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Coverage of the women's Final Four

Second-round tournament games

St. Lawrence 49, William Smith 43
St. Lawrence made it three out of four against William Smith, posting a 49-43 NCAA second-round victory against the Herons. With the win, the Saints advance to the NCAA sectionals scheduled for next weekend.

The Herons scored the first four points of the game, but Saint guard Meredith Eisenhut answered with a five-point run of her own to give the Saints a 5-4 advantage. Teammates Nicole Leary and Cara Barbierri added consecutive field goals to make it 9-4 in favor of the Saints at the 3:22 mark.

Liz Masten and Brianna Tindall then hit consecutive three-point field goals for William Smith (22-6) to take a 10-9 lead. That would mark the final lead for the Herons.

Beginning with two made free throws by Eisenhut, the Saints (23-5) went on a 8-0 run and held on to the lead for good. They went into halftime with a 24-20 advantage and despite several second-half runs by the Herons, the Saints remained poised, hitting clutch field goals as well as free throws to come out with a victory.

The Herons brought the game to within three points or less on four different occasions in the second half of regulation, despite shooting just 33% from the field. They finished the game shooting 36% from the field to the Saints' 41%. In addition, the Herons shot 67% from the free-throw line to St. Lawrence's 72%.

The Saints were led by Eisenhut, who finished the game with 18 points, seven rebounds, six steals and four assists. Eisenhut went 12-for-15 from the free throw line, including a 4-for-6 effort in the final five minutes of regulation.

Nicole Leary added 14 points, including a perfect 2-for-2 from the free-throw line that came with just seven seconds left in regulation to give the Saints a final six point lead. Leary shot six for 10 from the field. Saint freshman Megan Dietrichsen also had a perfect day at the line. She made six of six and also contributed two field goals to chip in 10 points for the Saints. Dietrichsen also made four steals.

The Herons were led by Liz Masten, who scored 15 points and made three steals. Mollie Masten added eight points and eight rebounds, while Brianna Tindall dished out three assists and made three steals.

McMurry 70, Hendrix 59
ABILENE, Texas -- McMurry reached the Sweet 16 for the first time in school history with a solid 70-59 win against Hendrix. McMurry trailed just once to the Lady Warriors at 4-2 before taking a lead they would never relinquish on three free throws by Ogonna Merritt to make it 7-4.

McMurry (24-4) was able to dominate the boards 50-36 and attempt 16 more shots in the meantime. Lady Indians Tamika Thurman and Nicole Harlmon pulled down eight boards while Lilly Ogunbanjo had seven.

The Lady Indians went into the half leading 39-28. Then with the lead 43-36, the team went on a 19-3 run over the next nine minutes to blow the game open to 62-39. Hendrix (22-5) fought back to come no closer than the final difference of 11 points at 70-59.

McMurry shot 15-for-17 from the line and improved on their 27% performance from the floor in the first round against Simpson College to 37% (26-for-71) tonight.

Forward Nisha Washington led the charge with 12 points while teammates Merritt and Amanda Bradshaw added 11 apiece. Hendrix was paced by Meg Frazier and Lauren Turnbow who both finished with 17 while Mollie Scarbrough had a double-double of 10 tallies and 12 boards.

McMurry will face Hardin-Simmons next Friday night in the Sectionals.

St. Thomas 64, Pacific Lutheran 45
Sophomore Missy Pederson had 17 points and senior Molly Hayden added 16 points and 11 rebounds as the host St. Thomas women's basketball team (25-1) ran its winning streak to 24 with a 64-45 victory against Pacific Lutheran (20-6) Saturday in NCAA Tournament second-round play at Schoenecker Arena.

The Toms will play next Friday vs. the George Fox-Cal Lutheran winner at a South Region site to be announced Sunday. St. Thomas, ranked No. 4 nationally, is now 72-2 at home since January 1995, and has won 18 of its last 19 NCAA home games.

St. Thomas built a 16-point first half lead and led 30-19 at halftime, thanks in part to 35 first-half rebounds. PLU also had foul trouble and sat senior standout Tara Millet for 10 minutes with two fouls. Millet, the team's leading scorer and rebounder at 13 ppg and 8 rpg, had just one point and one rebound in limited time in the first half.

The Lutes pulled within seven at 37-30 with 14:46 to play on Lucy Barker's basket, but Pederson's three-point basket started a 17-4 run and the Lutes never got closer than 11.

St. Thomas, which outrebounded the Lutes 52-30, shot 43% from the field to PLU's 34%. Both teams struggled at the line -- the Lutes made just 6-of-16, to UST's 12-of-22.

For the Toms, Anne Newell had nine points and eight rebounds, while Jen Ulstad had nine points and six rebounds off the bench.

Barker had 17 points and Jessica Iserman had nine points and eight rebounds for the Lutes. Millet closed with three points and six rebounds and finished her career with 1,420 points and 996 rebounds.

Scranton 67, Messiah 43
SCRANTON, Pa. -- Senior guard Heather Mohrman scored a season-high 20 points and senior guard Kelly Halpin had 17 points and six rebounds to lead the University of Scranton to a 67-43 victory against Messiah in the second round of the NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Region.

Freshman forward AnneMarie Russo chipped in seven points and 10 rebounds as the Lady Royals improved to 24-3 overall. Scranton will meet King's, which defeated Allentown College in the other Mid-Atlantic Regional game, next Friday evening at a site to be determined.

Messiah, which connected on only 4-for-27 shots from the field in the first half (14.8%) and 13-for-62 (21.0%) for the game, ended its season with a 22-6 overall record. Junior center Amy Hitz led the Falcons with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

With the Falcons struggling early, Scranton took advantage and bolted out to a 14-4 lead in the opening nine minutes of play en route to a 34-10 cushion at intermission. Halpin and Mohrman combined for 22 first-half points as the Lady Royals enjoyed a 28-17 rebounding advantage. Scranton's lead eventually ballooned to 37 points in the second half.

Scranton outrebounded Messiah 58-32 and connected on five of 10 shots (50%) from beyond the 3-point arc and 12 of 16 shots from the free throw line (75.0%). The Royals are now 33-16 (.674) lifetime in the NCAA tournament.

Friday's game will mark the fourth time that King's and Scranton will meet this year. The Lady Royals defeated King's 76-53 on Saturday, January 22, but the Lady Monarchs won the previous two meetings: 62-60 on Saturday, February 19, at the Scandlon Gymnasium in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and on Thursday, February 24, in the semifinals of the MAC tournament at the Long Center.

Calvin 64, Capital 63
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Calvin senior Mindi Andringa has hit several big shots in her standout four-year career at Calvin College but none were bigger than the three-pointer she tossed in with five seconds left in regulation to lift Calvin to a stunning 64-63 upset victory at nationally ranked Capital University Saturday afternoon.

Andringa's three-point shot from the right side of the arc off a feed from senior Lauren Louters gave Calvin its only lead of the second half and capped off a 24-9 run by the Knights over the final 11 minutes of regulation. Ranked seventh nationally, Capital (23-5) was unable to get off a shot in the final five seconds allowing the Knights (23-6) to claim the victory and advance to the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year. The victory was Calvin's first-ever victory against Capital, a two-time national champion during the 1990s.

Andringa was just 2-for-6 from three-point range and 4-for-12 from the field overall but came up with 10 of her 12 points in the final 4:19 of the game including the game-winning triple with time ticking down.

"I was looking for a three-point shot at the end," said Andringa. "When I let it go I didn't think it was going in but it did. Capital has a tremendous tradition and playing at their gym is one of the toughest places to play at in the country. To get a win here and to make it to the Sweet Sixteen again is unbelievable."

Calvin trailed 35-28 at halftime and fell behind by 14 points at 54-40 with 11:37 left. The Knights then mounted their comeback run with Andringa, Louters and senior Robyn Fennema combining for all of Calvin's final 24 points.

"This is a great win for Calvin College and a great win for our team," said Calvin women's basketball coach Kim Gall. "This team has a never-say-die attitude and they do it with heart and guts. I could not be more prouder of our players than I am today."

The Calvin victory marked the second consecutive year that the Knights have upset a nationally ranked opponent from the Ohio Athletic Conference in the second round. A year ago, Calvin traveled to fifth-ranked Baldwin-Wallace and upset the Yellow Jackets 75-67 with Andringa pouring in a career-high 24 points.

"The players on the team call her 'money' because she is always coming up with the big shot when we need it," said Gall. "The final play was designed to just get the ball to Mindi and let her do what she does best."

Andringa brought Calvin to within three points at 62-59 with a pair of free throws with 1:40 left. After a Calvin defensive stop, Fennema brought the Knights to within a point at 62-61 with a short jumper in the lane with 59 seconds remaining. Calvin then came up with another defensive stop but turned the ball over on an inbounds play, giving Capital the ball back. Calvin was then forced to foul and with 18 seconds left Capital's Marissa Rugg went to the line for a bonus situation. Rugg hit her first attempt but missed the second, allowing Calvin to set up the game-winning play for Andringa.

In addition to Andringa's 12 points, Calvin received 25 points, nine rebounds and five blocked shots from Fennema. Louters was also huge for the Knights, contributing 18 points, six rebounds and six steals. Senior Jill Kreuze added six points and six rebounds to become just the third player in Calvin women's basketball history to crack the 600-rebound barrier for a career.

Capital was led by senior Amy Strine who tallied 13 points but the Knights were able to hold All-America center Kendra Meyer in check as Meyer finished with just 11 points and six rebounds. Kori Payne also had 12 for the Crusaders and Tara Dickensheets 11.

Calvin will face Baldwin-Wallace next Friday in a sectional semifinal game.

King's 62, Allentown 54
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. -- After three previous unsuccessful tries, the King's College Lady Monarchs finally defeated the Allentown College Centaurs as King's upended the top-seeded Centaurs in a NCAA Tournament second-round game at Billera Hall Saturday night by a score of 62-54.

The Lady Monarchs, who are making their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance and will advance to the Sweet 16 next weekend, were led by senior forward Joanne Polakoski, who scored a game-high 17 points and grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds. Polakoski was joined by freshman guard Nikki Kingston who netted a career-best 17 points for King's. The Centaurs were led by freshman forward Teri Antolick, who scored a team-high 13 points, and grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds.

The first half remained close, with King's holding the biggest lead midway through the first half at six points. Allentown was ahead 30-28 at the half despite being outrebounded 24-17 including 13-2 on the offensive boards. Senior guard Kate Corcoran led the Centaurs to that two-point lead, scoring all of her 11 points in the first half.

The second half saw several lead changes in a back-and-forth flurry of action. King's took the lead for good at the 5:20 mark with a Polakoski free throw that put the Lady Monarchs up 55-54. King's never looked back and Allentown did not score again, with a timely three-pointer by Kingston, and also clutch free throws by junior guard Denise Igo, who had 14 points.

The win improved the Lady Monarchs (24-5) to a school-record 24 wins as they advance to play Scranton, a 67-43 winner against Messiah Saturday evening, on Friday, March 10 at a site to be determined.

Allentown finishes its season at 24-4, ending the 1,000-point career of Corcoran. Senior forward Collette Mancuso added 11 points in her final career game.

Washington U. 67, UW-Oshkosh 46
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Washington University’s top-ranked women’s basketball team pushed its winning streak to 64 games and advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament with a 67-46 win against UW-Oshkosh Saturday night in the WU Field House. WU will play the No. 2 UW-Eau Claire (27-0) in the sectional semifinal Friday at a site to be determined.

The Bears’ third consecutive win against UW-Oshkosh -- all of which have come in the NCAA Tournament -- was closer than the final score indicated as the teams traded the lead eight times in the first 15 minutes of the game. Oshkosh led 20-19 with 6:07 left in the first half, but it would prove to be the Titans' last lead of the game as WU closed the half on a 12-3 run to take a 31-23 lead into the locker room.

Oshkosh was hot in the first half, hitting six of its first 10 shots, but WU hit 46% from the field to keep it close. Senior center Alia Fischer stepped up for the Bears, tallying 10 points, six rebounds and two blocks in the first half.

UW-Oshkosh would trim the lead to 31-25 with the first bucket of the second half, but the Bears responded by stretching the margin to 43-27 with 14:56 left. The Titans made another run, this time cutting the margin to 45-36 with 10:08 left, but the Bears again answered, this time with a 9-2 run, to go up 54-38 with 7:06 left. UW-Oshkosh would get no closer than 14 points the rest of the way.

The Bear defense was tough as usual as they held UW-Oshkosh to 43% shooting -- the 52nd consecutive time the Bears have held the opposition to less than 50% shooting. Washington U. forced 24 Titan turnovers and held a 13-4 edge in made free throws.

Fischer led all scorers with 21 points and she added seven rebounds, two blocks and two steals. Junior Tasha Rodgers scored 14 points and added a team-high eight rebounds, three assists and two steals. Senior Emily Harold chipped in with 12 points, three assists and two blocks.

UW-Eau Claire 75, Millikin 38
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. -- A 20-0 run early in the game catapulted UW-Eau Claire to a 75-38 triumph over Millikin in an NCAA Tournament second-round game in the W. L. Zorn Arena on Saturday.

The Blugolds broke from a 7-7 tie at 14:26 to a 27-7 lead with 6:34 remaining and went into the locker room at halftime ahead 37-11. The visitors never got closer than 25 in the second half. Blugold Team of the Year member Jayme Anderson scored 18 of her game-high 21 points and pulled 10 of her 11 rebounds before the break. Megan Murphy scored all 10 of her points in the first half and yanked seven of her 11 boards by intermission. Vanessa Schley tallied 12 of her 19 points in the final 20 minutes.

The Blugolds held Millikin to just 17% shooting (5-for-29) in the first half and 25% (14-for-56) for the game. The Blugolds also controlled the boards by an astounding 57-22 margin. While hitting 48% from the field (30-for-62), 40% from three-point range (4-for-10) and 73% from the foul line (11-for-15), the Blugolds' only negative was a season-high 30 turnovers against a Millikin team that extended its school-record single season steals record with 24 against the 'Golds.

The win was the 28th in a row for the No. 2 Blugolds. No. 8 Millikin, which lost to the Blugolds in NCAA play for the third time in five years, finished the season at 24-3.

The Blugolds advance to next weekend's sectional against top-ranked and defending national champion Washington University from St. Louis. The Bears beat UW-Oshkosh 67-46 for their 64th consecutive triumph. The site of the four-team sectional, which also includes No. 3 Baldwin-Wallace and Calvin, will be announced Sunday.

Eau Claire 75 (Fg-Fga Ft-Fta Pts) Brantner 1-4 0-0 3, Whatley 1-3 0-0 2, Anderson 8-13 5-6 21, Schley 8-13 2-2 19, Murphy 5-9 0-1 10, Smieja 1-5 0-0 2, Breunig 0-0 0-0 0, Banks 1-4 2-2 5, Pritzl 0-0 0-0 0, Soppeland 2-4 0-0 5, Bauer 1-2 0-0 2, Guay 0-0 1-2 1, Paulson 0-0 0-0 0, Hughes 2-3 0-0 4, Channing 0-2 1-2 1. Totals 30-62 11-15 75.

Millikin 38 (Fg-Fga Ft-Fta Pts) Falbe 3-8 0-2 6, Hammond 1-8 0-0 3, S. Brown 2-9 4-4 8, Barrett 4-11 0-0 9, L. Brown 1-7 2-4 4, Sanchez 0-0 0-0 0, Thiele 0-2 0-0 0, Hillmer 0-2 0-0 0, Kwasny 2-6 2-2 6, Jennings 1-3 0-0 2, Long 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 14-56 8-12 38.

Three-Point Shots: Eau Claire 4-10 (Soppeland 1-2, Banks 1-2, Schley 1-2, Brantner 1-1, Whatley 0-1, Smieja 0-2). Millikin 2-15 (Barrett 1-4, Hammond 1-6, Falbe 0-2, S. Brown 0-1, Thiele 0-2). Rebounds: Eau Claire 57 (Anderson 11, Murphy 11, Schley 8, Hughes 7), Millikin 22 (Barrett 4, Kwasny 4). Assists: Eau Claire 21 (Smieja 5, Whatley 4). Millikin 7 (Hammond 2). Turnovers: Eau Claire 30, Millikin 23. Halftime: Eau Claire 37, Millikin 11. Records: Eau Claire 28-0, Millikin 24-3.

George Fox 71, Cal Lutheran 63
NEWBERG, Ore. -- Junior center Katie Greller recorded her 10th double-double of the season and second in as many NCAA Tournament games with 23 points and 13 rebounds, leading George Fox past the California Lutheran 71-63 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday night at the Wheeler Sports Center.

The Bruins' fifth consecutive win improves their record to 23-4 and advances them to the Sweet Sixteen and a sectional round Friday-Saturday, March 10-11, at Abilene, Texas.

The Bruins will join host Hardin-Simmons (26-1), McMurry (24-4), and St. Thomas (25-1). California Lutheran, champions of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, finished its season at 19-7.

The game was tied late in the first half before George Fox reeled off the final six points of the period to go up 30-24 at the break. The Bruins never trailed in the second half, and stretched their lead to 10 on a pair of Greller free throws at the 14:10 mark. The lead was still 10 after a Suzanne Santos layup made it 60-50 with 4:13 to play, but the Regals reeled off seven unanswered points over the next three minutes to cut it to 60-57. The Bruins sank 11 of 12 free throws in the final 1:23, however, to hang on.

Greller, the Northwest Conference "Player of the Year", had an off night shooting, making only 5 of 18 from the field, but nailed 13 of 15 from the line, helping the Bruins to a 25-for-29 (86.2%) night at the foul line. Free throws were the difference as the Regals out-shot the Bruins, making 25 of 59 (42.4%) to only 19 of 61 (31.1%) for George Fox, but CLU managed only 8-for-16 from the line.

George Fox also got 10 points off the bench from Greller's sister-in-law, Tabitha Greller, and Bruins coach Scott Rueck, the NWC "Coach of the Year" for leading the Bruins to the league co-championship with Pacific Lutheran, pointed to two other bench players as big keys to the win.

"Two of our starters, Nicole Prazeau and Wendy Clark, only played six minutes combined in the first half," Rueck noted, "but Jill Barram and Suzanne Santos were huge off the bench. Jill has the most confidence in her ability of anyone on our team, and she hit two big three-pointers to get us going, and Suzanne hit a big three and drove the lane for a couple of late baskets when they were coming back at us. In fact, I'd say Santos' play was the turning point for us."

Anna Lindseth scored 16 to lead the Regals, Nicole Sanchez posted a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Haley Jones added 12 points.

California Lutheran (19-7) 63 Lindseth 5-9 (2-2) 4-5 16, Jones 6-9 0-0 12, Carpenter 4-7 0-1 8, Flores 1-6 (1-2) 1-4 4, Sanchez 6-17 (1-4) 2-4 15, Placido 0-2 (0-1) 0-0 0, Mosesso 3-9 (1-5) 1-2 8. Totals 25-59 (5-14) 8-16 63.

George Fox (23-4) 71 Prazeau 1-6 (0-1) 0-0 2, Clark 3-6 (1-3) 1-2 8, K. Greller 5-18 13-15 23, Thompson 0-4 (0-1) 4-4 4, Freeman 1-8 (1-4) 5-6 8, Barram 3-4 (3-3) 0-0 9, Stocking 0-1 (0-1) 0-0 0, T. Greller 3-6 (2-5) 2-2 10, Santos 3-7 (1-4) 0-0 7, Schultens 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-61 (8-22) 25-29 71.

Halftime - GFU 30, CLU 24. Rebounds - CLU 42 (Sanchez 10), GFU 39 (K. Greller 13). Assists - CLU 13 (Sanchez 5), GFU 15 (Freeman 4). Fouls - CLU 23, GFU 16. Fouled Out - Jones. Technical - Lindseth. Att - 800.

Baldwin-Wallace 77, Wilmington 72
BEREA, OHIO - Behind the play of freshman guard Sarah Gordon, Baldwin-Wallace came from behind to beat Wilmington tonight 77-72 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium.

With the victory, B-W advances to the "Sweet 16" for the first time in school history and will face Calvin College of Michigan on Friday, March 10. Calvin defeated Capital University at Alumni Gymnasium in Bexley 64-63.

The victory improved B-W's overall mark to a single-season school record 27-1 and gives the Yellow Jackets 18 straight victories. The win was B-W's 53rd in its last 56 contests dating back to last year. Wilmington ended its season with a 21-7 overall record.

B-W trailed by as many as 10 points early in the first half, at 15-5 with 10:26 remaining before the half. Junior post Jen Nance kept B-W in the game, scoring 12 first-half points as the Yellow Jackets trailed by six at intermission, 34-28.

In the second half, Wilmington extended its lead again to 10 points at 45-35 with 14:52 remaining. B-W came back behind excellent three-point shooting and solid defense. The Yellow Jackets went on a 22-2 run and connected on six three-pointers, including three from Gordon to take a 57-47 lead with 9:44 left.

Wilmington then scored the next 12 points and briefly took the lead at 59-57 with 6:28 remaining in the game. It was Wilmington's last lead of the game. A three-pointer from Gordon, her fourth in a row, gave B-W a lead they would not relinquish. Gordon scored B-W's final nine points and 23 second-half points to help lead the Yellow Jackets to victory.

"This was a great win for us and means we have gone further in the NCAA Tournament than any other B-W women's team in school history," said veteran Yellow Jacket Head Coach Cheri Harrer. "Now we have to get ready to play Calvin. It will be another great game." Last season, Calvin defeated B-W 75-67 in the second round of the Tournament.

"Sarah was outstanding," said Harrer. "She loves to have the ball in key situations and showed why tonight. We got excellent play from Jen Nance. It was a great effort by the entire team. I am very proud of this group of kids."

B-W was led by Gordon's game and career-high 28 points. She was joined in double figure scoring by Jen Nance with 20 points. Nance and freshman back up post player Holly Koepp each tallied nine rebounds.

The Yellow Jackets will next be in action on Friday, March 10 when they face Calvin College of Michigan at a site yet to be determined by the NCAA Division III Selection Committee.

Clark 63, Bates 59
LEWISTON, Maine -- Senior forward Marissa Garrity hit a three-point field goal with 19 seconds remaining in the game, breaking a 58-58 tie that pushed visiting Clark (21-8) past Bates (21-4) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

The Bobcats had a chance to tie the game on the next possession when junior forward Kate McLaughlin was fouled behind the arc, but McLaughlin only hit one of her free throws. Clark first-year Chivon Markland grabbed one of her game-high 13 rebounds on the last foul shot and got the ball to senior guard Nicole Dias, who calmly hit a pair of free throws that sealed the final margin at 63-59.

After trailing for much of the first stanza, Bates led by as many as seven points in the second after a four-point possession put the Bobcats up 48-41 at the 9:15 mark. McLaughlin grabbed an offensive rebound off a missed free throw and was fouled on the ensuing put-back. Garrity stopped Bates' momentum, however, with another big three-pointer.

In all, the game featured 11 ties and six lead changes.

"This was one of the best games I have coached in during my 16 years of coaching," said Clark head coach Pat Glispin, whose Cougars will face Southern Maine in the third round. "Both teams gave a sensational effort."

Garrity led all scorers with 30 points on 13-of-37 shooting, including 19 points on eight-of-20 shooting in the second half. She was the only Clark player in double figures. For Bates, McLaughlin had 18 points, while senior Emily King registered a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds. She ends her career with 816 rebounds, tops in Bates history.

The Cougars enjoyed a 54-37 rebounding advantage, including 21-9 on the offensive glass. The win was Clark's 10th in a row, while snapping Bates' nine-game streak and spoiling their 12-0 record in Alumni Gymnasium.

Rowan 87, Salisbury State 73
GLASSBORO, N.J. -- Six players scored in double figures as the Rowan women's basketball team defeated visiting Salisbury State 87-73 in the second round of the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament.

The Profs are 23-3 overall and advance to next weekend's sectional round. Rowan will face tonight's winner between Richard Stockton and Eastern Nazarene.

Rowan had 19 points apiece from sophomore forward Kristi McCullough and sophomore guard Lisa Guide. McCullough also grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds. Guide's point total was a career high. Guard Donna Clark totaled 15 points and six rebounds off the bench. Center Kathy Darling contributed with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Guards Jacqueline Dunbar and Stephanie Allocco each scored 10 points.

Forward Elisabeth Barfuss had a game-high 31 points for Salisbury State. Barfuss was nine of 21 from the field and 13 of 17 at the free throw line. Forward Amy Campion had 12 points while center Lisa Neylan had seven points and a team-high 13 rebounds. Guard Jamie Kohlenstein tallied nine points and seven assists.

For the game, Salisbury State shot 30.4% from the floor (24-for-79) and 70.6% at the free-throw line (24-for-34). The Profs made 28 of 66 shots (42.4%) and 27 of 35 free throws (77.1%).

Kohlenstein's jumper with 12:58 left in the first half gave Salisbury State a 9-8 advantage. It would be the Sea Gulls' last lead of the game. With the score tied at 11 (10:25), Rowan outscored SSU 16-4 for a 12-point margin (27-15) with 4:49 left in the half. McCullough had eight points in the surge while Allocco knocked down two three-pointers. Clark's free throw at 2:54 gave Rowan its biggest advantage (30-17) of the first 20 minutes. The Profs had a 33-21 lead halftime. McCullough paced the Profs with 12 points and seven rebounds. Barfuss had 10 first-half points for SSU while Neylan had 11 boards. The Sea Gulls shot 21.2% in the first half (7-for-33).

In the second half, Guide made two free throws at 8:54 for Rowan's largest margin of the contest, 59-41 (18 points). Campion's jumper at 3:02 cut the Rowan lead to nine points, 71-62. It would be the closest the Sea Gulls would get. Guide had 17 of her 19 points in the second half. Barfuss scored 21 in the final stanza for Salisbury State.

St. John Fisher 65, Cortland State 60
St. John Fisher stunned top-seeded Cortland State today with a 65-60 victory against the host Dragons in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Fourth-seeded Fisher (22-4) advances to the Sweet Sixteen for the sixth time in the 26-year history of women's basketball at the College and the first time since 1993-94. Fisher will face No. 2 St. Lawrence on Friday at a site to be announced.

With the game tied at 54 with just over four minutes left, senior Melissa Sewruk put the Cardinals up for good with a fade-away jumper over 6-5 center Kate Smith.

Cortland trailed by one at 56-55 with 1:48 left, but Smith picked up her fifth foul -- a technical for attempting to trip a Fisher player during a scramble for a loose ball. Sophomore Heather Nolan made both free throws and teammate Amanda Waloven scored on a driving lay up two possessions later to put Fisher up 60-55.

Cortland opened the game with an 11-3 run, but Fisher hung in there, and outscored the Dragons (26-2) 19-8 over the final nine minutes of the first half.

Sewruk led Fisher with 17 points and 11 rebounds, while Missy Lock scored 10 of her 14 points in the first half. Amy Vaughan finished with 12 points, four assists and four steals, while sophomore Heather Nolan added 12 points and a career-high seven assists.

Empire Eight Player of the Year Amanda Waloven was held to a season-low seven points, but grabbed 14 rebounds. Smith led Cortland 14 points and 13 rebounds.

"We came out a little nervous and Cortland was pretty pumped up at the start of the game, but we weathered the early storm and stayed with them," Sewruk said. "We got their center in foul trouble early and when she came out that really let us get into our offense. This is a really big win for us. We've all been waiting a long time to get to this point in a season and I'm glad to see all the hard work is finally paying off."

Cortland finishes its season with a school-best 26-2 record. The Red Dragons have been a combined 51-5 over the last two years but have been knocked out of the NCAA playoffs in the second round both seasons.

Southern Maine 72, Salem State 68
GORHAM, Maine -- Senior guard Julie Plant scored 28 points, including six three-point baskets, as Southern Maine hung on down the stretch to defeat Salem State in a second round game in the NCAA Tournament at the Warren Hill Gymnasium Saturday afternoon.

The win moves the Huskies into the Sweet Sixteen for the 11th time in the last 14 years. The Huskies will play Clark March 10. Clark upset top-seeded Bates 63-59. Southern Maine won its fourth consecutive game to improve to 23-5. Salem State had its 15-game winning streak stopped and finished the season 20-8 after a 3-6 start.

Plant helped the Huskies build a 12-point halftime lead (37-25) scoring 15 points, including making four of seven shots from beyond the arc. Salem State scored the game's first four points to lead 4-0 before the Huskies, ignited by a Plant three-pointer, went on a 15-0 run over a four-minute span to take command.

Salem State came back with an 8-2 run to pull within five (17-12) on a basket and free throw by senior Kara Lunden with 10:59 left. Southern Maine responded with a 12-2 run over the next five minutes to build its biggest lead (29-14) of the half. Plant, senior Trish Ripton and Plant again hit shots from behind the arc during the run.

The Huskies were able to maintain their double-digit lead over the first five minutes of the second half before the Lady Vikings, who eliminated the Huskies last season in the second round on the way to a national third-place finish, got back into the game.

Freshman Kara Smolinsky got the Lady Vikings going with four points as Salem State put together a 12-2 run to cut the margin to five (48-43) with 10:14 to play.

A 6-2 spurt by the Huskies pushed the lead back into double figures (60-49) before Smolinsky went wild. The rookie guard scored ten unanswered points to pull the Lady Vikings within one (60-59) with 2:12 to play.

Ripton converted an offensive rebound with 1:57 to play for the Huskies. Senior Adrienne Johnson made a pair of free throws with 1:47 to play to get Salem within one for the final time.

Junior Amanda Kimball scored on a short jumper, and sophomore Jaime Zahm scored on a three-point play inside to give the Huskies a six-point edge (67-61) with 43 seconds to play. USM made five of eight free throw attempts in the final 34 seconds to offset a basket by Johnson, a three-pointer by Smolinsky and two free throws by junior Melissa Smock.

Plant hit nine of 19 shots, including six of 10 from three-point territory, on the way to her 28 points which is one shy of her career high. Kimball ended up with 14 points and Ripton came off the bench to finish with 13 points. Zahm had nine points and a game-high 12 rebounds.

Smolinsky made 11 of 16 shots, including five of seven three-point tries, on the way to a game-high 30 points. Johnson had 15 points and Smock had 13 points.

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