#2 Lesley and #4 Elms Head to the Championship Game hosted in Cambridge
2009-‘10 NECC WOMEN's BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
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Quarterfinals -Tuesday, February 23
#6 Newbury (9-13, 7-9) at #3 Mitchell (12-11, 12-4),
MC 73-65
#5 Becker (8-17, 8-8) at #4 Elms (10-15, 9-7),
EC 65-40
Semifinals- Friday, February 26 (Hosted by Daniel
Webster , Nashua, N.H.)
#4 Elms (11-15) at #1 Daniel Webster (20-5, 15-1),
EC 56-52
#3 Mitchell (13-11) vs. #2 Lesley (15-8, 14-2),
LU 80-58
Championship Game -Saturday, February 27 (Hosted by
Lesley , Cambridge, Mass.)
#4 Elms at #2 Lesley, 6:00 p.m.
2010 NECC Women's Basketball Championship Packet
2010 NECC Women's Basketball Championship Program
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.- & CHICOPEE, Mass.--#4 Elms College upsets #1 Daniel Webster 56-52, while #2 Lesley held off #3 Mitchell 80-58. Due to a power outage and storm damage, the Eagles were unable to host the final four. Lesley will host Elms at 6:00 p.m. in Cambridge on the camous of BB&N.
#4 Elms 56, #1 Daniel Webster 52
Box Score: http://athletics.elms.edu/sports/wbkb/2009-10/stats/ecw27.htm
CHICOPEE, Mass. - The fourth-seeded Elms College women's basketball team received a team-high 12 points from sophomore point guard Carolyn Talmadge (Wilbraham, Mass.) to help the Blazers upend No. 1 Daniel Webster College, 56-52 and punch its ticket to the 2009-10 New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Championship tournament title game.
With the win Elms improves to 12-15 on the season, while Daniel Webster concludes its season 20-6 overall. Elms will meet second-seeded Lesley University in the tournament championship game on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 6:00 p.m. in Cambridge, Mass. The Lynx, last season's tournament champion, topped No. 3 Mitchell College 80-58 in semifinal action to seal its berth in the title matchup.
Trailing 54-48 with 1:27 to play in the contest, Daniel Webster's Kacie Lang (Raymond, N.H.) hit the front end of two free throws to pull the Eagles to within five. Vanessa Bosques (N. Windham, Conn.) then drained a three-pointer with 44 ticks left to narrow the lead to two at 54-52. Following a turnover and a foul on Daniel Webster's next possession, senior forward Jessica Jurkowski (Belchertown, Mass.) swished a pair from the charity stripe to help Elms stave off the Eagles' rally and secure the 56-52 win.
The Blazers held a 28-25 advantage at intermission, and quickly extended that lead to nine as Talmadge struck for a pair of baskets, while sophomore guard Katie Condon (Sandy Hook, Conn.) added a layup to give Elms a 34-25 lead just 1:08 into the second period.
Daniel Webster used a 15-7 run to pull to within one at 41-40 with 10 minutes to play, before Jurkowski and freshman guard Jen Normandie (Westford, Mass.) nailed back-to-back layups to up the lead to five with 8:53 remaining in the contest.
The Eagles answered back, scoring eight of the next 11 points behind a trey from Bosques, a bucket by Joyce Chagan (Boothbay Harbor, Maine) and three points from Alycia Gervais (Windham, Conn.) to knot the contest at 48-48.
Elms responded with a 6-0 run on layups by Normandie and Condon, and two free throws from senior forward Erin Hutchinson (Groton, Mass.) to give the Blazers a 54-48 lead before Daniel Webster made its final comeback attempt.
In the opening 20 minutes, the sides fought to five ties and 10 lead changes, with neither team gaining more than a five-point edge.
With the score set at 23-23 with 3:53 to play in the first stanza, Normandie hit the back end of two free throws and then converted a layup to give Elms a 26-23 lead at the 3:22 mark. Senior forward Amanda Brogna (Oxford, Mass.) then added a layup following a missed shot to give Elms a 28-23 lead, before Gervais corralled her own missed shot and put it back with 11 seconds left cut Daniel Webster's deficit to 28-25 at halftime.
Normandie finished with 11 points, seven boards and handed five assists, while Hutchinson hauled in a game-high 13 rebounds and added six points in the winning effort.
Brogna collected nine points off the bench, Condon finished with seven points, and Jurkowski added eight rebounds to help pace the Blazers in the victory.
Daniel Webster was led by Bosques' game-best 19 points, highlighted by five treys. Chagan added 14 points and six rebounds in the losing effort, while Gervais chipped in eight points and six boards for the Eagles.
The Blazers shot 39.6-percent from the field for the game, and held Daniel Webster to just 30.2-percent from the floor to help seal the thrilling victory.
#2 Lesley 80, #3 Mitchell 58
Box Score: http://athletics.lesley.edu/sports/wbkb/2009-10/stats/luw24.htm
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The #2 seed Lesley University women's basketball team defeated #3 seed Mitchell College 80-58 on Friday evening to advance to the New England Collegiate Conference Championship game on Saturday, February 27. The Lynx will host the title game and will play against #4 seed Elms College, who won their NECC Semifinal 56-52 over #1 seed Daniel Webster College.
After winning their 12th straight game, Lesley improved to 16-8 (14-2 NECC) on the season while Mitchell ended their 2009-2010 campaign with a 13-12 (12-4 NECC) mark.
Lesley senior Hailee Lowe (HAMILTON, Mass./Hamilton-Wenham Regional) scored 15 of her game-high 24 points in the second half to lead the Lynx over the Mariners. Lowe was 10-of-18 from the floor including a perfect 4-of-4 from the free throw line. The center grabbed six rebounds and tallied three assists, two steals, and a block in the win.
Complementing Lowe's effort was Kaitlyn Wechsler (MERRICK, N.Y./Our Lady of Mercy Academy) with 16 points and Brianne Caira (PELHAM, N.H./Pelham) with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Caira also dished out five assists.
Mitchell got 16 points off the bench from guard Allison Peck (COLCHESTER, Conn./Bacon Academy) who in 32 minutes hit 5-of-13 shots from the floor including three three-pointers. Bianca Young (BRIDGEPORT, Conn./Kolbe Cathedral) registered a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds, six of which on the offensive glass.
The Mariners hit the first shot of the game with a three-pointer by Kaylee Cerruto (TORRINGTON, Conn./Torrington), but that would be the only lead Mitchell would see as Lesley went on a 13-1 run to take control of the game. The host Lynx held a lead as large as 14 points with five second remaining, but a near half-court jumper by Peck beat the buzzer and the Mariners were down 11 points at halftime at 40-29.
In the second half, Mitchell seemed poised to make a comeback with a 6-2 run to start the period capped off by a three-point basket by Young. Lesley, however, regrouped and thanks to solid play off the bench from Erika Hill (DURHAM, Conn./Coginchaug) were able to stretch their lead back to double-digits for the remainder of the game. Hill scored five of her season-high 11 points in the second half. The freshman was a perfect 4-of-4 from the field including three long range jumpers in the game.
Two other starters for the Mariners contributed with solid games as both Cerruto and Destiney Harris (BRISTOL, Conn./Bristol Eastern) scored eight points apiece. Harris, however, had eight of Mitchell's 19 turnovers in the game.
Lesley hosts Elms College on Saturday, February 27 at 6:00 pm at Buckingham Browne & Nichols in Cambridge, Massachusetts for the NECC Championship. The Lynx are looking to repeat as conference champions after winning the title last season. Lesley has beaten Elms twice this season already.
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