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Rebekah Forsyth scored 12 points
and had five boards for the Engineers. |
N. MANCHESTER, IND. – Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology rallied from a 20-point second-half deficit to
close within nine, but Transylvania University held on to advance to the
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference title game with a 61-49 victory
on Friday night.
Senior Rebekah Forsyth
(Farmersburg/N. Central) led the Engineer offense with 12 points and
five rebounds. Senior Suzy Carlson (State College, Pa.)
added seven points on 7-8 from the free-throw line.
Junior Liz Ridgway (Grosse
Pointe, Mich./ Northwestern U.) came off the bench for six points
and eight rebounds.
Sophomore Julie Leach paced
Transylvania with 21 points on 8-11 from the field with eight rebounds.
Jessica Gilbert had 17 points and Cindy Beaven scored 12 for the
balanced Pioneers attack.
Transylvania shot 47% from the
field in the second half and buried 15-17 free throws to thwart for the
Rose-Hulman comeback effort.
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Suzy Carlson hit 7-8 from the foul line. |
With the loss, Rose-Hulman
completes the regular season with a 21-5 record. The Engineers
will hold out hope of earning an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III
Tournament when the team list is released on Sunday.
Rose-Hulman also earned the most
victories in school history for the women's team, while capturing the
most wins by any Engineer basketball team since the men's squad finished
24-4 in 1976-77.
Transylvania jumped out to a
33-13 advantage early in the second half, before a Rose-Hulman charge
made the score 34-23 with 14:54 left on a three-pointer by junior
Jill Floyd (Bloomington, Ill./Olympia).
Rose-Hulman moved within 47-37
on a free throw by Floyd, but Transylvania answered with seven straight
points to take a 54-37 lead and secure their 19th win of the year.
Transylvania advances to the
HCAC title game against host Manchester College on Saturday at 3 p.m.
The winner advances to the NCAA Division III Tournament with the
league's automatic bid.
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