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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL LOSE TO SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE AT SAINT ANSELM HOLIDAY CLASSIC
December 30, 2009

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL LOSE TO SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE AT SAINT ANSELM HOLIDAY CLASSIC

Manchester, NH (12/30/09) The Dominican College women's basketball team lost to the Hawks of Saint Anselm College, 52-47 this evening in the final game of the 2009 Saint Anselm Holiday Classic.

Box Score

Manchester, NH (12/30/09)  The Dominican College women's basketball team lost to the Hawks of Saint Anselm College, 52-47 this evening in the final game of the 2009 Saint Anselm Holiday Classic.

The Lady Chargers jumped out to an early 10-5 lead in the first half as senior guard Rachelle Sainten (Spring Valley, NY) hit a three point bucket.  Leading 12-7 with 12:04 left before the break the Hawks went on a 5-0 run to knot the contest at 12-12.  A trey by sophomore guard Kaity Lent (Vineland, NJ) gave DC their biggest lead of the half, 27-18, with 5:38 remaining in the half.  A 9-1 spurt by the Hawks closed out the first half with the game tied at 28-28.

Saint Anselm started the second half just like how they ended the first half, this time with an 9-0 run to take a 37-28 advantage.  The Hawks increased their lead to twelve points, 44-32, with 10:25 to go when the Lady Chargers charged back to outscore the Hawks 13-2 over the next 6:13 to cut the deficit to 46-45.

A three point basket by Saint Anselm rebuilt a four point lead and they never looked back en route to the 52-47 victory.

Sainten led all scorers with 19 points on the night, shooting 7-15 from the floor and tallied five rebounds.  Lent came off the bench to net nine points (3-3 from the three point arc), while sophomore Marley Klunk (York, PA) came off the bench to grab a game-tying 10 rebounds in the loss.

For her play over the last two days, Sainten was named to the All-Tournament Team.

With the loss Dominican falls to 6-5 overall.

The Lady Chargers return to action on January, 7th when they host Bloomfield College in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game on Coach Baxter Court.  Game time is set for 6pm at the Hennessy Center.

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.