SECOND HALF RUN SECURES SETTERS VICTORY

Pleasantville, N.Y. (1/2/15) The Dominican College women's basketball team began the 2015 portion of their schedule with a 61-43 non-conference loss to the Setters of Pace University this afternoon in a game played at Goldstein Fit Center.

SECOND HALF RUN SECURES SETTERS VICTORY

Team Stats

January 2, 2015

Pleasantville, N.Y. (1/2/15)  The Dominican College women's basketball team began the 2015 portion of their schedule with a 61-43 non-conference loss to the Setters of Pace University this afternoon in a game played at Goldstein Fit Center.

With the loss, the Lady Chargers fall to 5-9 overall on the season.

DC trailed 23-21 with 2:46 remaining in the first half when sophomore Shannon McGill (Staten Island, N.Y.) hit consecutive treys to regain a 27-23 lead.  A Setter three-point basket tipped the scales to put them ahead 28-27, but Nicole Awoonor-Renner (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) closed out the half by going one of two from the charity stripe to send the teams into the locker room with a tied contest, 28-28.

The Lady Chargers trailed 35-34 with 16:19 remaining in regulation when Pace pulled away with a 16-2 run that spanned almost five minutes to go up 47-36.  Pace would maintain the double digit lead en route to the 61-43 victory.

McGill led Dominican with eight points.

Lashonda Hathorne* (Queens, N.Y.) grabbed a team best eight rebounds, to go along with six points, while Lisa Bouffard (Wallkill, N.Y.) also had six points.

Stefani Alston* (West Orange, N.J.) recorded seven caroms and newcomer Rebecca Rabeiro (Midland Park, N.J.) added seven points off the bench.

Dominican is back in action on January 10th when they host Caldwell College in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game.  Tip-off is slated for 1pm on Coach Baxter Court.

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 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.