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Lady
Quakers advance to Division III Championship
Team
rallies from an 11-point first-half deficit
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(WC Press Release) VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (March 19, 2004) The
Wilmington College Lady Quakers trailed by 11 points on two separate
occasions in the first half before rallying and cutting the deficit
to seven by halftime before out-scoring Rochester 46-28 in the second
half en route to the 11-point win.
Emily
Cummins (Springfield/Northwestern) led four in double figures by
pouring in a game-high 21 points. Rochester got on the board first
in the game by scoring the first four points, before the Yellowjackets
proceeded to open an 11-point, 18-7 lead by the 10:35 mark of the
first half.
The
Green and White fought back and cut the deficit to as few as five
before going into the locker room trailing by seven at 35-28. In
the second half Rochester increased their lead to 10 two and a half
minutes into the period before the Lady Quakers opened a 7-0 run,
cutting the deficit to three.
After
four straight points from Rochester increased the lead to seven,
the Lady Quakers started chipping away at the Yellowjacket advantage,
and took their first lead of the game at the 6:56 mark when freshman
post Kara Robinson (Zanesville/Bishop Rosecrans) hit a jumper.
The
Lady Quakers never trailed again after that point, ending the game
on an 11-3 run, giving the team their first ever NCAA National Championship
game berth. Cummins put in 21 points while Amy Kincer (Englewood/Northmont)
scored 16, Tara Rausch (Marysville/Fairbanks) scored 15 and Siobhan
Zerilla (Cincinnati/Mercy) scored 13.
Zerilla
pulled down a team-high 13 rebounds, as the team was out-rebounded
by 10, the most lopsided margin of the season for the Green and
White. Freshman point guard Sam Hood (Lockbourne/Teays Valley) scored
just three points, but pulled down five rebounds and dished out
seven assists and giving up no turnovers.
Rochester
was led by Erika Smith, who scored 20 points and pulled down a game-high
18 rebounds. Kelly Wescott and Megan Fish each scored 10 in the
losing effort for the Yellowjackets.With the win, the Lady Quakers
improve to 26-6 on the season while Rochester falls to 24-5.
The
next game for the Green and White is tomorrow, where they will face
off against Bowdoin, who defeated Wisconsin Stevens-Point 64-59
in the second semi-final of the day.
Saturdayıs
game, which has a 2:00 tip-off, is slated to be played on Fox Sports
South, while you can also catch the action on 1090 AM WKFI radio,
or at d3hoops.com on the internet.
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