Women's Basketball falls in final minutes to Salem State 55-50

North Adams, MA—Visiting Salem State received 25 points and 20 rebounds from Liz Zaiter as they pulled away late from the host MCLA Trailblazers to earn a 55-50 win this evening in conference play.  The Vikings are now 3-10 overall and 1-1 in the MASCAC.

MCLA is now 0-13 and 0-3 in the conference.

The two teams played it pretty tight for most of the contest.  The visiting Vikings led 22-16 at halftime, but MCLA rallied to take a 38-37 lead after three quarters of play.  Later in the fourth, MCLA led 45-44 after a Hannah Mazzeo layup with 3:50 left to play.

From there, the Vikings would go on a 9-0 spurt to take control.  Irianis Delgado started the run with a layup and Zaiter knocked down a jumper after a defensive stop.  The dagger was a three point hoop from Kylie Gates to make it 53-45 with just 1:28 left to play.  MCLA would score the final five points, but by then the damage was done to give the Vikings the win.

Zaiter was 11-24 from the floor for her 25 points.  Delgado chipped in with 16 points on 7-14 shooting.  The Vikings overcame 30 turnovers to earn the win.  They held MCLA to just 26% shooting from the floor.

MCLA was paced by Brooke Digennaro's team best 18 point night.  She was just 7-22 shooting however.  Hannah Mazzeo added a double double effort of 16 points and 11 rebounds in defeat.

The Trailblazers are back in action on Saturday when they travel to Worcester State.

Release courtesy of Jeff Puleri
MCLA Sports Information
j.puleri@mcla.edu