Our team got off to a good start this weekend. We beat Elizabethtown on Saturday 71-48 and Alvernia on Sunday 99-86. All of our players saw action in both games with all 12 making contributions. On Saturday, Molly Ariail led the way with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Amanda Hiltunen also contributed 19 points. Lindsay Riesbeck and Molly Brown both had a nice impact with 8 points, 6 rebounds and 8 points, 3 rebounds respectively. Freshman Maggie Roy got her collegiate career started with 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
On Sunday, Alvernia had a strong showing with 5 players in double figures. We spread out our scoring with Amanda Hiltunen leading the way. Amanda had 30 points on 7-11 shooting along with 14-14 from the free throw line. Molly Brown contributed 13 points and Renee Stein 12 points. Jennifer O'Briant did a great job directing our team contributing 8 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Our well rounded effort included Molly Ariail (9 pts, 5 rebs), Lindsay Riesbeck (8 pts, 5 rebs), Taylor Wieczorek (8 pts, 6 rebs), and Maggie Roy (7 pts, 4 Assists).
We capped off the night with our annual reception at President Lindgren's house. It was wonderful to spend some time with all of our players and their families and a great way to conclude our opening weekend of play.
We have 8 days to prepare for our first conference game. We head to Virginia Wesleyan College next Tuesday in what will be a challenging start to ODAC play.
