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Megan
Woodruff
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Lady Quakers
end season with 77-73 defeat to Hope
EAU CLAIRE,
Wisconsin (March 15, 2003) The Lady Quakers of Wilmington College
ended their 22-game winning streak with a 77-73 loss at the hands
of of undefeated Hope College in the "Sweet 16" round of the NCAA
Tournament. Megan Woodruff (New Vienna/East Clinton) and Tara Rausch
(Marysville/Fairbanks) each scored 16 points in the defeat.
The Lady Quakers
found themselves in a 7-0 hole just 1:35 into the game before the
Green and White were able to tie the game at 19 with 11 minutes
to play in the half. The two teams then went back and forth for
the rest of the half until WC went on a 10-4 run to take a five-point
halftime lead.
Hope scored
the first four points of the second half to close to within one
before the Flying Dutch opened a 14-4 run to take a six-point lead,
one that they would not give up for the remainder of the game. The
Hope lead grew to as many as nine in the period, while the Lady
Quakers cut the deficit to three six-times, but were unable to take
the lead in the game.
Woodruff and
Rausch led the way for Wilmington with 16 points each while Amy
Kincer (Englewood/Northmont) scored 15 and Emily Cummins (Springfield/Northwestern)
added 12. Siobhan Zerilla (Cincinnati/mercy) scored just seven points
but pulled down a game-high 16 rebounds while Woodruff dished out
eight assists.
Hopešs Colleen
Corey scored a career-high 18 points while Amy Baltmanis scored
14, being the only players to score in double figures for the Flying
Dutch. Corey pulled down a team-leading eight rebounds while Baltmanis
dished out eight assists.
The loss ends
the season for the Green and White, as the team set a school record
with the 22-game winning streak, while their 26 victories is the
second highest total in school history.
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