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Tara
Rausch
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Lady Quakers
clinch OAC Title with 21-point victory
WESTERVILLE
- (February 19, 2003) The Wilmington College Lady Quakers shot
a blistering 65.4% from the field en-route to a 21-point, 80-59
victory over the Cardinals of Otterbein College on Wednesday evening.
With the win the Lady Quakers set a new school record with their
17th consecutive victory, breaking the record that they set last
sesaon, in addition to clinching the OAC Regular Season Title for
the second consecutive season. Tara Rausch (Marysville/Fairbanks)
led the cause with 33 points on 15-of-18 shooting from the field.
Wilmington (21-2,
16-1 OAC) started the game on a 6-0 run, taking a lead that they
would not relinquish for the remainder of the contest. The visitors
led by 13 with 10 minutes to play in the first half before the hosts
mounted a 12-0 run to cut the deficit to one with 6:56 to play in
the half. The Lady Quakers then scored the next four points to give
the Green and White a five point lead. After having Otterbein slash
the lead to four with 2:10 left in the half, WC ended the half on
a 6-0 run to take a 10-point, 39-29 halftime lead.
In the second
half Otterbein (19-5, 12-5 OAC) cut the lead to four, four minutes
into the half before the Lady Quakers went on an 11-0 run to take
a double-digit lead that they would not relinquish. The second half
lead grew to as many as 23 just 20 seconds before the buzzer before
the Cardinals hit a shot with nine seconds left to give the game
its 80-59 final score.
Rausch scored
a career-high 33 points while Megan Woodruff (New Vienna/East Clinton)
scored 17 and dished out a career-high-tying 12 assists while Siobhan
Zerilla (Cincinanti/Mercy) added 10 points and a game-high 16 rebounds.
Otterbein was
led by Diana Esterkamp who scored 19 points while Brianne Gray scored
14 and Michelle Keeney added 10.
The Lady Quakers
are next set to travel to Tiffin, Ohio on Saturday, February 22
to face off against Heidelberg College with tip-off set for 3:00
p.m. on
title.
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