News Release

BALTIMORE — College of Notre Dame of Maryland held off a late Wesley College rally to win its final regular-season game, 60-51, Saturday afternoon at the Marion Burk Knott Athletic Complex.

Notre Dame (16-6) led by 20, 49-29, with 8:25 remaining in the game, but the Wolverines hit two-straight 3-pointers and scored 15 of the next 19 points, cutting the lead to nine, 53-44, with 5:44 to play.

Wesley (7-18) then cut the lead to seven, 58-51, with 2:28 to play on a 3-pointer by senior guard Annette Nacrelli (Elkton, Md./Caravel High School). The Gators, however, would hold Wesley scoreless for the rest of the game.

Senior center Catherine Vecchioni (Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall High School) led the Gators with 12 points in the final home game of her career.

Senior forward Katrina Grier (Baltimore, Md./Edmondson-Westside High School) added 10 points, and junior guard Gloria Broady (Baltimore, Md./St. Frances Academy) scored 11 points off the bench.

Nacrelli scored 14 points to lead all players. Sophomore guard Domonique Barrett (Dover, Del./Dover High School) had a double-double with 10 points and a game-high 18 rebounds.

Notre Dame continues its season next week when it will be the No. 1 seed at the 2007 Atlantic Women’s Colleges Conference Championships, hosted by Chatham College in Pittsburgh, Pa. The Gators will play the to-be-determined No. 4 seed on Friday, February 23, 2007, at 6 p.m.

NOTRE DAME (MD.) 60, WESLEY 51

WESLEY (7-18)
Nacrelli, Annette 5-19 0-1 14; Thomas, Colleen 5-17 2-2 12; Barrett,
Dominique 3-9 4-8 10; Tingle, Shirelle 4-8 0-2 9; Kennedy, Heather 2-9 0-0
5; Milner, Patricia 0-4 1-2 1; Mulen, Michele 0-4 0-0 0; Orrben, Gina 0-1
0-0 0. Totals 19-71 7-15 51.

NOTRE DAME (MD.) (16-6)
Vecchioni, Catherine 5-12 2-3 12; Broady, Gloria 3-10 4-4 11; Grier, Katrina
4-7 2-3 10; Ordille, Kimberly 2-9 2-2 7; Hall, Casie 3-11 0-0 6; Lawson,
Katie 2-7 0-0 4; Wassink, Faith 1-4 1-2 3; Burley, Ashley 1-3 0-0 2; Flora,
Melissa 1-2 0-0 2; Johnson, Ashleigh 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 23-69 12-16 60.

Wesley........................   17   34  -   51
Notre Dame (Md.)..............   32   28  -   60

3-point goals-Wesley 6-28 (Nacrelli, Annette 4-10; Kennedy, Heather 1-6;
Tingle, Shirelle 1-4; Mulen, Michele 0-3; Barrett, Dominique 0-1; Thomas,
Colleen 0-4), Notre Dame (Md.) 2-10 (Ordille, Kimberly 1-3; Broady, Gloria
1-4; Lawson, Katie 0-1; Wassink, Faith 0-1; Burley, Ashley 0-1). Fouled
out--Wesley-None, Notre Dame (Md.)-Hall, Casie. Rebounds-Wesley 53 (Barrett,
Dominique 18), Notre Dame (Md.) 49 (Broady, Latoya 12). Assists-Wesley 13
(Tingle, Shirelle 8), Notre Dame (Md.) 16 (Burley, Ashley 5). Total
fouls-Wesley 16, Notre Dame (Md.) 18. A-185.