December 3, 2006
Mount Holyoke Roars Past Swarthmore, 71-50;
Wins Fifth Consecutive Seven Sisters Championship
HAVERFORD, PA – Top-seeded Mount Holyoke
went up 40-24 on second-seeded Swarthmore at the half en route to
a 71-50 win Sunday afternoon in the championship contest of the
2006 Seven Sisters Women's Basketball Tournament. Lyons senior guard,
and Seven Sisters Tournament Defensive Most Valuable Player, Joeanna
Silvey led Mount Holyoke with 20 points on eight-of-13 shootong
from the floor, eight steals, seven assists and and seven rebounds.
Also leading the Lyons effort to the Seven Sisters championship
was freshman All-Tournament forward Jessica Olson, who collected
a game-high 19 rebounds along with 15 points and two assists. Holyoke's
Erin Cain and Marisa Barone each contributed 11 points in the win.
Seven Sisters Tournament MVP, Lyons senior guard Angela Astuccio,
recorded nine points and three rebounds in the championship win.
Swarthmore was led by sophomore guard Melissa Grigsby's 13 points,
and All-Tournament junior forward Karen Berk's 11 points and eight
rebounds. Swarthmore forward Pamela Costello also grabbed a team-high
ten rebounds in the loss.
This was the fourth consecutive season that Mount Holyoke topped
Swarthmore for the Seven Sisters championship.
Vassar defeated Smith in the third place game earlier Sunday afternoon.
53-41. Vassar's Emily Haeuser had a team-high 18 points, 13 rebounds
and three steals for the Bruins.
Wellesley defeated Seven Sisters Tournament host Haverford, 70-51,
in the fifth place game of the tournament. Wellesley's Jessica Duff
led all scorers with 19 points.
Bryn Mawr picked up its first win of the 2006 Seven Sisters Tournament
with a 58-40 win over St. Joseph (CT) in the seventh place game
on Sunday morning. Bryn Mawr's Amy Johnson had 18 points and 15
rebounds, and Bryn Mawr forward Jessica Allen also recorded a double-double
with 11 points and a game-high 18 rebounds. Box Score
2006 Seven Sisters Defensive Most Valuable
Player: Joeanna Silvey - Mount Holyoke, Sr. Gurad
2006 Seven Sisters All-Tournament
Team
Angela Astuccio - Mount Holyoke
Karen Berk - Swarthmore
Rachel Cerlen - Vassar
Helena Charron - Smith
Jessica Duff - Wellesley
Amy Johnson - Bryn Mawr Brittany Lattisaw - Haverford
Jessica Olson - Mount Holyoke
Berit Schelde - Smith
Joeanna Silvey - Mount Holyoke
