Women's Basketball

2006 TRIP SPORTS SURF CITY CLASSIC
St. Lawrence University 65, Delaware Valley College 57

COSTA MESA (CA) - St. Lawrence University scored 11 straight points to break a 46-46 tie and the Saints went on to a 65-57 victory over Delaware Valley College at the 2006 Trip Sports Surf City Classic held at Vanguard University.

The loss dropped the Aggies to 3-5 on the season and they have one game remaining on their trip to California. They will take on Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) at 12:00 local time (3:00 p.m. EST) on Saturday. St. Lawrence, out of Canton, New York, improved to 8-1 with the victory.

Delaware Valley trailed for most of the contest, including s 28-17 deficit at halftime as the Aggies hit just 5 of 25 shots from the field (20.0 %) in the first 20 minutes. They were still down 32-24 three minutes into the second stanza, but went on a 12-4 run, capped by Shannon O'Neill's 3-pointer, to tie the game at 36-36 with 11:15 remaining.

St. Lawrence went back into the lead before Kim Vennera's layup with 6:28 left on the clock tied things up at 46-46. However, Jamie Wolff hit back-to-back treys to ignite the 11-0 run that put the Saints in the lead for good. Delaware Valley never got closer than six points the rest of the way.

Vennera finished with 13 points, nine rebounds and six steals to pace the Aggies. Rachel Joyce added 12 points and eight boards while Brooke Dittmar had 10 points and six boards. O'Neill, Moira Donohue, Stephanie Fanto finished with seven points apiece.

Kimberly Sikule notched game highs of 19 points and 11 rebounds for St. Lawrence. Wolff finished with 14 points and six assists, including a 4-for-8 effort from 3-point land.