NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The Westminster College women's basketball team won its third straight game Saturday afternoon with a 69-46 win at home against Thiel in Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) action.
Westminster improves its record to 14-9 and 7-6 for fourth place in the PAC. Thiel drops to 7-15 and 4-9 in the league.
Westminster senior guard/forward Emilee Ackerman (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield) scored a game-high 31 points, including 25 points in the second half alone. Her 31 points were two shy of tying a career high. Ackerman did, however, set a new career high with 13 rebounds.
Other notables for Westminster included senior forward Terese Marszalek (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway) with 10 points, followed by junior guard Gina Brunetti (Canfield, Ohio/Cardinal Mooney) and sophomore guard/forward Amy Dolsak (McDonald, Ohio/McDonald) with eight apiece.
Kim Stitt led Thiel with 10 points.
The Titans shot 48.0 percent (24-50) compared to Thiel's 30.6 percent (19-62), while Westminster also out-rebounded the Tomcats, 43-29.
After leading 28-21 at halftime, Westminster then jumped to a 22-point, 48-26 lead with 13:43 remaining in the second half. The Titans would lead by as many as 27 points (66-39) with 4:13 to go in the game.
Westminster will host Bethany on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 6 p.m. for its last regular season home game of the season.
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.
