The women’s basketball team faced the Union Dutchwomen and the Skidmore Thoroughbreds this weekend for their UCAA conference opening.
On Saturday evening the women’s basketball team bested the Skidmore Thoroughbreds, 69-61.
Because they loss to Union, the Red Hawks started the game with a winning attitude. The first half of this game had a lot of fast paced action, good ball movement, and great defensive play.
After about three minutes of play the Red Hawks started a 17-2 run. There were a few steals that led to great plays. A steal by Karen Wood, which led to a lay-up a few moments later, put the Red Hawks up by 17 points with less than six minutes of playing time in the half.
The Red Hawks ended the first half up by 11.
While the crowd may have thought this game was in the bag, the Skdimore Thoroughbreds didn’t think so. They came out strong in the second half.
The Thoroughbreds went on a 9-0 run to give them their first lead in the game after about eight minutes of play. But that lead didn’t last very long.
Wood hit a jumper after eight minutes of play to tie the game 41-41, and the Red Hawks came storming back to take control of the game they owned from the start.
With a minute of game left, the score was 66-59. Kaitlyn Saunders missed a jumper and the Thoroughbreds grabbed the board, but they missed a three point shot. They maintained control of the ball, but missed the second chance shot.
Caitlin Vestal stole the ball with 43 seconds left and was fouled on the way down the court. She hit both free throws and the Red Hawks increased their lead to nine.
With nine seconds left Shanley Irving of the Thoroughbreds made a lay-up, but it was too little too late.
Due to great team work and dedication the Red Hawks were able to win this game.
On Friday evening the Red Hawks played the Union Dutchwomen in their first UCAA conference game of the season.
The Red Hawks opened this game with great passion. They came ready to play. In the beginning of the game they stayed with the Dutchwomen, never letting the lead get to far ahead.
Due to sloppy ball handling and passing, after about ten minutes of play in the first half the Red Hawks started to slip away. At the end of the half the Red Hawks found themselves down by fifteen points.
Refusing to let the game get away, the Red Hawks came out aggressive in the second half. Sophomore guard Kaitlyn Saunders made a shot off of a fast break after about five minutes of play in the second to close the gap.
But even with all of the hard work and effort the Red Hawks just couldn’t come away with the win. They fell to Union 79-62.
