SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The Endicott women’s basketball team fell, 71-58, to host Skidmore College Friday night inside the Williamson Center in non-conference action to open the 40th annual Skidmore College Invitational this weekend.
In a game in which they never trailed, the Thoroughbreds raced out to a fast start, scoring 20+ points in each of the first three quarters.
Skidmore led 42-23 at the break and never looked back even as Endicott out-scored the hosts 35-29 in the second half, including a 21-9 margin in the fourth quarter.
Junior forward Hannah Shaw (Bar Harbor, Maine) led the Gulls with a team-high 10 points.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Shaw led the Gulls in scoring for the second straight game.
- Senior forward Sarah Hood (Burlington, Mass.) grabbed a game-high eight rebounds to lead the Gulls in rebounds for the second straight game.
- Freshman guard Emily Pratt (Gardner, Mass.) scored a career-high nine points as she earned her second straight start in her rookie campaign.
- The Gulls’ highest scoring quarter this season has been the fourth, as they had 21 tonight and 19 against MIT in the season opener on Tuesday.
- Skidmore out-rebounded the Gulls, 42-41, but Endicott held a 15-10 advantage off the offensive glass.
- The Gulls registered 10 steals to Skidmore’s seven, as junior guard Gabriella Coppola (Watertown, Mass.) recorded a game-high three swipes.
FOR THE FOES
- Skidmore was up by as much as 27 points with 9:53 remaining in the game.
- The Thoroughbreds had three student-athletes in double figures, led by junior guard Kelly Donnelly’s (Wynantskill, N.Y.) game-high 18 points.
- Junior forward Maja Stjepanovic (Belgrade, Serbia) and junior guard Ari Fustini (Gales Ferry, Conn.) each added 13 and 12 points, respectively.
- Donnelly also brought down a team-high seven rebounds.
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Endicott is 0-2 in the all-time series versus Skidmore, as the Thoroughbreds won, 45-30, in the only other meeting between the two teams during the 2000-01 season.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (0-2, 0-0 CCC) will take on Keene St. on Saturday, November 19 at 2:00 p.m. as part of the Skidmore Invitational.
Skidmore (1-0, 0-0 LL) will take on No. 1 nationally-ranked Tufts University, the top-ranked team in the Preseason D3hoops.com national rankings, on Saturday, November 19 at 4:00 p.m. in the Skidmore Invitational.
REISTERSTOWN, Md. – In a rematch of last year’s Colonial Hockey Conference (CHC) championship game, the Endicott women’s ice hockey team came out on the winning end against Stevenson, 4-0, on Friday evening at Reisterstown Sportsplex.
The Gulls received goals from Jade Meier (Fairbanks, Alaska), Caroline Hughes (Andover, Mass.), Michaela McNamara (Warwick, R.I.), and Maggie Layo (Sandwich, Mass.) in the win, along with a season-high 32-save shutout from sophomore goaltender Vendela Jonsson (Linkoping, Sweden).
Meanwhile, Stevenson sophomore netminder Caitie Darosa (Madison, Conn.) made 19 saves in the loss (2-2-0).
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Jonsson, who is 4-0-0 in goal this season, recorded her 11th career shutout in tonight’s victory.
- Jonsson’s career-high for saves in a shutout is 34, which came against SUNY Canton last season on January 30, 2016.
- Her 32-save shutout tonight ranks second-most among her 11 career shutouts.
- Meier and Hughes both found the back of the net at 11:25 and 15:39 of the first period, respectively, while McNamara and Layo scored at 11:20 and 14:26 of the third.
- Jillian Gibbs (Burlington, Vt.) dished out a career-high two helpers.
FOR THE FOES
- Stevenson holds a 2-1-1 advantage in the all-time series.
- The Mustangs were shutout for the first time this season.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (6-0-0, 5-0-0 CHC) will complete its two-game set against Stevenson (4-3-0, 3-2-0 CHC) tomorrow at the Reisterstown Sportsplex at 3:30 p.m.
