ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Saturday, December 4, 2004

Elizabethtown Defeats Albright 70-41; Blue Jay Head Coach Yvonne Kauffman Gets 599th Career Basketball Coaching Win

READING, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College head coach Yvonne Kauffman picked up her 599th career basketball coaching victory Saturday night as the Blue Jays defeated Commonwealth Conference rival Albright College 70-41 on the road. It was the Blue Jays' first conference win of the season.

Elizabethtown (2-4 overall, 1-1 conference) shot 41.9% (26-for-62) from the field over the game, while Albright (1-4 overall, 0-2 conference) shot just 30.8% (12-for-39) from the field. Albright committed 30 turnovers in the game, and the Blue Jays made 16 steals. Etown also held a 41-33 advantage in rebounding.

Three Blue Jays led Etown in scoring with 10 points each. First-year Audrey Hitz (Lebanon, PA/Annville-Cleona) came off the bench to score 10 points and lead the Blue Jays in rebounds with 10. Cristin Braun (Exton, PA/Bishop Shanahan) scored 10 points for Etown and led the team in steals with four, and Dana Voit (Jefferson Hills, PA/Thomas Jefferson) tallied 10 points and had four rebounds.

Staci Waligorski was the lone Albright player to score in double digits, as she went 4-for-7 from the field and 3-for-5 from the free throw line total 11 points.

Etown will return to action at home Wednesday, December 8 at 6:00 p.m. against Immaculata University. There, Kauffman will try to become only the second head coach in NCAA Division III women's basketball history to amass 600 career victories.

At Bollman Center, Reading, PA
ELIZABETHTOWN 70, ALBRIGHT 41
ELIZABETHTOWN (2-4, 1-1)
Dana Voit 3-8 3-3 10; Audrey Hitz 4-5 2-4 10; Cristin Braun 4-10 2-3 10; Jen Roberts 3-6 1-2 7; Claire Davis 2-6 0-0 6; Erin Walton 3-11 0-0 6; Amanda Reid 2-5 2-3 6; Christina Buso 2-2 2-4 6; Megan Wolfe 2-2 0-0 5; Jen Mineo 1-3 0-0 2; Jackie Jacavage 0-3 0-0 0; Kara Terhune 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-62 14-21 70.
ALBRIGHT (1-4, 0-2)
Staci Waligorski 4-7 3-5 11; Kelly Cross 2-5 2-2 7; Jacqueline Hardwick 2-6 2-2 7; Marie Levins 2-4 1-1 5; Meredith Berger 0-1 4-4 4; Jen DuPrau 1-5 1-7 3; Ashley Howard 0-2 2-2 2; Maura Buzad 1-2 0-0 2; Marquisha Dunston 0-2 0-2 0; Sabrina Perry 0-5 0-3 0. Totals 12-39 15-28 41.
Elizabethtown................. 35 35 - 70
Albright...................... 22 19 - 41
3-point goals-Elizabethtown 4-19 (Claire Davis 2-6; Megan Wolfe 1-1; Dana Voit 1-5; Erin Walton 0-2; Jen Mineo 0-1; Jackie Jacavage 0-2; Kara Terhune 0-1; Cristin Braun 0-1), Albright 2-3 (Kelly Cross 1-1; Jacqueline Hardwick 1-1; Ashley Howard 0-1). Fouled out--Elizabethtown-None, Albright-None. Rebounds-Elizabethtown 41 (Audrey Hitz 10), Albright 33 (Jen DuPrau 6). Assists-Elizabethtown 13 (Megan Wolfe 4), Albright 7 (Maura Buzad 2; Marie Levins 2; Jen DuPrau 2). Total fouls-Elizabethtown 22, Albright 18. A-255