GAETANO EARNS LEAGUE PLAYER OF WEEK HONORS

Jan. 17: Junior guard Brittany Gaetano earned Liberty League Guard of the Week honors for her efforts last week against Plattsburgh and league foes Skidmore and Union. She averaged 14 points and 4 rebounds a game to help the Saints win on the road in Plattsburgh, and in their first two league games.

Gaetano scored 26 points, 24 of them off of three-pointers to lead the Saints over Union on Saturday. She also grabbed 4 boards, and added 3 assists, a steal, and a block. Gaetano scored 9 points in the win over Skidmore and added 4 rebounds, 3 assists, and a steal. Against Plattsburgh earlier in the week, she scored 9 points, contributed 4 rebounds, and had 4 steals. Overall, Gaetano shot 12 of 22 from behind the arc last week.

GAETANO’S 26 POINTS LEAD SAINTS PAST UNION

Jan. 14: The St. Lawrence Women’s Basketball team won their second straight league contest today against the visiting Union Dutchwomen, 61-47. Brittany Gaetano recorded a season high 26 points, 24 of which came from three point shots. With the win, SLU moves to 8-5 on the year, 2-0 in the Liberty League. Union falls to 8-5 overall, 2-1 in league.

Union’s Erika Eisenhut opened the game with a lay up, and SLU’s Kim Sikule quickly answered with one of her own to tie it up. Gaetano then hit a three to give the Saints the lead, and they would not give it back for the rest of the game. SLU was able to slow the pace of the game by running their plays all the way through to find the best shot, and they maintaining possession for much of the first twenty minutes.

At the end of the first half, the Saints led 22 to 16 and 12 of their points came off of three pointers by Gaetano and Jamie Wolff. It was a very physical game and there were 21 fouls recorded in the first 20 minutes of play; SLU committed 11, Union gave 10.

Union pulled to within 5 points with 11 minutes to go on a lay up by Union’s Devon Ciliberto, and they would make it close again when they came within 4 on a Krystal Hammond free throw with 8 minutes to play. After that, it was all SLU as they ran away with a double digit lead and held it throughout the game thanks to more precision from behind the arc from Gaetano and Wolff.

Wolff ended up with 10 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists on the day, and first year Katie Palmer added 6 rebounds to the Saint cause. On the day, SLU shot almost 48% from three point land, and 43% from the floor.

Union’s Erika Eisenhut led her team in scoring with 19, and she added 3 steals. Hammond had 10 points and a team high 6 rebounds.

The Saints will look to keep their streak alive next week next week on the road as they take on Vassar on Friday night at 6:00pm, and RPI on Saturday at 2:00pm.

SAINTS OPEN LIBERTY LEAGUE SEASON WITH 59-47 WIN

Jan. 13: The St. Lawrence Women’s Basketball team topped the visiting Skidmore Thoroughbreds tonight 59-47 to begin their Liberty League run with a win. With the win, the Saints advance to 7-5 on the year. Skidmore falls to 5-7 overall.

SLU opened the game with a lay up from Nora Curley and then streaked to a 12-3 lead before the Thoroughbreds could mount a comeback. By the end of the first half, Skidmore had closed the gap and the Saints were up 26-20. Brittany Gaetano contributed 8 points in the first 20 minutes, going 2 of 3 from three-point range. Andrea Muszynski had 5 boards and 4 blocks going into the second half of play.

St. Lawrence kept Skidmore at bay in the second half, never letting their lead fall to less than 7. With just over 10 minutes to play, the Saints gained some momentum when Curley made a lay up, then stopped the Thoroughbred run. Christie Herbst was then fouled and knocked down both free throws to expand the lead. Again, SLU was able to thwart Skidmore’s offensive attack, and Muszynski added a lay up to the Saint cause. A lay up from Katie Seward and a free throw from Gaetano capped off the Saint run and boosted their lead to 14.

By the end of the game, four Saints had landed in double digits in scoring. Jamie Wolff recorded 12 points and shot 4-7 from three point land. Curley also finished with 12 points, making 4 of 4 shots from the stripe. Muszynski finished the night with 10 points, 8 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 3 steals; and Kim Sikule also had 10 points, and contributed 6 rebounds.

The Saints will look to stay undefeated in the Liberty League tomorrow against Union at home at 2:00pm.

SAINTS PULL AWAY FROM

CARDINALS, WIN 68-34

Jan. 10: The St. Lawrence University women’s basketball team finished their non-conference portion of the schedule with a road win Tuesday evening over the Cardinals of Plattsburgh State, 68-34. The win gives the Saints (6-5) some momentum headed into their Liberty League conference opener versus Skidmore on Friday.

St. Lawrence came out of the gate with confidence, opening up a quick ten point lead less than five minutes into the game after a Kim Sikule three pointer gave the visitors a 14-4 edge. Jamie Wolff followed Sikule’s lead, knocking down a three pointer of her own a few minutes later, pushing the lead to 13 with 9:02 to play in the first half.

Although Plattsburgh was able to hang around for most of the first half, they simply couldn’t buy a basket, and the Saint defense held the Cardinals scoreless for over 10 minutes. St. Lawrence stretched their lead to 32-8 before Felicia Edwards hit a jumper with 55 seconds to play in the opening half. The Saints carried that 32-10 lead to halftime.

The Saints continued to stay aggressive in the second half, opening the half on an 11-2 run, capped by a lay-up by Katie Seward with 14:49 to play in the game to give St. Lawrence a 43-12 lead. The Cardinals were able to bring the score back to 48-27 when Kim Garrison made a lay-up with just less than eight minutes to play in the game, but from there on out, it was all Saints. The visitors closed the game on a 20-7 run, helped by seven points in three minutes from guard Jamie Wolff.

Wolff led the Saints in scoring with 18 points. She also grabbed five rebounds and added three assists and three steals. Andrea Muszynski had 10 points on the interior for St. Lawrence and had a game high seven rebounds. Junior guard Brittany Gaetano also had a nice game, scoring nine points, and adding four boards, seven assists and four steals in 22 minutes. Yuri Inomata led Plattsburgh with 10 points, 2 rebounds, and 2 steals.

The Saints will now gear up to compete for the Liberty League championship as they open their conference schedule at home versus the Thoroughbreds from Skidmore on Friday, January 13 th at 6:00pm.