Senior Ashley Gehrin (Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham) and sophomore Carly Rice (Pennington, N.J./The Pennington School) tallied double-figure scoring and the 22nd-ranked Gettysburg College (21-4, 17-3 CC) women’s basketball team closed out the regular season in strong fashion with a 72-60 victory against Muhlenberg College (11-14, 9-11 CC) on Saturday afternoon inside Bream Gym on Senior Day.
Top Performers – Gettysburg
– Ashley Gehrin ’20 – 17 points, 4 assists, 2 steals
– Carly Rice ’22 – 12 points, 3 rebounds
Top Performers – Muhlenberg
– Mikaela McGarvey – 23 points, 4 rebounds
– Amanda Gorski – 12 points, 6 rebounds
How It Happened…
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First Quarter
- The Mules opened the game with a lay-up, but senior guard Kiera Cesareo (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) drained a three-pointer on the next possession, and shortly after classmate Gehrin knocked one from beyond the arc to go in front 8-4. The Mules rattled their way back, boosting an 8-2 run in the final two minutes to slice the Bullets lead down to one, 21-20.
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Second Quarter
- The Bullets continued to rain from downtown as sophomore Christina Richson (Summit, N.J./Summit) opened the second frame with back-to-back three’s to increase the lead to seven. Gettysburg’s largest lead of the first half grew to 14 off a pair of made free throws by Gehrin with under five on the clock. Mikaela McGarvey knocked down a trey to finish the scoring for the Mules, but the Bullets held a lead of more than seven at intermission.
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Third Quarter
- Richson was perfect from three-point territory on the day and she opened the third frame with another from down deep. After a lay-up Gehrin, roughly three minutes in, the Bullets continued to hold a double-digit advantage for the remainder of the frame. Gettysburg out-scored Muhlenberg 21-16.
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Fourth Quarter
- Gettysburg never let up and held at least 14-plus lead throughout the whole frame until the end. Emily O’Mahoney sliced it to 12 in the closing minutes as she registered her fourth point of the game off a lay-up for the Mules.
By the Numbers
- The Bullets came into the game ranked No. 22 in the Women’s Basketball Coaches Associations (WBCA) Top 25 Poll.
- The senior quartet of Cesareo, Gehrin, Emma Hahner (Forest Hill, Md./C. Milton Wright), and Sofia Taveras (River Edge, N.J./Saddle River Day) were honored with a brief ceremony prior to the start of today’s game.
- The four seniors have helped the Bullets, and will continue to do so heading into the postseason, to the most successful four-year period in program history, which includes being the only graduating class at Gettysburg to capture 20-plus wins in each year, four postseason appearances, one Centennial Conference championship, and two berths in the NCAA Division III Tournament.
- Gehrin poured out 17 points today, which still keeps her ranked eighth in program history with 1,261 points.
Centennial Conference Playoffs
- Haverford College (21-4, 18-2 CC) will serve as the host institution for the Centennial Conference Women’s Basketball Championship at Gooding Arena next Friday-Saturday as they earned the top seed. Gettysburg claimed the No. 2 seed, followed by Johns Hopkins University (17-8, 14-6 CC) at No. 3, Dickinson College (15-10, 13-7 CC) at No. 4, and Swarthmore College (13-12, 10-10 CC) at No. 5.
- Swarthmore will play at Dickinson in the first round in Carlisle, Pa. next Tuesday, Feb. 25, and Haverford will play the winner of the #4/#5 seed next Friday at 6 p.m.
Where the Series Stands Now
With the win today, the Bullets have swept the Mules for the third consecutive season. Gettysburg has won eight of the last ten meetings against Muhlenberg.
Next Up
Gettysburg will play Johns Hopkins University in the semifinal game on Friday, Feb. 28, at 8 p.m., which will be hosted by Haverford College.
This story was originally posted on the Gettysburg College Website.