Hannmann and Kuhn Key Women's Basketball in Win Over MHC

WPI 59, Mount Holyoke 51

Worcester, MA --- Lauren Hannmann (East Greenbush, NY) scored seven points during a 9-0 WPI run sandwiched between both halves to spark the host Engineers to a hard-fought 59-51 victory over Mount Holyoke in a NEWMAC women's basketball matchup on Wednesday evening. With the victory, WPI ups its record to 9-5 overall and 5-2 in conference play while the Lyons fall to 4-10 on the season and 2-5 in NEWMAC action.

The visitors opened the contest on a 9-2 run and led for a majority of the first half before Melissa Kuhn's (Stoughton, MA) jumper gave WPI its first lead at 22-21 with just over four minutes remaining in the opening stanza. It looked like the Lyons would take a two-point advantage into the locker room after Angelic Pascal (Lawrence, MA) drained a 3-pointer with 23 seconds left but Hannmann answered right back with a trey of her own to give the Engineers a 28-27 lead at the break.

After Brittany McNally (Mapleville, RI) registered a layup to open the half, Hannmann connected on a jumper and a layup to put the Crimson and Gray up 34-27 just 1:16 into the second half. The game was tightly contested the rest of the way with WPI never leading by more than 12 points but the Lyons unable to get closer than five.

Hannmann followed up her career-high of 27 points last weekend versus Wheaton with a game-best 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting from the floor. Guard Melissa Kuhn (Stoughton, MA) filled the stat sheets with nine points, seven rebounds and four steals while Baillie McNally (Mapleville, RI) chipped in nine points and six boards.

Pascal netted 12 of her team-best 14 points for the Lyons in the first half. Erin Cain (Quincy, MA) added 13 points and Jess Olson (Gilbert, AZ) contributed eight points and eight boards for Mount Holyoke, who outrebounded WPI 33-28 on the night while not allowing the Engineers a second chance point.

WPI concludes a brief two-game homestand on Saturday when they host Wellesley at 3pm. Mount Holyoke is also back in action on Saturday, venturing to MIT at 2pm.

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