Elizabethtown College Women's Basketball
Saturday, January 6, 2001

ETOWN, MESSIAH GO UNDEFEATED IN BLUE JAY CLASSIC

ELIZABETHTOWN, PA --- Messiah and host Elizabethtown each went 2-0 in the 2001 Blue Jay Classic tournament with wins Saturday. Messiah defeated Bethany in a rematch of last year's first-round NCAA tournament game, 81-63, to improve to 9-3 overall. With the loss, Bethany fell to 8-4 overall and 0-2 in the tournament. Etown squeaked past Lycoming, 68-63 in overtime, to improve to 6-2 overall. Lycoming fell to 4-6 on the season and 0-2 in the tournament.

Bethany's Jill Kamerer scored 20 points against Messiah and became Bethany's all time leading scorer on a jumper with 48 seconds remaining in the first half. Nicole Nacaratto also scored 20 points for Bethany. Messiah was led by Amie Kretzing and Cbristina Vouriotis, who each scored 25 points.

Lycoming overcame a 13 point halftime deficit to Elizabethtown to tie the score 59-59 by the end of regulation time. Elizabethtown came back to outscore Lycoming 9-4 in overtime and win the game. Etown was led in scoring and rebounding by Carmen Chiles (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) and Abbie Fabian (Denver, PA/Cocalico) with 16 points and nine rebounds, and 14 points and eight rebounds, respectively. Lyndy LeVan led Lycoming with 26 points and 10 rebounds.

The all tournament team comprised Bethany's Kamerer, Lycoming's LeVan, Messiah's Kretzing and Vouriotis, and Etown's Cbiles. Etown's Fabian was named the tournament MVP.

Elizabethtown returns to action on the road against Widener, Tuesday, January 9. Game time is 7:00 p.m.

Messiah College vs Bethany College
1/6/01 1:00 p.m. at Elizabethtown, PA (Blue Jay Classic)
At Elizabethtown, PA (Blue Jay Classic)
MESSIAH COLLEGE 81, BETHANY COLLEGE 63
MESSIAH COLLEGE (9-3)
Christina Vouriotis 7-8 11-14 25; Amie Kretzing 7-11 7-10 25; Amy Hitz 4-6 1-2 9; Jess Mulberger 3-9 1-2 7; Heidi Marks 2-4 1-1 5; Jess Unick 2-2 0-0 4; Melissa Ehst 1-5 0-0 3; Erin Wedemeyer 0-5 1-2 1; Leanne Brofee 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-51 24-33 81.
BETHANY COLLEGE (8-4)
Nicole Naccarato 2-10 15-18 20; Jill Kamerer 10-21 0-0 20; Kiki Cohen 5-10 3-3 14; Kelly Richardson 2-8 1-4 5; Shannon Boyle 1-2 0-2 2; Katie Hardie 1-4 0-0 2; Raquel Burns 0-5 0-0 0; Kristy Baker 0-3 0-0 0; Natalie Nickerson 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 21-65 19-27 63.
Messiah College............... 41 40 - 81
Bethany College............... 32 31 - 63
3-point goals-Messiah College 5-13 (Amie Kretzing 4-6; Melissa Ehst 1-4; Jess Mulberger 0-1; Erin Wedemeyer 0-1; Christina Vouriotis 0-1), Bethany College 2-17 (Nicole Naccarato 1-6; Kiki Cohen 1-4; Katie Hardie 0-3; Kristy Baker 0-2; Natalie Nickerson 0-1; Jill Kamerer 0-1). Fouled out--Messiah College-None, Bethany College-Natalie Nickerson. Rebounds-Messiah College 37 (Christina Vouriotis 9), Bethany College 42 (Kelly Richardson 8). Assists-Messiah College 14 (Christina Vouriotis 5), Bethany College 11 (Kiki Cohen 3; Nicole Naccarato 3). Total fouls-Messiah College 19, Bethany College 25. A-350.

Lycoming College-Womens vs Elizabethtown College
1/6/01 3:00 p.m. at Elizabethtown, PA (Blue Jay Classic
At Elizabethtown, PA (Blue Jay Classic
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 68, LYCOMING COLLEGE-WOMENS 63
LYCOMING COLLEGE-WOMENS (4-6)
Lyndy LeVan 10-21 6-10 26; Laurie Scherer 6-8 1-1 13; Amy Lesko 3-8 0-0 8; Katherine Santo 3-12 0-0 7; Adrienne Wydra 1-3 0-0 3; Tara Stephanchick 1-2 0-0 2; Angela Bohr 1-4 0-0 2; Emily DiMarco 1-2 0-0 2; Heather McElwain 0-1 0-0 0; Jenalynn Boos 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 26-64 7-11 63.
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (6-2)
Carmen Chiles 4-12 8-10 16; Abbie Fabian 6-12 2-2 14; Whitney Bull 2-5 4-6 8; Jamie Porter 4-7 0-0 8; Amber Houck 2-9 1-2 6; Stephanie Scinto 0-6 6-6 6; Sandra Lopez 1-3 2-2 5; Cherrissa McCoy 1-5 2-4 5. Totals 20-59 25-32 68.
Lycoming College-Womens....... 23 36 4 - 63
Elizabethtown College.........       36 23 9 - 68
3-point goals-Lycoming College-Womens 4-11 (Amy Lesko 2-3; Adrienne Wydra 1-1; Katherine Santo 1-6; Emily DiMarco 0-1), Elizabethtown College 3-10 (Cherrissa McCoy 1-2; Amber Houck 1-4; Sandra Lopez 1-2; Stephanie Scinto 0-1; Carmen Chiles 0-1). Fouled out--Lycoming College-Womens-None, Elizabethtown College-None. Rebounds-Lycoming College-Womens 38 (Lyndy LeVan 10), Elizabethtown College 44 (Carmen Chiles 9). Assists-Lycoming College-Womens 17 (Adrienne Wydra 6),
Elizabethtown College 12 (Stephanie Scinto 4; Abbie Fabian 4). Total fouls-Lycoming College-Womens 21, Elizabethtown College 13. A-500