Philadelphia, PA- The
Philadelphia University women's basketball team (20-9, 13-5 CACC)
advanced to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC)
Championship game with a 76-63 performance over the Bloomfield
College Lady Deacons (14-5, 10-7 CACC) in the semifinal match-up on
Friday afternoon.
The win marked the second time in three years of CACC
post-season eligibility that the PhilaU squad has advanced to the
CACC finale. The last time was in 2006-07, when the Lady Rams
fell to Holy Family University 68-44.
In today's win, the Lady Rams were led by junior center
Jess Romano's (Horsham, PA/ Hatboro-Horsham) 23
points-17 in the second half alone, and seven rebounds.
PhilaU trailed just once and built their lead up to 16 (30-14)
in the first half, on a layup by junior forward Kate
Brennan (Stratford, NJ/ Sterling). K. Brennan had 14
points and six rebounds in the contest.
The Lady Deacons responded with a 13-2 run to close out the
second half, cutting the PhilaU lead 32-29 on a Milani Malik trey
to go into halftime.
PhilaU senior guard Amanda Brennan (Stratford,
NJ/ Sterling) roared into the second half with a three-ball just 20
seconds in, and would score 17 of her 21 points in the second
stanza. BC cut the PhilaU tally to 35-33 on two Vanessa Lamison
free throws, but that would be as close as the Lady Deacons would
get.
The Lady Rams held a double-digit lead for the majority of the
half as A. Brennan went 6-6 at the charity stripe down the stretch
to clinch the victory for PhilaU.
PhilaU returns to action tomorrow, Saturday March 7th
at 4 P.M. for the CACC Championship vs. Wilmington University- a
64-55 winner over Dominican.
