WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOP EAGLES

Waterbury, Conn. (1/21/17) The Dominican College women's basketball team topped Post University, 66-61, this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) North Division game played in the Drubner Center.

Junior guard Rebecca Rabeiro
Junior guard Rebecca Rabeiro

Team Stats

January 21, 2017

Waterbury, Conn. (1/21/17)  The Dominican College women's basketball team topped Post University, 66-61, this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) North Division game played in the Drubner Center.

The Lady Chargers opened the contest with a 12-4 run before the Eagles clawed back with a 16-4 tear to close out the first quarter and put them infront, 20-16.

DC scored 11 out of the first 15 points in the second frame, capped off by a three-point bucket from senior guard Shannon McGill (Staten Isalnd, N.Y.), to give them a 29-24 advantage with 5:56 to play before the break.  Post rallied again and netted the final eight points of the half to take a 37-31 lead into the locker room.

The Eagles continued on their run to start the third stanza and held their biggest lead, 48-33, with 3:50 left in the quarter and would maintain a double-digit lead (53-43) at the end of three quarters.

Dominican (5-14, 5-5 CACC) rallied in the fourth as they opened the quarter with the first ten points, all scored by senior forward Stefani Alston (West Orange, N.J.).  Jacqueline Rywalt (Pleasant Valley, N.Y.) regained the lead for Dominican, 62-61, on a jumper with 3:45 on the clock and closed out the game with the final two baskets for the 66-61 win.

Alston finished with a team high 19 points and nine rebounds.

Junior Rebecca Rabeiro (Midland Park, N.J.) scored 12 points and five assists, while McGill and Jasmine Gee (Englewood, N.J.) netted 11 points a-piece off the bench.

Rywalt had a team best six assists and seven boards.

The Lady Chargers will travel to Concordia College next Tuesday.

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.