off the bench for Rowan, who received 30 of their 54 points from substitutes. Jennings also matched Lala and DeGroff for the team high with six rebounds. Overall, the Blue Jays shot 42.6 percent (20-for-47) from the field and connected on 24-of-29 (82.8 percent) at the foul line. Elizabethtown also finished with a 48-37 edge in rebounds. In the consolation game, Trinity (D.C.) defeated Penn State Harrisburg 76-54 as the Tigers (2-8 overall) were paced by 21 points from Preshuse Jackson and 14 points and 18 rebounds by Danielle Owens. The Lions (2-6 overall) received 19 points from Nicole Wallace while Sandra Adames tallied 14 points and 19 boards. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 65, ROWAN UNIVERSITY 54 Consolation game All-tournament team: Erin Walton (Etown), Kristina Wallace (Rowan), Brynn DeGroff (Rowan), Sandra Adames (Penn State Harrisburg), Ashley West (Trinity) Back to top 12/7/2007 Elizabethtown defeats Trinity 75-41 in R1 Sports Blue Jay Classic opener ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Elizabethtown Defeats Trinity (D.C.) 75-41 in Blue Jay Classic Opener Elizabethtown/Trinity box score ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Senior Erin Walton (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington County) scored a game-high 28 points as Elizabethtown College downed Trinity (D.C.) University 75-41 in the opening game of the R1 Sports Blue Jay Classic at Thompson Gymnasium on Friday night. Walton hit 10-of-21 from the field, including 4-for-7 from three-point range, as the Blue Jays (4-2 overall) forced the Tigers (1-8 overall) into 39 turnovers to advance to Saturday's championship game at 3:00 p.m. against Rowan University, which defeated Penn State Harrisburg 76-37 in Friday's other game. The Blue Jays led 33-16 at halftime behind 19 points by Walton, and went on a 21-0 run that spanned halftime to turn a 19-16 advantage into a 40-16 lead with 17:11 left in the game. First-year student Kirsti Larsen (Carlisle, PA/Boiling Springs) came off the Blue Jay bench to score a season-high 11 points as Elizabethtown finished with a 33-2 edge in bench scoring over Trinity. Preshuse Jackson led Trinity with 12 points while Ashley West added 11 points and seven rebounds as the Tigers shot 45.7 percent from the field but attempted just 35 field goals versus 64 shots by the Blue Jays. Junior Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) and first-year student Kaity Snyder (Catawissa, PA/Southern Columbia) each finished with eight points for the Blue Jays, while senior Audrey Hitz (Lebanon, PA/Annville-Cleona) grabbed a team-high eight rebounds. In Friday's other contest, Rowan led 47-8 at halftime and cruised to a 76-37 win over Penn State Harrisburg. Jillian Kane led the Profs (4-2 overall) with 12 points and seven rebounds as 13 different players reached the scoring column. Sandra Adames led the Lions (2-5 overall) with a triple-double of 10 points, 11 rebounds and 12 blocked shots. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 75, TRINITY UNIVERSITY 41 ROWAN UNIVERSITY 76, PENN STATE HARRISBURG 37 Back to top 12/4/2007 Blue Jays pick up 70-64 victory at Susquehanna ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Blue Jays Hold Off Susquehanna, 70-64 SELINSGROVE, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College hit six foul shots in the final 37 seconds to break a 64-64 tie and earn a 70-64 victory at Susquehanna University in non-conference women's basketball action on Tuesday evening. Senior Audrey Hitz (Lebanon, PA/Annville-Cleona) hit the tiebreaking foul shots with 36.4 seconds left while junior Megan Romano (Jenkintown, PA/Jenkintown) added four foul shots in the closing seconds for the Blue Jays (3-2 overall), who went 23-for-27 from the free-throw line in the contest as a team. Senior Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) and first-year student Kaity Snyder (Catawissa, PA/Southern Columbia) tied for the game high in scoring with 14 points apiece for the Blue Jays, while Hitz added 10 points and a game-high 15 rebounds and Romano tied her career high with 12 points to go with six assists. Bri McNallen led the Crusaders with 13 points and five rebounds, while Leigh Henderson added 11 points and five boards and Erika Barron finished with 10 points and four assists. Elizabethtown led 59-45 with 9:38 to play following a basket by Quinn, but the Crusaders (4-2 overall) went on a 15-1 run to tie the score at 60-60 on two foul shots by Barron with 3:21 left. Romano hit two foul shots with 3:06 remaining to restore Etown's two-point lead at 62-60, but Barron hit a driving layup with 2:47 to go to equalize the score at 62-62. A running layup by Ruth Williamson with 2:01 left put Susquehanna ahead 64-62, but Jenn Montague (Newark, DE/St. Mark's) answered in the paint with 1:42 left to even the score at 62-62. Hitz hit two foul shots with 36.4 seconds left to give Elizabethtown a 66-64 lead, and came up with a steal with 25 seconds to go as Susquehanna looked for the tying basket. Romano added two free throws with 21.8 seconds left and nailed two more with 12.7 seconds left to extend the Blue Jay lead to 70-64. Susquehanna stormed out to an early 12-4 lead in the game's first five minutes, but the Blue Jays rallied to cut the Crusader deficit to 13-12 with 10:46 remaining in the first half. Elizabethtown took its first lead at 20-19 on a layup by Snyder with 6:33 left in the half, part of an 18-2 run that gave the Blue Jays a 32-21 lead with 3:34 left in the first half. The Blue Jays led 40-26 at intermission behind a game-high 12 points from Snyder, while Quinn added 11 points. Houseal led the Crusaders with nine points in the opening half, but Susquehanna shot just 26.3 percent (10-for-38) from the field as a team. Overall, Susquehanna shot 30.4 percent (21-for-69) from the field and 7-for-28 from three-point range, while Elizabethtown hit 34.8 percent (23-for-66) from the floor. The Blue Jays finished with a 57-42 advantage in rebounding over the Crusaders. Montague finished with nine points and six rebounds off the Elizabethtown bench, as the Blue Jay subs outscored the Crusader reserves by a 28-19 margin. Senior Erin Walton (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington County) battled foul trouble throughout the evening for Elizabethtown, and scored just four points before fouling out with 4:57 remaining. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 70, SUSQUEHANNA UNIV. 64 Back to top 12/1/2007 Moravian rallies in second half for 76-61 victory over Elizabethtown ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Moravian Uses Second-Half Surge to Defeat Elizabethtown 76-61 BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Amanda Brown scored 16 points and dished out seven assists as Moravian College posted a 76-61 victory over Elizabethtown College in non-conference women's basketball action on Saturday afternoon. Lauren Fornazor added 15 points for the Greyhounds (2-3 overall), who placed four players in double figures and shot 49.2 percent from the field against the Blue Jays (2-2 overall). Senior Erin Walton (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington County) tallied 23 points and pulled nine rebounds for Elizabethtown, which led 36-35 at halftime but hit on just 37.7 percent (26-for-69) from the field in the game. Elizabethtown held a 40-39 lead with 17:06 left, but Moravian went on a 22-5 run to move ahead 61-45 with 6:45 to play. Kate Harrison also reached double figures for the Greyhounds with 13 points to go with four rebounds and four assists, while Megan Kocon came off the bench to contribute 12 points in just 11 minutes of playing time. Joining Walton in double figures for the Blue Jays was junior Jenn Montague (Newark, DE/St. Mark's), who netted 10 points to go with four rebounds. Junior Megan Romano (Jenkintown, PA/Jenkintown) added eight points, six rebounds and six assists for the Blue Jays, while senior Audrey Hitz (Lebanon, PA/Annville-Cleona) tallied six points and eight rebounds and first-year student Kirsti Larsen (Carlisle, PA/Boiling Springs) came off the bench for eight points and five boards. MORAVIAN COLLEGE 76, ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 61 |
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