NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The Westminster College women's basketball team upped its season-long win streak to seven games by defeating Pitt-Greensburg, 68-61, Monday in non-conference action at the Buzz Ridl Gymnasium.
Westminster improves to 15-4 on the season while the Bobcats fall to 10-9.
Senior guard Desiree Sterling (Newton Falls, Ohio/Newton Falls) compiled her second double-double of the season in successive games as she scored a team-high 14 points and snared a game-high 10 rebounds.
Three other Titans scored in double figures, including sophomore guard Gina Brunetti (Canfield, Ohio/Cardinal Mooney) who scored a career-high 13 points in her sixth game of the year scoring in double digits.
Freshman center Rachel Martinko (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield) and junior guard/forward Emilee Ackerman (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield) each scored 12 points. Ackerman, the Titans' leading scorer for the season, played 19 minutes (over 10 minutes below her average) as she played most of the second half in foul trouble before fouling out with four minutes left in the game.
The Titans were also without the services of junior starting forward Terese Marszalek (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway), who was injured in the Jan. 24 game at Thiel.
Pitt-Greensburg's Nicole Reiser hit the ensuing free throws after Ackerman's fifth foul to tie the game, 57-57. Westminster then went on a 7-0 run to secure the win, which included a clutch 3-point basket by Sterling with 1:39 remaining to give the Titans a 64-57 lead.
Reiser led the Bobcats with 19 points.
The Titans return to action Wednesday, Jan. 31, for a 6 p.m. game against Saint Vincent at the Buzz Ridl Gymnasium.
Founded in 1852 and related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Westminster College is ranked among national leaders in graduation rate performance, according to U.S. News Guide to America's Best Colleges, and is one of the most affordable national liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania. Westminster is also honored as one of "The Best 361 Colleges" and "Best in the Northeast" by The Princeton Review, and was recognized by the Templeton Guide as a "Character Building College."
Nearly 1,600 students benefit from individualized attention from dedicated faculty, while choosing from 41 majors and nearly 100 organizations on the New Wilmington, Pa. campus.
