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No. 21 Hawks use balanced attack to beat Menlo
Hold Oaks to 13 first half points
Use 10-0 run in second half to pull ahead for win
January 29, 2009
ATHERTON, Calif – The No. 21 Holy Names University Women (10-0, 17-7) met up with second place Menlo College Thursday night and came away with a 59-54 win. With the win the Hawks have a 3 game lead in the Cal Pac standings. Menlo drops to 7-3, and is tied with Dominican for second place.
Sarah Henning had 11 points and 8 rebounds for the Hawks who move to 10-0 in Cal Pac play. Britni Ronolo had 10 points and 5 rebounds. Liz Widgren had a team high 11 boards along with 2 steals. All 12 players who saw the court were able to score in the win.
Menlo and Holy Names traded buckets to open the first 6 minutes of the game. The Hawks took the 13-7 lead with 12:15 remaining on a touch pass from Henning out to Jamie Ronolo who spotted up from the left baseline corner for a three. Menlo managed to score after but the Hawks were able to hold Menlo scoreless for nearly the next 7 minutes and taking the 19-9 lead with 4:17 left in the half.
The Hawks then extended the score to 26-13 on a jumper by Alexandria Gonzalez with just under 18 seconds left in the half. HNU used a strong defensive first half to hold Menlo to 15% shooting on 5 for 33 from the field. Holy Names also outrebounded the Oaks 29-25 for the first 20 minutes.
The 13 point lead HNU had virtually disappeared in the opening 3 minutes of the second half as Menlo was able to reel off 10 unanswered points and brought the score to 26-23 with 17:01 remaining.
Menlo took its first lead 38-36 with 9:05 remaining when a Holy Names player fouled a Menlo guard who converted a three-point play. Down 40-39 with 8:18 remaining, Holy Names would use the next 2 minutes and 18 seconds to go on a 10-0 run which brought the score to 49-40. The run was fueled by three Henning free throws and 7 straight points by Raquel Hyche. Menlo was able to score but the Hawks maintained an 8 point lead with 5 minutes to go in the game.
HNU was able to maintain a 10 point lead (56-46) when Chelsie Kadota made 2 free throws with 2:43 remaining. With 1:55 remaining, HNU called a timeout with a 56-48 lead, but made some poor decisions with possessions down the stretch and allowed Menlo to get within 3 points (56-53) with 33.8 seconds left. Menlo was forced to foul Kadota with 25.8 seconds left and she converted on one of two to make it a two possession game, 57-53. Britni Ronolo was able to leak out for an uncontested layup with 10 seconds left to bring the lead to 6 and Menlo ran out of time.
Menlo shot considerably better in the second half (43%) but for the entire game HNU outshot the Oaks 31% to 28%. The Hawks defense was able to force 20 turnovers and create 11 steals. Menlo edged the Hawks in rebounding 47 to 46.
The Hawks have a bye for the weekend, but return to action next week with three games. On Tuesday February 3rd the team will travel to Vallejo to take on Cal Maritime. The Keelhaulers are coming off a loss to Dominican on Thursday and stand 3-6 in conference play. Tip off is set for 5:30pm.
Use 10-0 run in second half to pull ahead for win
January 29, 2009
ATHERTON, Calif – The No. 21 Holy Names University Women (10-0, 17-7) met up with second place Menlo College Thursday night and came away with a 59-54 win. With the win the Hawks have a 3 game lead in the Cal Pac standings. Menlo drops to 7-3, and is tied with Dominican for second place.
Sarah Henning had 11 points and 8 rebounds for the Hawks who move to 10-0 in Cal Pac play. Britni Ronolo had 10 points and 5 rebounds. Liz Widgren had a team high 11 boards along with 2 steals. All 12 players who saw the court were able to score in the win.Menlo and Holy Names traded buckets to open the first 6 minutes of the game. The Hawks took the 13-7 lead with 12:15 remaining on a touch pass from Henning out to Jamie Ronolo who spotted up from the left baseline corner for a three. Menlo managed to score after but the Hawks were able to hold Menlo scoreless for nearly the next 7 minutes and taking the 19-9 lead with 4:17 left in the half.
The Hawks then extended the score to 26-13 on a jumper by Alexandria Gonzalez with just under 18 seconds left in the half. HNU used a strong defensive first half to hold Menlo to 15% shooting on 5 for 33 from the field. Holy Names also outrebounded the Oaks 29-25 for the first 20 minutes.
The 13 point lead HNU had virtually disappeared in the opening 3 minutes of the second half as Menlo was able to reel off 10 unanswered points and brought the score to 26-23 with 17:01 remaining.
Menlo took its first lead 38-36 with 9:05 remaining when a Holy Names player fouled a Menlo guard who converted a three-point play. Down 40-39 with 8:18 remaining, Holy Names would use the next 2 minutes and 18 seconds to go on a 10-0 run which brought the score to 49-40. The run was fueled by three Henning free throws and 7 straight points by Raquel Hyche. Menlo was able to score but the Hawks maintained an 8 point lead with 5 minutes to go in the game.
HNU was able to maintain a 10 point lead (56-46) when Chelsie Kadota made 2 free throws with 2:43 remaining. With 1:55 remaining, HNU called a timeout with a 56-48 lead, but made some poor decisions with possessions down the stretch and allowed Menlo to get within 3 points (56-53) with 33.8 seconds left. Menlo was forced to foul Kadota with 25.8 seconds left and she converted on one of two to make it a two possession game, 57-53. Britni Ronolo was able to leak out for an uncontested layup with 10 seconds left to bring the lead to 6 and Menlo ran out of time.
Menlo shot considerably better in the second half (43%) but for the entire game HNU outshot the Oaks 31% to 28%. The Hawks defense was able to force 20 turnovers and create 11 steals. Menlo edged the Hawks in rebounding 47 to 46.
The Hawks have a bye for the weekend, but return to action next week with three games. On Tuesday February 3rd the team will travel to Vallejo to take on Cal Maritime. The Keelhaulers are coming off a loss to Dominican on Thursday and stand 3-6 in conference play. Tip off is set for 5:30pm.
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