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The lead changed hands five times in the final three minutes - with the final exchange finding the Utica College women’s basketball team ahead - as the Pioneers defeated host and nationally-ranked No. 8 Moravian College 64-61 at Johnston Hall on Friday night in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Pioneers (22-6) battled back from a 15 point second half deficit and outscored the Greyhounds 33-15 in the final 13:50 to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1984. ...Read More>>
Empire 8 Player of the Year Jessica Berry was limited to four points, but her buzzer-beating layup gave third-seeded Utica College a 38-37 win over top-seeded Ithaca College in the title game of the Empire 8 Women's Basketball Championship. Berry added 11 rebounds after a 26-point, nine-rebound effort in the semifinals and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Meghan Fiore (15 points) was the leading scorer for the Pioneers, who earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship with their second conference title in three years. Elissa Klie led all scorers with 16 points for the Bombers, who completed a 17-5 run to take a one-point lead on a conventional three-point play by Lindsay Brown with four seconds left. ...Read More>>
Empire 8 Women's Basketball Player of the Year Jessica Berry scored a game-high 26 points and added nine rebounds to lead third-seeded Utica College to a 64-59 victory over second-seeded Stevens Institute of Technology in the second semifinal of the Empire 8 Women's Basketball Championship at Ithaca College. The Pioneers, who trailed by as many as 11 points in the first half, lost two close games to the Bombers in the regular season, each by two points. ...Read More >>
Senior guard Katherine Bixby scored a career-high 29 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead top-seeded Ithaca College past fourth-seeded St. John Fisher 72-66 in the first semifinal of the Empire 8 Women's Basketball Championship hosted by the Bombers. Colleen Maloney paced the Cardinals with 29 points, five boards, and four steals. The win was a school-record 17th in a row for the Bombers. ...Read More >>
Junior guard Jessica Berry of Utica College was named the Empire 8 Women’s Basketball Player of the Year and earned first-team honors for the third time in as many years as part of the 2010 Empire 8 Women’s Basketball All-Conference Team announcement. ...Read More >>
Ithaca College, which completed the first 16-0 season in conference history in any sport, will host the Empire 8 Women's Basketball Championship on Friday and Saturday. The top-seeded Bombers will face fourth-seeded St. John Fisher in Friday's first semifinal at 6 p.m. The second semifinal at 8 p.m. pits the past two Empire 8 champions against one another as second-seeded Stevens Institute of Technology plays third-seeded Utica College. The teams split home wins during the regular season. The semifinal winners will meet at 3 p.m. on Saturday to determine the conference champion and automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship.
The Ithaca women's basketball team (21-4, 16-0 Empire 8) closed out the regular season with a 58-48 win at Stevens (14-9, 10-4 Empire 8). With the win -- their school-record 16th straight -- the Bombers wrapped up the first 16-0 Empire 8 record in any sport. Ithaca, who has won a conference-record 18 consecutive Empire 8 games, will host the Empire 8 Championship Tournament next weekend at Ben Light Gymnasium. ...Read More >> |
Dates: Feb. 26-27, 2010 |
