ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Blue Jays Fall to Albright 64-49

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READING, Pa. --- Bre Dillon finished with 15 points and a game-high nine assists as Albright College held Elizabethtown College to 25.4 percent shooting in a 64-49 Commonwealth Conference victory in women's basketball action on Wednesday night.

Staci Waligorski added 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Lions (15-3 overall, 3-0 Commonwealth), who led by as many as 22 points en route to their sixth consecutive win.

Senior Erin Walton (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington County) led the Blue Jays (9-9 overall, 0-3 Commonwealth) with 12 points, but Elizabethtown shot just 18-for-71 from the field as a team and dropped its fourth straight contest.

Albright trailed 1-0 after one minute of action, but went on a 15-2 run to take a 15-3 lead with 13:03 left in the first half. The Lions led by as many as 17 points en route to a 36-23 halftime lead, with Jacqueline Hardwick leading Albright with 10 points and five rebounds.

In the second half, Elizabethtown would get no closer than 14 points, with Albright taking its largest lead of the game at 59-37 with 6:26 to go.

Hardwick finished with 12 points and eight rebounds for the Lions, who shot 40.0 percent (28-for-70) from the field as a team.

Senior Audrey Hitz (Lebanon, PA/Annville-Cleona) came off the Blue Jay bench to finish with eight points and a team-high 10 rebounds, as Elizabethtown finished with a 50-48 edge on the glass over Albright.

ALBRIGHT COLLEGE 64, ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 49
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (9-9, 0-3 CC)
Erin Walton 4-14 3-5 12; Audrey Hitz 4-10 0-0 8; Megan Romano 3-8 2-2 8; Megan Quinn 3-15 0-0 7; Kaity Snyder 1-4 2-2 4; Amanda Reid 2-6 0-0 4; Jenn Montague 0-5 4-6 4; Megan Strohman 1-1 0-1 2; Ali Jury 0-0 0-0 0; Ashley Toczylowski 0-1 0-0 0; Kirsti Larsen 0-3 0-0 0; Gabrielle Whitley 0-1 0-0 0; Courtney Kofeldt 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 18-71 11-16 49.
ALBRIGHT COLLEGE (15-3, 3-0 CC)
Bre Dillon 7-14 0-0 15; Jacqueline Hardwick 6-10 0-0 12; Staci Waligorski 5-10 2-2 12; Jessica McGinness 4-14 0-0 8; Charlotte Ciccone 3-6 0-0 6; Annie McMahon 1-6 3-4 5; Rory Yerkes 1-2 0-0 3; Mallory Olsheski 1-4 0-0 3; MariLynn McMonagle 0-1 0-0 0; Rose Williamson 0-0 0-0 0; Chelsea McTigue 0-1 0-0 0; Meredith Berger 0-2 0-0 0; Jennifer DuPrau 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-70 5-6 64.
Elizabethtown College......... 23 26 - 49
Albright College.............. 36 28 - 64
3-point goals--Elizabethtown College 2-13 (Erin Walton 1-3; Megan Quinn 1-6; Kirsti Larsen 0-1; Courtney Kofeldt 0-3), Albright College 3-13 (Mallory Olsheski 1-2; Rory Yerkes 1-2; Bre Dillon 1-6; Annie McMahon 0-3). Fouled out--Elizabethtown College-None, Albright College-None. Rebounds--Elizabethtown College 50 (Audrey Hitz 10), Albright College 48 (Staci Waligorski 11). Assists--Elizabethtown College 10 (Audrey Hitz 4), Albright College 19 (Bre Dillon 9). Total fouls--Elizabethtown College 9, Albright College 17. Technical fouls--Elizabethtown College-None, Albright College-None. A-236