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COUGARS END SKID WITH VICTORY OVER DOMINICAN COLLEGE LADY CHARGERS
February 24, 2009

COUGARS END SKID WITH VICTORY OVER DOMINICAN COLLEGE LADY CHARGERS

Caldwell, NJ (2/24/09) The Caldwell College women's basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak with a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference victory over Dominican College by the score of 67-53 Tuesday night in the George R. Newman Center. The win clinches third place in the CACC North Division for the Cougars, who are now 10-16 overall and 8-8 in league play. The Chargers, who already wrapped up first in the CACC North, fall to 16-11, 13-4 CACC.

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Courtesy of Matt McLagan, Caldwell College SID

Caldwell, NJ (2/24/09) The Caldwell College women's basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak with a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference victory over Dominican College by the score of 67-53 Tuesday night in the George R. Newman Center. The win clinches third place in the CACC North Division for the Cougars, who are now 10-16 overall and 8-8 in league play. The Lady Chargers, who already wrapped up first in the CACC North, fall to 16-11, 13-4 CACC.
 
The Cougars grabbed control of the game early, jumping out to a 17-8 lead in the first six minutes of the contest. After Dominican pulled to within three later in the half, Caldwell used a pair of baskets from sophomore forward Lisa Federico (Toms River, NJ) to spark an 8-0 run and take a 34-23 lead with 1:31 on the clock. A three-pointer from Meghan Murphy (Carmel, NY) and a basket by Althea Chambers (Yonkers, NY) made the halftime score 34-28 Caldwell. Freshman forward Kaitlyn Lambert (Cumberland, RI) led all players with 11 points in the first half.
 
A 9-0 run, including three-pointers from Lambert and sophomore guard Kirsty Leedham (Ellesmere Port, England), boosted the Cougar advantage to 43-28 with 17:09 remaining. Caldwell still maintained a 13-point lead, 52-39 with just over eight minutes to play when Dominican scored six straight points to pull to within seven, 52-45 with 6:16 left. But a conventional three-point play from Leedham and a basket by junior guard Danielle Hubbard (East Orange, NJ) pushed the lead back to 57-45, and the Lady Chargers never came closer than seven the rest of the way. The Cougars held Dominican to 25.7 percent shooting from the field in the second half and 30.8 percent for the game to end a nine-game losing skid against the Lady Chargers.
 
Lambert finished with 16 points to lead all scorers, and Leedham made three three-pointers en route to 14 points. Senior forward Mackenzie Lynch (Wayne, NJ) and Janay Perkins (Bronx, NY) also contributed, with Lynch recording her third straight double-double (11 points, 12 boards), and Perkins matching her career high with 16 rebounds. Sophomore guard Abena George (Elmont, NY) tallied a career-high 12 points, while Federico had a career-best six points in 13 minutes off the bench.

Chambers paced the Chargers with 14 points and seven rebounds.  Junior forward Adele Laskowski (Wayne, NJ) added 11 points and five caroms in the loss.

The result means that the Cougars will play at second-place Bloomfield College in the first round of the CACC Tournament on Monday, Mar. 2, while Dominican will host fourth-seeded Nyack College Warriors.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.