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WBB
Emily Tallis
62
Winner Westminster (PA) WES 1-0,0-0 PAC
56
Capital CAP 0-1,0-0 OAC
Winner
Westminster (PA) WES
1-0,0-0 PAC
62
Final
56
Capital CAP
0-1,0-0 OAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Westminster (PA) WES 10 23 10 19 62
Capital CAP 10 14 19 13 56

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Three finish in double figures, Titans earn season-opening win at Capital

Sefcik picks up career win No. 1

COLUMBUS, Ohio---The Westminster women's basketball team opened its season with a 62-56 victory at Capital Friday night, giving first-year head coach Megan Sefcik a win in her debut inside the Capital Center Performance Arena.

Juniors Maddie Syka (Darlington, Pa., Lincoln Park) and Katie Maryo (Cleveland, Ohio, Magnificat), along with sophomore Bella Calcamuggio (Sylvania, Ohio, Notre Dame Academy), scored in double figures. Syka registered a 12-point, 11-rebound double-double and added four assists. Maryo had 10 points and three steals while Calcamuggio finished with 11 points, going 3-of-4 from three-point field goal range. Senior Grace Cano (Greenville, Pa., Greenville) and sophomore Avery Maier (Butler, Pa., Butler) scored eight points apiece. 

Kendall Spreen led Capital with 16 points. Kyah Ewing added 15 points. 

The Titans overcame a five-minute scoring drought in the first quarter and pulled even when Cano made two free throws with one second left in the quarter to tie it at 10-10. Earlier, Calcamuggio ended the dry spell with a layup, and Syka's tip-in put the Titans ahead 6-5 with 1:29 remaining. 

In the second quarter, the Titans flipped the game with a 10-0 run, turning a 16-12 deficit into a 22-16 lead after baskets from Calcamuggio, Syka, junior Angelina Brush (Murrysville, Pa., Franklin Regional) Maryo. The run was part of a stretch in which the Titans made six-straight field goals, including three three-pointers by Calcamuggio, Maryo and Maier. The Titans outscored Capital 23-14 in the quarter and went into halftime ahead 33-24.

Capital outscored the Titans 19-10 in the third quarter and tied the game at 43-43 on a layup with 25 seconds left. The Titans answered a 37-37 tie with three-pointers from Maryo and Maier, but Capital made two free throws and a late layup to pull even at 43-43 going into the fourth. 

The Titans broke open the fourth quarter with a nine-point run, getting baskets from senior Kennedy Arison (Medina, Ohio, Archbishop Hoban), Syka, Calcamuggio and sophomore Jenna Zuelch (Aurora, Ohio, Aurora) to move ahead 52-43. After Capital closed the gap, Zuelch scored again and Calcamuggio hit another three-pointer, while Syka added a steal during the closing stretch. Capital pulled within 61-56 on Spreen's late three-pointer, but the Titans finished off a 62-56 win.

Westminster finished with a 45-33 rebounding advantage and got 28 points from the bench. The Titans scored 22 points off 11 Capital turnovers. 

Up next:
Westminster will open its home schedule Monday against Mount Aloysius. Tipoff at Ron Galbreath Court inside Buzz Ridl Gymnasium is scheduled for 7 p.m.
 
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