CAC Champ Marymount Tops Eastern Mennonite, 55-42, In First Round of NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament
Marymount University’s women’s basketball team
defeated Eastern Mennonite 55-42 in the first round of the 2013
NCAA Division III Tournament on Friday evening. Head coach
Ashlee Courter earned her 100th career victory
with the win as the Saints advance to face the winner of
Christopher Newport and Guilford in the second round on
Saturday.
Three Saints (24-4) scored in double-figures, led by senior
Tynisha Parks with her ninth double-double of the
season. She scored a game-high 13 points to go with a
game-high 14 rebounds.
Sophomore Dominique Dickens added 12 points off
the bench while senior Katelyn Fischer added 11.
Fischer put together yet another all-around game, adding
eight assists to go with five rebounds and three steals.
Freshman Miranda Krott also hauled in
double-figure rebounds, pulling down 10 boards in the win for the
Blue and White.
Now in her third season at the helm of her alma mater, Courter
reached the 100 win milestone in seven years as a collegiate head
coach. She won 49 games with Franklin & Marshall before
returning to Marymount for 51 wins and counting.
Keyla Baltimore led Eastern Mennonite (21-7) with 10 points.
Marymount advances to face the winner of Christopher Newport and
Guilford in the second round on Saturday night. Tip-off is
set for 7 p.m. and fans can follow the action live by logging on to
www.sidearmstats.com/cnu/wbball for live stats and
www.cnusports.com/LIVE for live video.