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ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Saturday, February 20, 1999

BLUE JAYS CLOSE OUT MAGICAL REGULAR SEASON WITH 73-53 WIN OVER MORAVIAN

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa --- Carmen Chiles (Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Mennonite) led four players in double figures with 17 points and added a team-high eight rebounds to help Elizabethtown defeat Moravian, 73-53, and post a perfect 14-0 MAC Commonwealth League record for the first time since the conference realigned in 1993.

Abbie Fabian (Denver, Pa./Cocalico) added 16 points and six rebounds as the 11th-ranked Blue Jays closed out the regular season with a 22-2 mark.  Etown will host Delaware Valley on Tuesday, February 23 in the first round of the Middle Atlantic Conference playoffs.  Game time is 6 p.m.

Shauntae Stancil (Bensalem, Pa./Bensalem) added 13 points for Etown while fellow senior Kim Boback (Croydon, Pa./Villa Joseph Marie) also hit double figures on Senior Day with 12 points.

Jessie Coughlin led Moravian with 11 points while Leahn Agnew (Lancaster, Pa./Conestoga Valley) added nine points and seven rebounds as the Greyhounds fell to 14-10 (7-7 MAC Commonwealth League) and missed the MAC playoffs for the first time in 17 seasons.  Steph Rickards led all players with 11 rebounds.

Etown took a 39-27 lead into the locker room courtesy of a 17-for-31 (54.8 percent) shooting performance.  The Blue Jays, currently ranked sixth in Division III in field-goal percentage, shot 31-for-62 (50.0 percent) for the game.

Etown hasn't been 22-2 since the 1988-89 season, when the Jays won the program's second national championship.  Ten years after that championship run, the 1988-89 team was recognized with a ceremony at halftime of this afternoon's game.
 

MAC Commonwealth League	1	2	-	F
Moravian (14-10, 7-7)	27	28	-	53
#11 Elizabethtown (22-2, 14-0)	39	34	-	73

Moravian (53)
Coughlin 4-13 0-0 11, Ochse 0-1, 0-0 0, Grzywacz 3-11 3-3 9, Morgans 0-0 0-0 0, Rickards 1-6 2-7 4, Polaha 1-2 0-0 3, Johnson 2-7 0-0 4,
DeLong 0-0 1-2 1, Golden 0-0 0-0 0, Huegler 1-1 2-2 4, Kenny 0-0 0-0 0, Sebastionelli 1-6 3-3 5, Page 0-4 3-6 3, Agnew 4-6 1-3 9.
Totals: 17-57 15-26 53.

Elizabethtown (73)
Thompson 0-1 0-0 0, Hoffer 1-2 0-0 2, Fabian 5-10 6-13 16, Snavely 0-0 0-0 0, Goldstein 0-0 0-0 0, Lucey 1-2 0-0 2, Scinto 1-2 1-4 3,
Porter 2-4 2-2 6, Still 1-2 0-0 2, Boback 6-14 0-0 12, Stancil 6-14 0-0 13, Chiles 7-9 3-3 17. Totals: 30-60 12-23 73.

Three-pointers: Moravian 4-19 (Coughlin 3-10, Grzywacz 0-3, Polaha 1-2, Sebastionelli 0-4), Elizabethtown 0-0. Rebounds: Moravian 48 (Rickards 11), Elizabethtown 43 (Chiles 8). Assists: Moravian 9 (Sebastionelli 4), Elizabethtown 18 (Chiles 4). Turnovers: Moravian 20, Elizabethtown 12. Blocked Shots: Moravian 0, Elizabethtown 4 (Chiles 2). Steals: Moravian 4 (Coughlin 2), Elizabethtown 12 (Thompson 4). Personal Fouls: Moravian 18, Elizabethtown 19. Technical Fouls: None. Attendance: 700.