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Camden Hergenrother
Erynn Daubenmire
62
Winner Westminster WES 16-10 (No. 6)
58
Grove City GRO 15-11 (No. 3)
Winner
Westminster WES
16-10 (No. 6)
62
Final
58
Grove City GRO
15-11 (No. 3)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Westminster WES 11 17 18 16 62
Grove City GRO 11 17 18 12 58

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Hergenrother scores 22 in quarterfinal win at Grove City

GROVE CITY, Pa.--The sixth-seeded Westminster College women's basketball team pulled out a 62-58 victory over No. 3 Grove City College in the quarterfinal round of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Championship Monday night at the Grove City College Arena. 

Westminster improved to 16-10 with Monday's win. Grove City fell to 15-11.  

On Wednesday, Westminster will travel to No. 2 Saint Vincent College for a 7 p.m. semifinal round matchup with the Bearcats at the Robert S. Carey Student Center in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Saint Vincent earned a 56-43 quarterfinal victory over No. 7 Bethany College Monday.

Senior Camden Hergenrother (Salem, Ohio | Cardinal Mooney) scored a game-high 22 points to go along with eight rebounds and three asissts to pace Westminster. She finished 9-of-18 from the floor. Junior Mariah Vincent (Franklin, Pa. | Kennedy Catholic) added 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting from three-point range. 

Senior Natalie Murrio (Pittsburgh, Pa. | Brentwood) chipped in with nine points, seven rebounds and eight assists. Junior Katie Fitzpatrick (Cumberland Center, Maine | Greely) posted a team-best 10 rebounds. It was her eighth game this season with 10 or more rebounds. Senior Lindsay Bell (Youngstown, Ohio | Ursuline) added eight boards. 

Megan Kallock led Grove City with 19 points. 

Tied 11-11 after the first period, Westminster outscored Grove City 12-3 over the first 2:50 of the second to grab a 23-14 lead with just over seven minutes to go in the half. Vincent hit back-to-back three-point field goals to cap the scoring run. Grove City responded with a 10-0 run to go up 24-23 with 6:35 remaining. Kallock had seven points during the stretch. Murrio's transition bucket with 3:27 to play put the Titans in front 25-24, but baskets by Emily Garvin and Mara Polczynski pushed the Wolverines' lead to three, 28-25, with just under two minutes to go. 

Hergenrother's three-pointer with nine seconds left in the half tied things up at 28-28. Vincent and Hergenrother had nine points apiece to lead Westminster at the half. The Titans went 4-of-7 (57.1%) from the three-point line in the first 20 minutes.

In the third, Hergenrother scored 11 early points to help the Titans jump out to a 41-35 lead with 5:45 to go in the period. Freshman Gracie Schill (Rootstown, Ohio | Archbishop Hoban) hit a layup with four seconds left in the quarter that ended a Grove City 11-3 scoring run and tied the game at 46-46 heading into the fourth.

A Vincent three-pointer broke a 50-50 deadlock, giving the Titans a 53-50 lead with just under six minutes left in the fourth. A quick 7-0 run extended Westminster's lead to seven, 60-53, with just over two minutes remaining in regulation. Murrio split free throws on two-straight trips to the line down the stretch to seal the four-point win. 

Westminster shot 37.1 percent (23-62) from the floor and hit 6-of-14 (42.9%) three-point tries. The Titans finished with 51-47 edge on the glass. 
 
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