team
Carey Action Photography
66
Marywood University MUWB 15-12, 12-4 CSAC
76
Winner Cabrini University CAWB 24-2, 16-0 CSAC
Marywood University MUWB
15-12, 12-4 CSAC
66
Final
76
Cabrini University CAWB
24-2, 16-0 CSAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Marywood University MUWB 19 9 29 9 66
Cabrini University CAWB 15 14 20 27 76

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women's Basketball CSAC Hopes Falter in Fourth Quarter

Radnor, Pa. – Marywood University let an eight-point fourth quarter lead slip in a 76-66 loss to top-seeded Cabrini University on Wednesday in the Colonial States Athletic Conference women's basketball semifinal. The Cavaliers outscored the Pacers 27-6 in the final quarter.

Both Erika Bistran and Natasha Hessling finished with double-doubles. Bistran scored 21 points and added 11 rebounds. Hessling brought in 13 rebounds and 12 points.

Gab Giordano finished with 10 points for the Pacers.

Nomi Washington had 23 points to lead the Cavaliers. Megan Matthews added 17 points.

Cabrini (25-2) will host third-seeded Neumann University in the CSAC championship game. The Knights defeated Gwynedd Mercy University 73-64 on the road.

The Cavaliers went on a seven-point run to start the fourth quarter. Gioradno hit a 3-pointer from Catie Nealon with 5:43 left in the quarter for the team's first points of the stanza. Cabrini's Kate Lannon followed punch-for-punch with a long-distance of her own to slim the Pacers' lead to one (60-59).

Aryah Aungst kept the Cavaliers at bay with a 3-pointer of her own, from Hessling, to advance the lead to 63-59 with 4:31. On Cabrini's next turn down the court, Kate King made a layup in the paint off of a Sabrina Hackendorn feed. With 3:30 left, Matthews made a pair from charity stripe to even the score.

After trading a pair of possessions, Lannon made a layup in the paint to reclaim Cabrini's lead with 2:17. Washington scored on the Cavs' next possession to extend the lead to 67-63. It would set sail a 10-point run for Cabrini. The home team scored on its final seven possessions.

Marywood (15-12) shot 35.7 percent from the field for the contest, holding the Cavs to a 31.3 percent mark. The undersized Pacers outrebounded Cabrini 46-41. Turnovers were a boon for the Cavaliers. Marywood coughed up 19 to the Cavs' seven.
 
 
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