Women's Basketball

Delaware Valley 62, Lycoming College 57

DOYLESTOWN (PA) - Delaware Valley College rallied from a 10-point, second-half deficit and posted a 62-57 victory over visiting Lycoming College in a Freedom Conference game.

The Aggies have won four of their last five games and are 8-5 overall and 1-3 in the Freedom, while the Lady Warriors fell to 4-8, 0-4.

Lycoming held a 41-31 lead with 13:42 remaining in the contest following three free throws by Colleen Wade. However, Delaware Valley responded with a 15-5 run to tie the contest at 46-46 with 7:50 to go. Moira Donohue and Bridget Golden scored four points apiece in the spurt.

The team traded points before another pair of Wade free throws gave the Lady Warriors their final lead of the game at 50-49 with 5:37 remaining. Delaware Valley responded with nine straight, including four by Jackie Hartzell and a 3-pointer by Donohue, and a 58-50 advantage with 1:46 to go. Lycoming could not pull closer than five points the rest of the way.

Both teams struggled from the field all afternoon as the Aggies connected on just 31 percent of their shots, including a 6-for-29 showing (20.7%) in the first half. Lycoming hit just 19 of 64 attempts from the field (29.7%).

The Lady Warriors led by as many as 10 in the first half, but Delaware Valley rallied behind eight points by Ashley Ziegler to trail by just three, 23-20 at the intermission.

Donohue and Ziegler both came off the bench to combine for 30 points as the Aggie substitutes held a 37-12 advantage. Donohue, a freshman, finished with a career-high 19 points while Ziegler, a junior had 11 points in 24 minutes for her finest game in a Delaware Valley uniform. Senior center Bridget Golden added 13 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks in the victory.

Wade paced Lycoming with 16 points while also adding five rebounds, four steals and two blocks. Amy Kile contributed 10 points and four assists and Danielle Kern added six points and a game-high 16 rebounds.