WOOSTER, Ohio - The Westminster College women's basketball team improved to 4-0 on the season with a 64-54 win at Wooster Wednesday night in non-conference action.
Senior guard/forward Emilee Ackerman (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield) scored a game-high 24 points while grabbing eight rebounds. Ackerman made 7 of 13 shots from the field and all 10 of her foul shots as she has now made all 27 of her free-throw attempts so far this season. Ackerman is averaging 22.8 points per game this season while scoring at least 24 points in her last three games.
Junior guard Gina Brunetti (Canfield, Ohio/Cardinal Mooney) bucketed a career-high 16 points on 7-12 shooting for Westminster. The Titans shot 37.7 percent (20-53) from the floor and excluding Ackerman and Brunetti the Titans shot 21.4 percent (6-28). The next highest scorer for the Titans was sophomore center Rachel Martinko (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield) with eight points and a team-high nine rebounds.
Westminster played solid defense as Wooster (1-3) shot just 34.4 percent (21-61) from the field, led by Kaitlin Krister's team-high 18 points on 7-12 shooting and a team-high eight rebounds.
The Titans trailed by as many as six points (12-6) in the first half before taking a one-point, 28-27 lead at halftime. There were six lead changes in the second half before Westminster took the lead for good at the 8:41 mark on the first of six straight made free throws by Ackerman.
Westminster returns to action Saturday at home against Saint Vincent at 2 p.m. as part of the first game of a men's and women's doubleheader.
About Westminster College...
Founded in 1852 and related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Westminster College is ranked 15th among liberal arts colleges, according to the Washington Monthly 2007 Annual College Guide. Westminster is a national leader 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 366 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 undergraduate and graduate students benefit from individualized attention from dedicated faculty while choosing from 41 majors and nearly 100 organizations on the New Wilmington, Pa., campus.
