ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Saturday, December 3, 2005

Elizabethtown Wins Second in a Row, Defeats Albright 73-54

READING, Pa. --- Elizabethtown got its second win in a row, improving to 2-4 overall and 1-1 in the Commonwealth Conference with a 73-54 road win over Albright College (1-4, 0-2) Saturday night.

Cristin Braun '06 led Etown in assists (6), rebounds (5) and blocks (2), and scored 16 points.

Erin Walton (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington Co.) led Etown in scoring with 17 points as she shot 6-for-11 from the field and 5-for-7 from the free throw line. First-year point guard Mell Fitzpatrick (Hamburg, PA/Hamburg) added a collegiate career-best total of 16 points by hitting all three of her three point attempts and seven out of 10 free throws. She also had four assists and led the team in steals with five. Cristin Braun (Exton, PA/Bishop Shanahan) also scored 16 points for Etown, and she led the Blue Jays in assists with six, in blocked shots with two, and she tied for the team lead in rebounds with five. Braun also had three steals. Audrey Hitz (Lebanon, PA/Annville-Cleona) also had five rebounds for Etown, and she scored eight points.

Annie McMahon led Albright in scoring with 12 points. Albright’s top rebounder was Jennifer DuPrau from off the bench with nine rebounds, and she had eight points. Megan Romano added nine points from off the bench for Albright, and she led the team in steals with four.

Elizabethtown will return to action when it returns home for the first time this season to host the Whitmoyer Blue Jay Classic Friday, December 9 and Saturday, December 10. Etown will face Briarcliffe College (NY) in the second game of the night Friday at 8:00 p.m. Eastern University will take on Newport News Apprentice School in Friday’s first game at 6:00 p.m. The tournament consolation game will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, with the championship game to follow at 4:00 p.m. Saturday.

At Bollman Center - Reading, PA
ELIZABETHTOWN 73, ALBRIGHT 54
ELIZABETHTOWN (2-4, 1-1 CWEALTH)
Erin Walton 6-11 5-7 17; Cristin Braun 6-11 4-11 16; Mell Fitzpatrick 3-4 7-10 16; Audrey Hitz 2-2 4-4 8; Amanda Reid 2-3 2-2 6; Dana Voit 1-4 3-4 5; Jenn Montague 1-2 1-2 3; Lindsay Pecht 1-1 0-0 2; Megan Quinn 0-4 0-0 0; Claire Davis 0-2 0-0 0; Megan Deldeo 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-44 26-40 73.
ALBRIGHT (1-4, 0-2 CWEALTH)
Annie McMahon 4-10 4-6 12; Megan Romano 3-5 2-2 9; Jennifer DuPrau 4-5 0-0 8; Staci Waligorski 4-6 0-0 8; Jacquiline Hardwick 2-8 2-6 6; Natalie Bizzarro 1-9 1-2 3; Ashley Howard 1-2 1-2 3; Sabrina Perry 1-3 0-0 2; Marie Levins 0-4 2-2 2; Charlotte Ciccone 0-3 1-2 1; Meredith Berger 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 20-58 13-22 54.
Elizabethtown ................. 31 42 - 73
Albright...................... 22 32 - 54
3-point goals- Elizabethtown 3-7 (Mell Fitzpatrick 3-3; Dana Voit 0-3; Claire Davis 0-1), Albright 1-7 (Megan Romano 1-1; Ashley Howard 0-1; Sabrina Perry 0-1; Charlotte Ciccone 0-1; Annie McMahon 0-3). Fouled out-- Elizabethtown-None, Albright-Annie McMahon; Natalie Bizzarro; Staci Waligorski. Rebounds-Elizabethtown 37 (Cristin Braun 5; Audrey Hitz 5), Albright 36 (Jennifer DuPrau 9). Assists-Elizabethtown 14 (Cristin Braun 6), Albright 9 (Charlotte Ciccone 2; Ashley Howard 2). Total fouls-Elizabethtown 21, Albright 31. A-215