Elizabethtown College Women's Basketball
Friday, January 5, 2001

ETOWN, MESSIAH WIN ON FIRST DAY OF BLUE JAY CLASSIC

ELIZABETHTOWN, PA --- Elizabethtown improved to 5-2 with a 73-59 win over Bethany (WV), while Messiah pushed its record to 8-3 with an 82-53 win over Lycoming on the first day of the Blue Jay Classic Tournament at Elizabethtown Friday. With the losses, Bethany falls to 8-3 while Lycoming drops to 4-5 overall.

Messiah vaulted to a 38-18 halftime lead over Lycoming in Friday night's first game. The Falcons spread their scoring very evenly across the team, with Amie Kretzing and Amy Hitz both leading Messiah with 11 points. Lyndy LeVan was Lycoming's only double-figure point-scorer with 19.
Elizabethtown led Bethany by as many as 35 points with 11:12 to go in the game, but Bethany crept back to reduce the Blue Jays' once-formidable lead to only ten with 1:44 remaining to play. Elizabethtown hit eight free throws in the final 1:20 to hold on to the lead.

Etown was led by Abbie Fabian (Denver, PA/Cocalico), who scored 22 points. Carmen Chiles (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) scored 12 points, putting her only 19 points away from becoming the 21st player in the history of Elizabethtown women's basketball to reach the 1,000 point plateau. Whitney Bull (Berwick, PA/Berwick) also scored 12 for Etown. Bethany's leading scorer was Jill Kamerer with 18 points.

The Blue Jay Classic concludes Saturday with Messiah playing Bethany at 1:00 p.m. and Elizabethtown taking on Lycoming at 3:00 p.m.

Messiah College vs Lycoming College
1/5/01 6:00 p.m. at Elizabethtown, PA (Blue Jay Classic)
At Elizabethtown, PA (Blue Jay Classic)
MESSIAH COLLEGE 82, LYCOMING COLLEGE 53
MESSIAH COLLEGE (8-3)
Amy Hitz 4-9 3-8 11; Amie Kretzing 2-2 6-6 11; Becca Moody 4-7 2-3 10; Jess
Mulberger 4-7 0-0 10; Melissa Ehst 4-7 0-0 9; Jess Unick 3-4 2-4 8; Christina Vouriotis 4-10 0-3 8; Heidi Marks 3-7 0-1 6; Leanne Brofee 0-2 4-4 4; Kate Butler 1-5 0-0 2; Amy Murray 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-61 20-33 82.
LYCOMING COLLEGE (4-5)
Lyndy LeVan 8-14 3-3 19; Katherine Santo 3-10 0-0 6; Jenalynn Boos 2-6 2-2 6; Adrienne Wydra 2-3 0-0 5; Tara Stephanchick 1-4 1-2 4; Emily DiMarco 2-8 0-0 4; Heidi von Schwedler 1-2 1-2 3; Heather McElwain 1-2 0-0 2; Kathryn Kresge 0-1 2-2 2; Laurie Scherer 0-4 1-2 1; Victoria Hoover 0-1 0-0 0; Elizabeth Summerson 0-2 0-0 0; Amy Lesko 0-9 0-0 0. Totals 20-66 11-15 53.
Messiah College........ 38 44 - 82
Lycoming College.......18 35 - 53
3-point goals-Messiah College 4-6 (Jess Mulberger 2-2; Amie Kretzing 1-1; Melissa Ehst 1-1; Christina Vouriotis 0-1; Jess Unick 0-1), Lycoming College-Womens 2-13 (Adrienne Wydra 1-1; Tara Stephanchick 1-1; Emily DiMarco 0-2; Heather McElwain 0-1; Amy Lesko 0-4; Katherine Santo 0-3; Lyndy LeVan 0-1). Fouled out--Messiah College-None, Lycoming College-Womens-None. Rebounds-Messiah College 44 (Jess Mulberger 7; Jess Unick 7), Lycoming College-Womens 45 (Lyndy LeVan 8). Assists-Messiah College 16 (Jess Mulberger 4), Lycoming College-Womens 9 (Katherine Santo 4). Total fouls-Messiah College 16, Lycoming College-Womens 18. A-150

Bethany College vs Elizabethtown College
1/5/01 8:00 p.m. at Elizabethtown, PA
At Elizabethtown, PA
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 73, BETHANY COLLEGE 59
BETHANY COLLEGE (8-3)
Jill Kamerer 9-20 0-0 18; Kiki Cohen 3-8 2-3 9; Raquel Burns 3-4 2-2 8; Katie Hardie 3-7 0-0 6; Kelly Richardson 2-5 1-2 5; Shannon Boyle 2-4 0-0 4; Natalie Nickerson 1-5 2-2 4; Kristy Baker 1-8 0-0 3; Nicole Naccarato 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 25-64 7-9 59.
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (5-2)
Abbie Fabian 8-18 6-7 22; Carmen Chiles 5-10 2-3 12; Whitney Bull 6-8 0-1 12; Cherrissa McCoy 1-4 3-4 6; Sandra Lopez 1-4 2-3 5; Jamie Porter 2-7 1-2 5; Stephanie Scinto 1-5 2-4 4; Amber Houck 1-2 1-2 4; Jessica Smith 1-4 0-0 3; Michelle Sowers 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 26-65 17-26 73.
Bethany College...............19 40 - 59
Elizabethtown College........43 30 - 73
3-point goals-Bethany College 2-15 (Kristy Baker 1-5; Kiki Cohen 1-4; Nicole Naccarato 0-1; Jill Kamerer 0-5), Elizabethtown College 4-14 (Cherrissa McCoy 1-2; Jessica Smith 1-4; Amber Houck 1-2; Sandra Lopez 1-3; Stephanie Scinto 0-2; Carmen Chiles 0-1). Fouled out--Bethany College-None, Elizabethtown College-None. Rebounds-Bethany College 33 (Jill Kamerer 9), Elizabethtown College 51 (Whitney Bull 8; Stephanie Scinto 8). Assists-Bethany College 13 (Kiki Cohen 4), Elizabethtown College 13 (Cherrissa McCoy 3). Total fouls-Bethany College 22, Elizabethtown College 12. A-200.