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» Athletics › Women's Basketball February 25, 2006
GWYNEDD VALLEY, PA. - Gwynedd-Mercy defeated Wesley, 71-60, in the finals of the 2006 Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Tournament Saturday evening at the Griffin Complex. The Griffins win their fourth league crown and capture the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament. It also marks the squad's ninth-straight PAC Championship Game appearance. The Griffins will take on Richard Stockton in a first-round game this Friday, March 3rd at 5 p.m. on the campus of the University of Scranton. The winner of that game would face the winner of the host Royals and Marymount on Saturday at 7 p.m. The Ospreys (22-5), out of the New Jersey Athletic Conference, fell in the NJAC Finals to the College of New Jersey, 60-39, and earned an at-large berth. Tickets are $6.00 for adults and $3.00 for senior
citizens, students and children. All children under two will be
admitted free accompanied by an adult. Tickets will go on sale in
the lobby of the Long Center at the University on Thursday, March
2, and Friday, March 3, from 9:00 am until 4:00 pm. The Long Center
will open its doors on Friday at 4:00 p.m. The complete 63-team bracket can be found here For Directions to the University of Scranton, click here. Tournament MVP Ashley Vandiver (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) led all scorers and rebounders, netting 17 of her game-high 21 points in the second half and pulling in 11 caroms for GM. Senior Jillian Chiarantona (Abington, Pa./Gwynedd-Mercy Academy) added 16 points and junior Jackie Dougherty (Roslyn, Pa./Abington) chipped in 10. Both each had eight rebounds respectively. Robin Smith led the Wolverines (19-8), who were making their second title game appearance. Tricia Casarotto contributed 12 points, four assists, and a blocked shot. The Griffins (24-3) got in a hole early as Wesley ran out to a 10-0 lead. Vandiver finally put Gwynedd on the board five minutes into the game. Her bucket ignited a 19-6 GMC run over the next 12 minutes to give GM its first lead of the game. Chiarantona hit two-free throws just before the half to put the Griffins up 25-19.
Wesley rallied to start the second half, tying the game on Casarotto's jumper from the corner which capped a 6-0 run. But Gwynedd pushed ahead for good on the next possession as Chiarantona drained one of her two treys with 17 minutes to play. GM would push the lead to double digits as Kristy Cramp (Pennington, N.J./Hopewell Valley) hit from downtown to lead 44-33 with 11 minutes to go. Vandiver would help put the game away with just under seven minutes remaining as her three-point play from a tough putback inside and a foul gave GM a decisive 55-43 edge. Gwynedd hit 23-of-57 (40%) from the floor while Wesley was 25-of-63 (39%). GM outrebounded, the Wolverines, 44-35, and shut down the league's leading scorer, T'Neisha Turner to just seven points.
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