PITTSBURGH - The Westminster College women's basketball team shook off its season-long, three-game losing streak in resounding fashion on Sunday with an 83-41 win at Chatham in a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) game.
The game was originally scheduled for Saturday but was postponed to Sunday because of the snowstorm that affected travel.
Westminster is 8-13 overall and 6-5 in the PAC, while the Cougars drop to 8-13 and 2-9 in the league.
The Titans' 83 points were a season high, surpassing their previous best of 76 vs. Geneva seven games ago. Chatham's 41 points were also the fewest points allowed by Westminster this season, the lowest since allowing 48 vs. La Roche on Nov. 28. Westminster also shot a season-best 46.4 percent (26-56) from the field and posted a season-high 59 rebounds.
Senior guard Amy Dolsak (McDonald, Ohio/McDonald) led the Titans with 19 points on 7-14 shooting from the field, including 3-7 from 3-point range. Dolsak also snared seven rebounds.
Freshman forward Andi Ridge (North Tonawanda, N.Y./Starpoint) set a new career high for Westminster with 12 points to go with a team-high eight rebounds.
Freshman guard Jenn Cantella (Freedom, Pa./Freedom) also scored in double figures for the fourth time this season for the Titans with 11 points to go with a game-high and career high-tying four assists.
Barb Petty led Chatham with 14 points, while Kayla Hilko bucketed nine points to go with a game-high nine rebounds.
Westminster took its largest lead of the first half when Amy Dolsak sank a 3-pointer right before the halftime buzzer to put the Titans up 43-22. The Titans' gaping margin was never in doubt as they led by as many as 46 points in the second half, including at least a 40-point lead the final 12:32 of the game.
The Titans return to action Wednesday when they host Washington & Jefferson at 6 p.m.
About Westminster College...
Founded in 1852 and related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Westminster College is a top tier liberal arts college and a national leader in graduation rate performance, according to U.S. News Guide to America's Best Colleges. Westminster ranked third among liberal arts colleges in social mobility, according to the Washington Monthly College Guide, and is one of the most affordable national liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania. Westminster is also honored as one of "The Best 371 Colleges" and "Best in the Northeast" by The Princeton Review, and is named to the President's Honor Roll for excellence in service learning.
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. Visit www.westminster.edu/advantage to view "Advantage: Westminster" A Strategic Plan 2010-2020.
