News Release

CHICOPEE, Mass. — Elms College senior forward Danielle Dugre (Holyoke, MA) recorded her seventh double-double of the year with 14 points and 12 rebounds and the Blazers’ defense yielded just 14 total field goals en route to a 49-40 win over Lesley University in Wednesday night’s North Atlantic Conference (NAC) women’s basketball game at the Maguire Center.

With the win, the Blazers earned their second win of the season over the Lynx and snapped a two-game losing streak to improve to 8-9 overall, 7-4 NAC. Lesley lost for the fourth time in its last five games to fall to 7-10 overall, 5-6 NAC.

Sophomore guard Raemarie Josefiak (Springfield, MA) netted 12 points, including three 3-pointers and freshman forward Paige Schneider (Windsor, CT) added 10 points for the Blazers, who led 21-17 at intermission.

Lesley received a team-high 10 points apiece from sophomore guard Courtnie Leakeas (Lowell, MA) and junior forward Kristin King (Holliston, MA) in the loss.

Elms College returns to conference play when it travels to Johnson State College on Saturday, February 4. Game time is 2:00 p.m.

Newspaper Box Score
Lesley University vs Elms College
02/01/06 6:00 p.m. at Chicopee, MA
At Chicopee, MA
ELMS COLLEGE 49, LESLEY UNIVERSITY 40
LESLEY UNIVERSITY (7-10, 5-6 NAC)
Kristin King 4-7 2-2 10; Courtnie Leakeas 5-17 0-2 10; Anya Vines 3-8 0-0 7;
Christine Niosi 2-5 2-2 7; Lani Cabral-Pini 2-13 0-0 4; Christine Buchanan
1-3 0-0 2; Lisa Pina 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 17-54 4-6 40.
ELMS COLLEGE (8-9, 7-4 NAC)
Danielle Dugre 3-10 8-9 14; Raemarie Josefiak 3-8 3-4 12; Paige Schneider
4-10 1-4 10; Martha Arment 2-5 0-0 4; Michelle Fernandes 1-11 1-2 4; Karen
Prattico 0-2 3-4 3; Shauna Sullivan 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 14-50 16-23 49.
Lesley University.............   17   23  -   40
Elms College..................   21   28  -   49
3-point goals-Lesley University 2-19 (Christine Niosi 1-2; Anya Vines 1-5;
Lani Cabral-Pini 0-8; Courtnie Leakeas 0-3; Kristin King 0-1), Elms College
5-16 (Raemarie Josefiak 3-6; Paige Schneider 1-1; Michelle Fernandes 1-7;
Shauna Sullivan 0-2). Fouled out--Lesley University-Lisa Pina, Elms
College-None. Rebounds-Lesley University 34 (Courtnie Leakeas 7), Elms
College 40 (Danielle Dugre 12). Assists-Lesley University 13 (Courtnie
Leakeas 5), Elms College 11 (Michelle Fernandes 5). Total fouls-Lesley
University 15, Elms College 7. A-109
Elms College snaps two-game losing streak.
Lesley University loses for the fourth time in its last five games.