Women's Basketball

Delaware Valley College 77, Wilkes University 64

DOYLESTOWN (PA) - Delaware Valley College placed four players in double figures as the Aggies notched a 77-64 victory over visiting Wilkes University in a Freedom Conference game.

The win improved the Aggies to 8-9 overall and 4-2 in the Freedom as they ended the first half of league play. The Lady Colonels fell to 1-6 and 0-5.

Delaware Valley opened the game on a 10-2 run to take a lead it would never relinquish. However, Wilkes fought back and trimmed the lead to a single point, 18-17, on a Jessica Plisko 3-pointer with 8:30 to play in the first stanza.

A jumper by Mandi Wilson, a layup by Brooke Dittmar and a trey by Brittany Battinieri upped the Aggie lead to 25-17 with 4:54 to go. Moments later the lead was six, 26-20, following a basket by the Lady Colonels' Katie Cappelloni with 3:02 showing on the clock.

However, Delaware Valley closed the half on a 14-3 spurt with baskets by six different players to take a double figure lead that it would never give up. Kim Vennera and Dittmar both cashed in shots to make it 30-20. After Brittany Ely answered with a bucket for Wilkes, Battinieri hit a 3-pointer as the lead grew to 33-22.

Sam Lynam hit one of two free throws for the Lady Colonels to make it 33-23. However, Moira Donohue knocked down a 3-pointer, and both Rochelle Teesdale and Amanda Wilson converted shots to give the Aggies a 40-23 lead at intermission.

Delaware Valley built its biggest lead of the afternoon, 56-34, on a Donohue field goal with 13:12 left to play. A 14-5 run by Wilkes cut the gap to 61-48, but the Lady Colonels were never able to get the lead back to single digits.

Donohue scored a game-high 19 points and also added four assists. Vennera contributed 17 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and five steals while Battinieri cashed in 17 tallies and had five helpers. Wilson chipped in with a career-high 10 points and Dittmar just missed a double-double with nine points and nine boards.

Cappelloni led Wilkes with 18 points and eight rebounds. Lynam contributed 13 points and four caroms, and Brittany Ely had 11 points and seven rebounds for the Lady Colonels.