NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The Westminster College women's basketball team lost at home to No. 4 Thomas More, 81-57, Saturday afternoon in Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) action.
The Saints (8-0, 3-0 PAC), ranked No. 4 in the nation this week according to the USA Today/ESPN Division III Coaches' Poll, register their ninth-straight win over Westminster dating back to 2005-06.
Westminster falls to 2-6 on the season and 0-2 in the PAC.
Freshman forward Emily Dolsak (McDonald, Ohio/McDonald) scored in double figures for a second straight game with a career-high 16 points to lead the Titans. Dolsak shot 6-10 from the floor and grabbed five rebounds. Emily's older sister, sophomore Amy Dolsak (McDonald, Ohio/McDonald), led the Titans with six rebounds to go with five points.
Sophomore point guard Kaitlin McCarthy (Lowellville, Ohio/Lowellville) also scored in double figures for Westminster with 13 points on 5-10 shooting.
Nicole Dickman paced the Saints with 19 points, followed by Kristen Humphrey and Jayme Thiem with 16 and 10, respectively.
Dickman also snared a team-best six rebounds as Thomas More held a slight 34-32 rebound advantage. The Saints also shot 51.6 percent (32-62) compared to Westminster's 40.4 percent (23-57).
The Titans kept the game close in the opening 10 minutes with a 13-10 margin at the 10:30 mark of the first half. Thiem then hit a jumper and a 3-pointer within a minute to put Thomas More up by eight points (18-10) and the Saints never looked back.
Thiem scored all 10 of her points in the first half and Thomas More held a 42-25 lead at halftime. Thomas More's largest lead was 32 points (71-39) with 7:38 left in the second half.
Westminster is off until it hosts Wooster on Monday, Dec. 29 at 6 p.m.
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 368 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.
