ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Saturday, January 15, 2005

Widener Downs Elizabethtown 68-53; Roberts Pulls Down Career-Best 15 Rebounds

CHESTER, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's basketball team dropped to 4-7 overall and 2-2 in the Commonwealth Conference with a 68-53 Saturday road loss to Widener University, which improved to 10-5 overall and 3-1 in the conference with the win.

Widener out-rebounded Etown 47-37, but Widener turned the ball over 22 times against 17 turnovers for Etown. The Blue Jays swiped the ball from Widener 16 times over the course of the game. Widener committed just eight fouls over the entire game, and Etown converted just two of five free throw attemts, while Widener went 10-for-13 from the charity stripe on 12 Etown fouls. Etown shot 33.3% (23-for-69) from the field, while Widener went 44.3% (27-for-61).

Junior Dana Voit (Jefferson Hills, PA/Thomas Jefferson) and senior Jen Roberts (Eagleville, PA/Mehtacton) led Etown in scoring with 13 points each, and Roberts pulled down a career-best total of 15 rebounds to led all players in the game. Cristin Braun (Exton, PA/Bishop Shanahan) added 12 points and four steals for Etown.

Five Widener players reached double digits in scoring, including Nicole Stanley and Celeste Baumgardner, who each scored 14 points. Baumgardner totaled a team high of 12 rebounds, while Stanley led Widener in assists with six and steals with five, and she grabbed nine rebounds. Dominique Kidd added 12 points and six rebounds, Kelli Murphy had 11 points, and Chelsea Luhta scored 10 points, pulled down seven rebounds and had five assists for Widener.

Etown will return to action at home Tuesday, January 18 against conference rival Messiah College in a 7:00 p.m. game.

At Schwartz Athletic Center, Chester, Pa.
WIDENER UNIVERSITY 68, ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 53
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (4-7, 2-2 CC)
Jen Roberts 6-12 1-2 13; Dana Voit 5-16 0-0 13; Cristin Braun 6-13 0-0 12; Erin Walton 4-13 0-1 8; Amanda Reid 1-3 1-2 4; Megan Wolfe 1-7 0-0 3; Kara Terhune 0-3 0-0 0; Claire Davis 0-1 0-0 0; Kellie Crispin 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-69 2-5 53.
WIDENER UNIVERSITY (10-5, 3-1 CC)
Nicole Stanley 6-13 1-1 14; Celeste Baumgardner 7-14 0-1 14; Dominique Kidd 5-9 2-2 12; Kelli Murphy 3-5 2-2 11; Chelsea Luhta 3-10 4-5 10; Shanais Hilliard 3-7 0-0 6; Linette Babiarz 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 27-61 10-13 68.
Elizabethtown College......... 24 29 - 53
Widener University............ 34 34 - 68
3-point goals-Elizabethtown College 5-19 (Dana Voit 3-7; Megan Wolfe 1-4; Amanda Reid 1-1; Claire Davis 0-1; Kellie Crispin 0-1; Erin Walton 0-2; Cristin Braun 0-2; Jen Roberts 0-1), Widener University 4-10 (Kelli Murphy 3-4; Nicole Stanley 1-3; Chelsea Luhta 0-2; Linette Babiarz 0-1). Fouled out--Elizabethtown College-None, Widener University-None. Rebounds-Elizabethtown College 37 (Jen Roberts 15), Widener University 47 (Celeste Baumgardner 12). Assists-Elizabethtown College 12 (Cristin Braun 3), Widener University 16 (Nicole Stanley 6). Total fouls-Elizabethtown College 12, Widener University 8. A-200