St. Mary's 64, VJC 54
Stevenson, MD.- The Mustangs hosted rival St. Mary's College in this afternoons match-up. Villa Julie dominated during the first half, but it wasn't enough to beat the Seahawks at the end of the game.
Villa took a quick four point lead, 7-3, when Tanisha
Foster (Baltimore, MD/ St. Frances Academy) stole the ball
and Tara Galvin (Lititz, PA/ Manheim Township) hit
a three-pointer at 17:19. At 12:21, St. Mary's regained the
lead, 9-7, off a set of free throws by Allie Scott. The
Mustangs bounced back and went up by as many as 11
points after Andrea Somerville
(Hollywood, MD/ Leonardtown) stole the ball and Cara
Hill (Oxon Hill, MD/ Oxon Hill) hit a layup to make the
score 20-9 with 4:57 left in the half. With less then a
minute left in the first half St. Mary's cut the Mustang lead to
only four points, 23-9. Right before the buzzer,
Tonia Cristino (Lancaster, PA/ Hempfield) stole
the ball from the Seahawk's Kiely Murphy and took it down the court
for a layup to make the halftime score 27-19.
As soon as the second half began, St. Mary's went on a 10-point
scoring run to put the Seahawks ahead 29-27. At 17:43,
Hill answered with a three-point shot to put the
Mustangs back on top, 30-29, which was the last time the Mustangs
had the lead. After that, the Seahawks went up by as many as
14 points on three different occasions.
Somerville hit a layup with 14 seconds left in the
game to make the final score- St. Mary's 64, Villa Julie
54.
With the loss, the Mustangs' record is 15-8 overall and 11-3 in the
NEAC. The Mustangs take the road to Philadelphia Biblical on
Tuesday to play at 6 pm.







