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Women's Basketball - Bears Roll to Victory on Senior Day
Melissa Martinelli had 24 points and 10 rebounds in the win.
NEW LONDON, CONN.--(2/23/08)--Sophomore Melissa Martinelli had a game-high 24 points to go with her 10 rebounds while senior Corinne McCormack had 14 points and 14 rebounds as Coast Guard swept the regular season series with Springfield for the first time, closing out the regular season with a 69-46 win over the Pride in a New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) game on Senior Day.
Second-seeded Coast Guard and third-seeded Springfield will both host NEWMAC tournament first round games on Wednesday. Coast Guard could have won its first ever NEWMAC regular season championship with a Wheaton loss, but Wheaton clinched the regular season championship and top-seed with a 71-50 win over Clark. The Bears will host seventh-seeded Clark in the first round.
Coast Guard (21-4, 11-2) led 11-10 with 11:14 left in the first half before scoring 10 straight points taking a 21-10 lead with 7:01 left, the Bears would maintain that margin and lead 35-24 at halftime.
The Bears would put the game away with an 18-3 spurt in the second half which turned a 41-31 lead with 13:41 left into a 59-34 lead with 7:35 remaining.
Senior Natalie Moyer added 13 points for Coast Guard.
Senior Tara McCarthy led Springfield (14-10, 9-4) with 14 points and six rebounds.
Coast Guard shot 40.4 percent from the field (23-57) and 36.7 percent from 3-point range (11-30) while Springfield shot just 27.8 percent from the field (15-54) and hit 8 of 18 from 3-point range (44.4 percent).
