Women's Basketball

Delaware Valley 66, Juniata College 58

DOYLESTOWN (PA) - The Delaware Valley College women's basketball team went on a 16-4 run in the second half to pull away from visiting Juniata College and post a 66-58 victory in a non-conference game.

With the win, the Aggies improved to 4-0 on the season. The Eagles had their two-game winning streak snapped as they fell to 2-2.

Juniata opened the second half with a 10-3 spurt to erase a one-point deficit and take a 43-37 lead. Jen Uhrich had eight of the 10 points during the run.

The Eagles still led by four, 52-48, with 8:41 remaining following a Dana Reist free throw. However, Delaware Valley responded with nine consecutive points and 16 of the next 20 to build a 64-56 advantage with 1:33 to go. Freshman forward Rachel Joyce had five points while junior center Bridget Golden and sophomore guard Juli McGowan had four apiece during that span.

The Aggies jumped out to a quick 10-0 lead in the first three minutes of the game and built it to as many as 13, 15-2, with 15:04 to go before intermission. Juniata slowly fought back and even took a brief 29-28 lead with 2:51 remaining in the half. Delaware Valley did hold a 34-33 advantage at the break behind seven points apiece from Joyce and junior forward/guard Jackie Hartzell.

Hartzell finished with 14 points to pace the Aggies. Joyce notched 12 points, eight rebounds and three steals while sophomore guard Kate McCarthy also reached double figures with 12 points. Golden had nine points to go along with game highs of 10 rebounds, five blocks and five steals.

Uhrich led all players with 17 points for the Eagles. She also added seven rebounds. Reist finished with 12 points and nine boards while Lesley Snoby added 11 points and seven rebounds.