ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Elizabethtown Falls 76-64 to Juniata

HUNTINGDON, Pa. --- A 76-64 road setback to Commonwealth Conference rival Juniata College Wednesday night dropped Elizabethtown to 7-6 overall and 1-4 in the conference, while Juniata improved to 11-5 overall and 2-3 in the Commonwealth with the victory.

Elizabethtown trailed by 10 points, 40-30, at halftime, but the Blue Jays stayed in the game throughout the second half, and with 4:55 left in the game, Etown sophomore Mell Fitzpatrick (Hamburg, PA/Hamburg Area) drained a three-pointer to cut Juniata’s lead to five points, 65-60. However, Juniata hit two unanswered three-pointers over next minute and a half as part of a 9-0 run to put the game away.

Erin Walton (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington Co.) led Elizabethtown in scoring with 22 points. Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) added 10 points, five rebounds and a game-high total of five steals. Fitzpatrick finished the game with eight points and three assists from off the bench. Audrey Hitz (Lebanon, PA/Annville-Cleona) led Elizabethtown in rebounds with six while scoring five points.

Kelly Ashcraft led Juniata with 20 points and 13 rebounds, while Jess Winemiller added 10 points and 10 rebounds. Steph Hatch scored 18 points from off the bench for Juniata, and Courtney Callas added 14 points from off the bench. Juniata’s bench contributed 40 points against 18 points for the Elizabethtown bench.

Elizabethtown will return to action on the road against Moravian College in a 4:00 p.m. Commonwealth Conference game.

At Huntingdon, PA (Memorial Gym)
JUNIATA COLLEGE 76, ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 64
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (7-6, 1-4 Comm.)
Erin Walton 8-17 6-7 22; Megan Quinn 3-6 3-4 10; Mell Fitzpatrick 1-2 5-6 8; Jenn Montague 2-4 3-4 7; Audrey Hitz 1-6 3-4 5; Megan Romano 2-5 1-2 5; Amanda Reid 1-4 2-3 4; Jaimee DePompeo 1-3 0-0 2; Ashley Toczylowski 0-0 1-2 1; Ali Jury 0-0 0-0 0; Courtney Kofeldt 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-48 24-32 64.
JUNIATA COLLEGE (11-5, 2-3 Comm.)
Kelly Ashcraft 7-9 6-7 20; Steph Hatch 7-10 0-0 18; Courtney Callas 6-12 0-2 14; Jess Winemiller 4-13 2-2 10; Jill Walsh 2-3 0-0 6; Claudia McDowell 1-5 3-5 5; Gina Piccolini 1-1 0-0 3; Emily Hauser 0-5 0-0 0; Mindy Werner 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 28-63 11-16 76.
Elizabethtown College ......... 30 34 - 64
Juniata College ............... 40 36 - 76
3-point goals-- Elizabethtown College 2-5 (Megan Quinn 1-3; Mell Fitzpatrick 1-1; Courtney Kofeldt 0-1), Juniata College 9-25 (Steph Hatch 4-6; Jill Walsh 2-3; Courtney Callas 2-4; Gina Piccolini 1-1; Emily Hauser 0-3; Mindy Werner 0-3; Claudia McDowell 0-2; Jess Winemiller 0-3). Fouled out-- Elizabethtown College-None, Juniata College-None. Rebounds-- Elizabethtown College 32 (Audrey Hitz 6), Juniata College 40 (Kelly Ashcraft 13). Assists-- Elizabethtown College 14 (Mell Fitzpatrick 3; Megan Romano 3), Juniata College 20 (Claudia McDowell 7). Total fouls--Elizabethtown College 14, Juniata College 22. Technical fouls-- Elizabethtown College-None, Juniata College-None.