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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHARGE PAST WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY
January 5, 2013

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHARGE PAST WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY

New Castle, Del. (1/5/13) The Dominican College women's basketball team charged past host, Wilmington University, 86-65, this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game played at the WU Athletics Complex. With the win, the Lady Chargers improve to 7-5 overall and 4-1 in conference play, while the Wildcats fall to 3-12 overall and 1-7 in the CACC.

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New Castle, Del. (1/5/13)  The Dominican College women's basketball team charged past host, Wilmington University, 86-65, this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game played at the WU Athletics Complex.  With the win, the Lady Chargers improve to 7-5 overall and 4-1 in conference play, while the Wildcats fall to 3-12 overall and 1-7 in the CACC.

Tied at 12-12 with under 13 minutes remaining in the first stanza, the Lady Chargers went on a 20-2 tear over the next nine minutes to go ahead 32-14, with the last nine points of the run all coming off three point buckets, two from Shannon Lavelle* (Floral Park, N.Y.) and one from Lindsey Lopez* (Elmwood Park, N.J.).  DC went into the half with a 22 point advantage, 49-27.

Three players finished the first half in double figures in scoring as Lopez and KC Jentzen (Pearl River, N.Y.) each had 13 points and Lavelle finished with 12 points (4-7 from the three point arc).

DC led by as many as 28 points in the second half en route to the 86-65 victory.

Lopez led all scorers with 21 points and added four assists.

Lavelle finished with 18 points, all from the three point arc as she went 6-11, and recorded five rebounds.  Jentzen had the team's only double-double with 15 points and 10 boards.

Nicole Welton (Southbury, Conn.) came off the bench to score eight points, while Deja Gabbidon (Teaneck, N.J.) grabbed a team high 11 rebounds and three steals in the win.

The Lady Chargers are back in action on Monday night as they host Bloomfield College at the Hennessy Center at 7pm.

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.