Elizabethtown College WomensBasketball News 
Back to top 12/6/2008 Women's basketball defeats Haverford for fifth straight win, 59-53 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Elizabethtown 59, Haverford 53  HAVERFORD, Pa. --- Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) finished with 17 points and a game-high 13 rebounds as Elizabethtown College picked up its fifth straight victory with a 59-53 win at Haverford College in non-conference women's basketball action on Saturday afternoon.Megan Strohman (Lebanon, PA/Lebanon) added 11 points and a season-high five rebounds off the bench for the Blue Jays (5-3 overall), whose five-game win streak is their longest since posting nine consecutive victories during the 2003-04 season. Elizabethtown held on for the win despite going without a field goal for the final 8:18 of the game, scoring their final eight points from the foul line as the Fords (0-4 overall) used an 11-0 run to cut a 13-point deficit down to two. Quinn, whose double-double was her fourth of the season, also tied a career high with three blocked shots for Elizabethtown, which took the lead for good late in the first half and held it despite finishing at 32.8 percent (20-for-61) from the field and 4-for-21 from three-point range. Brittany Lattisaw led Haverford with 18 points and 11 rebounds before fouling out in the final minute, while Kathleen Abels hit four three-pointers and finished with 14 points along with six rebounds. After a back-and-forth first half, the Blue Jays scored seven of the last nine points to go to halftime with a 33-26 lead. Quinn led the Blue Jays in the opening half with eight points while Lattisaw paced the Fords with 10 points and five rebounds. Elizabethtown built its lead to double figures on several occasions in the second half, taking its largest lead of the day at 52-39 with 5:51 remaining. However, a layup by Lattisaw and three-pointers by Abels and Alejandra Alvarez brought the Fords to within 52-47 with 4:36 left. After nearly three minutes of scoreless basketball, Abels connected on another three-pointer to trim the Elizabethtown deficit to 52-50 with 1:46 left. However, Teanna Ziegler (Telford, PA/Souderton) hit two foul shots with 1:23 to go to push the Blue Jay lead to 54-50, and Quinn and Strohman combined to go 5-for-6 from the line in the final 42 seconds to put the game away. Haverford shot just 30 percent (18-for-60) from the field as a team, but kept the game close by going 6-for-17 from three-point range, including 5-for-14 in the second half. Elizabethtown missed all 10 of its three-point attempts in the second half, but went 10-for-12 from the foul line as a team. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 59, HAVERFORD COLLEGE 53 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (5-3) Megan Quinn 6-21 3-4 17; Megan Strohman 3-12 4-6 11; Kirsti Larsen 3-9 1-2 8; Megan Romano 2-5 2-2 6; Teanna Ziegler 1-1 2-3 4; Stephanie Ellwood 2-3 0-0 4; Ali Jury 1-2 2-2 4; Courtney Kofeldt 1-6 1-1 3; Kelly Sauerzopf 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 20-61 15-20 59. HAVERFORD COLLEGE (0-4) Brittany Lattisaw 7-19 4-5 18; Kathleen Abels 4-15 2-2 14; Natalie Richman 2-5 3-4 7; Alejandra Alvarez 2-6 0-1 5; Meaghan Ryan 1-2 2-5 4; Elizabeth Mayell 1-3 0-0 3; Allie Lieberman 1-2 0-0 2; Nia Richardson 0-0 0-0 0; Danielle Harrison 0-5 0-0 0; Domenique Harrison 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 18-60 11-17 53. Elizabethtown College......... 33 26 - 59 Haverford College............. 26 27 - 53 3-point goals--Elizabethtown College 4-21 (Megan Quinn 2-8; Kirsti Larsen 1-1; Megan Strohman 1-7; Courtney Kofeldt 0-5), Haverford College 6-17 (Kathleen Abels 4-11; Elizabeth Mayell 1-2; Alejandra Alvarez 1-2; Danielle Harrison 0-2). Fouled out--Elizabethtown College-None, Haverford College-Brittany Lattisaw. Rebounds--Elizabethtown College 42 (Megan Quinn 13), Haverford College 44 (Brittany Lattisaw 11). Assists--Elizabethtown College 12 (Courtney Kofeldt 4), Haverford College 9 (Kathleen Abels 3). Total fouls--Elizabethtown College 16, Haverford College 21. Technical fouls--Elizabethtown College-None, Haverford College-None. Back to top 12/3/2008 Women's basketball rallies past Marywood, 62-53 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Elizabethtown 62, Marywood 53  Jenn Montague (Newark, DE/St. Mark's) tallied team highs of 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Blue Jays (4-3 overall), who did not lead until Megan Strohman (Lebanon, PA/Lebanon) hit two foul shots with 6:10 left to break a 38-38 tie.Lizzy Green led the Pacers (3-2 overall) with a game-high 23 points and eight rebounds, but Marywood hit just 24.3 percent (9-for-37) from the field in the second half and finished the game at 30.2 percent (19-for-63), including 1-for-14 from three-point range. Megan Romano (Jenkintown, PA/Jenkintown) tallied a season-high 12 points for the Blue Jays, while Strohman added 11 off the bench and Courtney Kofeldt (Coatesville, PA/Holy Spirit, NJ) also reached double figures with 10 points. Elizabethtown went 16-for-22 from the foul line in the second half as a team, including 7-for-8 in the final 1:04, and finished with a 48-43 edge in rebounding over the Pacers. Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) just missed scoring in double figures for the Blue Jays, finishing with nine points and eight rebounds in 27 minutes of action. Montague's double-double was her fourth of the season and the sixth of her career. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 62, MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY 53 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (4-3) Jenn Montague 4-6 5-13 13; Megan Romano 4-8 4-5 12; Megan Strohman 2-13 6-6 11; Courtney Kofeldt 2-6 4-4 10; Megan Quinn 4-15 0-0 9; Teanna Ziegler 2-3 0-1 4; Stephanie Ellwood 1-4 0-0 3; Ali Jury 0-0 0-0 0; Ashley Toczylowski 0-0 0-0 0; Kelly Sauerzopf 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-55 19-29 62. MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY (3-2) Lizzy Green 9-20 5-8 23; Caity Hadzimichalis 4-8 0-0 8; Mariah Schaeffer 2-7 2-3 6; Amanda Lass 1-3 3-4 5; Stephanie Fusaro 2-7 0-4 4; Marielle Thorsen 1-17 0-0 3; Maggie Farrell 0-0 2-2 2; Nikki Quick 0-0 1-2 1; Marilee Sobrinski 0-0 1-2 1; JoAnne Crimeni 0-1 0-0 0; Caitlin Ely 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-63 14-25 53. Elizabethtown College......... 20 42 - 62 Marywood University........... 24 29 - 53 3-point goals--Elizabethtown College 5-21 (Courtney Kofeldt 2-5; Megan Quinn 1-6; Stephanie Ellwood 1-3; Megan Strohman 1-7), Marywood University 1-14 (Marielle Thorsen 1-10; Mariah Schaeffer 0-3; JoAnne Crimeni 0-1). Fouled out--Elizabethtown College-None, Marywood University-None. Rebounds--Elizabethtown College 48 (Jenn Montague 10), Marywood University 43 (Lizzy Green 8). Assists--Elizabethtown College 11 (Megan Romano 4), Marywood University 10 (Marielle Thorsen 5). Total fouls--Elizabethtown College 21, Marywood University 24. Technical fouls--Elizabethtown College-None, Marywood University-None. A-200 |
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