BEREA, OHIO -- Sophomore guard Amanda Mondrach (Parma/Holy Name) scored a season-high 20 points tonight (Wednesday, January 24, 2007) as the 15th-ranked Baldwin-Wallace College women's basketball team defeated Ohio Athletic Conference arch-rival Mount Union College, 68-52, in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium in Berea.
With its win, B-W is 15-3 overall and 9-2 in the OAC and has beaten the Purple Raiders nine straight times dating back to the 2002-2003 season. Mt. Union fell to 9-9 overall and 5-6 in the OAC and ended a three-game winning streak.
In addition to Mondrach for the Yellow Jackets, sophomore guard Jessica Butzer (Orrville) scored 10 points. Mount Union was led by junior center Alicia Williams with 11 points.
In the first half, trailing 14-12 the Yellow Jackets went on a 30-12 run to take their biggest lead of the half of 16 points when sophomore guard Leah Mottayaw (Mansfield/Madison) hit a three-pointer at the 2:27 mark and B-W lead 42-26. Then Williams scored the final four points of the half for the Purple Raiders and B-W led 42-30 at halftime.
In the second half, B-W would push their lead out to 18 points as they led 51-33 when junior guard Selena Eskinazi-Budge (Beechwood) hit a jumper at the 15:14 mark. Mount Union then would get as close as 13 points when Williams hit a jumper at the 10:53 mark to cut the score to 55-42. Junior forward Stacia Shrider (Marietta/Warren Local) scored a layup at the 6:10 mark to give the Yellow Jackets their biggest lead of the game at 19 points and led 65-49.
The Yellow Jacket women next play on Saturday, January 27 when they travel to Ada, Ohio to play OAC rival Ohio Northern University in thev ONU Sports Center at 3:00 p.m.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact B-W Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327, by FAX machine at 440-826-2329 or via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu. To contact Head Coach Cheri Harrer, please call her in the office at 440-826-3299 or you can reach her via e-mail at charrer@bw.edu.
Baldwin-Wallace College Women versus Mount Union College
in an Ohio Athletic Conference game
on 1/24/2007; 7:30 p.m. in the Ursprung Gym in Berea, Ohio
FINAL SCORE: BALDWIN-WALLACE 68, MOUNT UNION 52
BALDWIN-WALLACE (15-3 overall, 9-2 in the OAC): Quiring 0-5 0-0 0; Latimer 1-2 2-4 4; Mondrach 8-12 2-2 20; Flowers 0-2 2-2 2; White 3-5 0-0 6; Butzer 5-7 0-1 10; Arbogast 0-0 0-0 0; Jaworski 1-7 1-4 4; Farage 0-0- 0; Eskinazi-Budge 3-5 0-0 6; Shrider 3-5 1-2 7; Busser 0-3 0-0 0; Mottayaw 3-5 0-0 7; Brough 0-6 2-2 2; Watson 0-1 0-0 0 TOTALS: 27-55 10-17 68.
MOUNT UNION (9-9 overall, 5-6 in the OAC): Geiger 0-2 2-2 2; Drayer 3-3 0-0 7; Friedrich 2-11 0-0 5; Williams 4-8 3-4 11; Ross 2-2 0-0 0; Ghilani 1-2 2-2 4; Simons 3-11 2-4 8; Pohovey 0-2 1-2 1; Gerenyi 0-0 0-0 0; Carroll 0-0 0-0 0; Phipps 0-0 0-0 0; Schwartz 2-2 0-1 4; Sautter 1-4 3-3 6 TOTALS: 18-49 13-18 52.
HALFTIME: B-W, 42-30. 3-point goals: B-W 4-16(Mondrach 2-4, Jaworski 1-4, Mottayaw 1-3), MUC 3-16(Drayer 1-1, Friedrich 1-5, Sautter 1-4). Rebounds: B-W 40(Shrider 10), MUC 41(Pohovey 8). Assists: B-W 12(Butzer 4), MUC 8(Simons 3). Total Fouls: B-W 15, MUC 14. Fouled Out: none. Technical Fouls: none; Attendance: 457.
Game Notes #18 HOSTS Mount Union College
The Baldwin-Wallace College women's basketball team will host Ohio Athletic Conference arch-rival Mount Union College on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium in The Lou Higgins Center in Berea. This is the second of two regular season meetings.
RADIO -- Select Yellow Jacket women's basketball games, home and away, are broadcast by campus radio station WBWC, 88.3 FM, and via the WBWC Internet Web site at www.wbwc.com. The pregame show generally begins 10 minutes prior to tipoff. Home games are broadcast via Internet and away games are on radio.
BALDWIN-WALLACE COLLEGE
LOCATION: Berea, Ohio
NICKNAME: Yellow Jackets
CONFERENCE: Ohio Athletic
2006-2007 RECORD: 14-3
OAC RECORD: 8-2
LAST GAME: Lost at Capital, 83-75 IN O.T., on Jan. 20 in Columbus
HEAD COACH: Cheri Harrer
B-W RECORD: 342-122
YEAR AT B-W: 17th
CAREER RECORD: same
LAST MEETING: B-W won, 77-52, on Dec. 6 in Alliance
SERIES STREAK: B-W, eight straight games
SERIES BEGAN: 1964-65, B-W won 39-36
SERIES RECORD: Tied, 32-32
NEXT GAME: Jan. 27 at Ohio Northern University at 3:00 p.m.
MOUNT UNION COLLEGE
LOCATION: Alliance, Ohio
NICKNAME: Purple Raiders
CONFERENCE: Ohio Athletic
2006-2007 RECORD: 9-8
OAC RECORD: 5-5
LAST GAME: Beat Muskingum, 69-54, on Jan. 20 in Alliance
HEAD COACH: Suzy Venet
MUC RECORD: 21-21
YEAR ATMUC: Second
CAREER RECORD: 32-37
The Pregame Setup -- The Baldwin-Wallace College women's basketball team will host arch-rival Mount Union College in a key Ohio Athletic Conference game in Alliance.
The Yellow Jackets enter this game with a 14-3 overall and 8-2 OAC record following their 83-75 overtime loss against Capital University on Saturday in Columbus.
Mount Union enters this game at 9-8 overall and 5-5 in the OAC following its 69-54 victory against Muskingum College on Saturday in Alliance. The Purple Raiders enter this game with a three-game winning streak.
The B-W Versus Mount Union All-Time Series -- B-W and Mount Union have previously met 64 times in women's basketball with the all-time series tied even at 32-32. The Yellow Jackets have won eight straight meeting, including a 77-52 decision in Alliance on December 6, 2006. The last Mt. Union win coming on December 18, 2002 in Alliance by the score of 66-63. The first time B-W and Mount Union met was in 1964-1965 when B-W won, 39-36, in Berea.
In the Last B-W versus Mount Union Meeting on December 6, 2006 in Berea: Baldwin-Wallace -- 77, Capital --52-- In the first meeting between the two teams earlier this season in Alliance on December 6, 2006, the Yellow Jackets won, 77-52. B-W was led by 5'8" junior forward Stacia Shrider (Marietta/ Warren Local) with a career-high 15 points, four rebounds and three assists. In addition, 5'10" junior forward Carly Flowers (North Baltimore) had 14 points and nine rebounds. Mount Union's Haley Drayer and Lauren Friedrich led the team with eight points each.
B-W Information and Probable Starters -- Look for Yellow Jacket veteran Head Coach Cheri Harrer to count on veteran players to lead the Yellow Jackets. Overall, Harrer goes deep on her bench with a 12-player rotation all seeing double-digit minutes on the floor. Sophomore 5'8" All-OAC guard Amanda Mondrach (Parma/ Holy Name) is expected to start at a wing position with 5'9" senior All-OAC and Academic All-OAC player Michelle White (Hudson).
On the inside, look for Flowers and 5'8" junior forward Jessica Latimer (Brooklyn). Sophomore 5'6" point guard Rachael Quiring (Brunswick/ Holy Name) will run the offense. Flowers leads the team in scoring with 12.6 points per game, has a team and OAC-leading 42 steals, grabs 5.4 rebounds per game and shoots 54.9 percent from the floor (90-of-164 attempts). Mondrach, an All-OAC player and 2005-2006 OAC Freshman of the Year, averages 9.2 ppg. and has 25 assists and 15 steals. White, a two-time All-OAC player and Academic All-OAC, scores 7.8 ppg., grabs 3.9 rpg., shoots 53.2 percent from the floor (50-of-94) and leads the team with 18 blocked shots. Latimer scores 5.7 ppg., pulls down 4.2 rpg. and shoots 56.7 percent from the floor (34-of-60). Quiring averages 4.4 ppg., second the team with 37 assists and has 14 steals.
Off the bench, look for 5'6'' senior Academic All-OAC guard Steffani Jaworski (Parma/ Padua), Shrider, 5'8" sophomore guard Leah Mottayaw (Mansfield/ Madison), 5'9" junior guard Selena Eskinazi-Budge (Beachwood), 6'2" freshman post Ariel Brough (Powell/ Olentangy Liberty), Jessica Butzer and 5'5" freshman point guard Sandra Busser (Parma/Padua) all to see action. Jaworski averages 3.8 ppg. and is in second with 11 three-pointers. Shrider scores 6.6 ppg., leads the team with 5.8 rpg. and has 29 assists and 26 steals. Mottayaw scores 3.2 ppg. and is third on the squad with nine three-pointers. Busser scores 2.9 ppg with 22 assists. Eskinazi-Budge is second on the team in scoring at 9.8 ppg, grabs, 3.4 rpg. and is second with 31 steals. Butzer has played in 12 games and is scoring 4.3 ppg. and has 15 assists. Brough scores 3.1 ppg., grabs 2.4 rpg. and second on the team with 17 blocked shots.
Scouting the Pruple Raiders of Mount Union College -- Look for Head Coach Suzy Venet to start 5'6" junior point guard Ellie Geiger, 5'4" freshman point guard Haley Drayer, senior guard/forward Lauren Friedrich, and 6'1" junior center Alicia Williams and 5'9'' junior forward Ashley Ross in the post. Williams lead the team in scoring with 13.8 ppg. and grabs 7.8 rpg. She also leads the team in blocked shots with 12. Friedrich is second in scoring with 12.1 ppg. and grabs 4.5 rpg. and leads the team with 23 three-pointers. Drayer averages 7.7 ppg. and shoots 94.1 percent from the freethrow line (16-of- 17 attempts). Ross scores 5.6 ppg. and second on the team in rebounding with 6.1 rpg. and has 21 steals and 11 blocks. Geiger scores 3.3 ppg. and has team leading 39 assists.
Off the bench, look for Venet use 5'6" freshman guard MeghanSimons, 5'5'' junior point guard Dana Gerenyi, 5'6'' senior guard/forward Caitlin Carroll, 5'8'' freshman guard Brielle Sautter, and 5'1'' sophomore center Steph Schwartz. Simons lead the scoring off the bench with 7.3 ppg. and grabs 4.0 rpg. Gerenyi ties the team in assists with 39 and scores 2.4 ppg.
In B-W's Last Game versus Capital on January 20 in Columbus, Ohio: Baldwin-Wallace -- 75, Capital -- 83-- In B-W's last game, a 83-75 overtime loss at Capital University in Columbus last Saturday, Amanda Mondrach led the Yellow Jackets with 17 points and three rebounds. In addition, Selena Eskinazi-Budge had 16 points, including a gametying three-pointer with six seconds left in regulation. Carly Flowers also had 11 points. Capital was led by Caitlin Graessle's career-high points. Capital outscored B-W 14-6 in the extra session.
In Mount Union's Last Game versus Muskingum on January 20 in Alliance, Ohio: MUC -- 69, Muskingum -- 54-- In Mount Union's last game, a 69-54 victory versus Muskingum College in Alliance last Saturday, the Raiders were led in scoring by Lauren Friedrich with 20 points and seven rebounds. In addition, Alicia Williams had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Ashley Ross also had 11 points along with eight rebounds. Key to the victory included the tight defense by the Purple Raiders and allowed Muskngum to shoot just 29.8 percent from the field.
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Cheri Harrer is the Winningest Women's Coach in B-W History -- Yellow Jacket veteran Head Coach Cheri Harrer is the winningest women's basketball coach in B-W history with 342 victories. Harrer is 342-121 in her career with a .739 winning percentage and is in her 17th season at B-W.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, Please visit the Baldwin-Wallace Athletics website at www.bw.edu/athletics for up to date results and statistics. For further inquiries, please contact B-W SID Kevin Ruple by phone at (440) 826-2327, by FAX at (440) 826-2329 or via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu. B-W Head Coach Cheri Harrer can be reached by phone at (440) 826-3299, by FAX at (440) 826-2192 or via e-mail at charrer@bw.edu.
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