Women's Basketball

Lycoming College 61, Delaware Valley 56

WILLIAMSPORT (PA) - Senior center Bridget Golden notched 14 points and 12 rebounds and became just the second player in Delaware Valley College women's basketball history to go over the 900-rebound plateau for a career, but it wasn't enough as the Aggies dropped a 61-56, Freedom Conference game to host Lycoming College.

It was Golden's 12th double-double of the season and she also added four blocks before fouling out with 5:13 remaining in the contest. The performance upped her career rebounding total to 904 and just 47 away from tying Lauren Snyder's school record with six games remaining. Golden already holds Delaware Valley's all-time record in blocks with 187 and is sixth in scoring with 1,165 points.

A Golden jumper with 11 minutes remaining in the first half gave Delaware Valley (8-10, 1-8 Freedom) its largest lead of the game, 18-10. However, the Aggies managed just 10 points during the rest of the half while the Lady Warriors (6-12, 2-7) scored 25 to take a 35-28 lead into the break.

Lycoming built the lead of to as many as 10, but Delaware Valley battled back and tied the contest at 42-42 on a pair of Shannon O'Neill free throws with 11:45 to go. However, the Warriors scored the next six points to regain the lead.

The Aggies hung around and pulled to within four, 57-53 with 1:03 remaining as Rachel Joyce sank a pair of foul shots. Amy Kile upped the lead to six with a jumper and Rebecca Pugh added a free throw for a seven-point game with 33 seconds to go. Jackie Hartzell's 3-pointer with 12 seconds to go gave Delaware Valley a final chance, but Lycoming's Amy Herschman hit one of two free throws with three seconds later for the final scoring in the game.

Hartzell joined Golden in double figures as the senior scored 12 points for the Aggies. Joyce finished with eight points and seven boards while O'Neill registered seven points, six assists and seven steals.

Kile paced the Lady Warriors with a game-high 21 points and nine rebounds. Pugh finished with 13 points, five rebounds and four assists off the bench.