Weekly sports update - results from January 6th through 11th
by Geoff Hassard - Sports Information Director
Women's Basketball (8-4)
The women's basketball team jumped back into action early and started the new year off right by winning the Williams College Invitational during the weekend of Jan. 6. They defeated host Williams 70-56 behind a 21-point performance by Jenn Lovin and then followed it up with a 56-50 win over Smith College. Danielle Batey led WPI in the title game with 20 points as she hit 9 of 10 free throws. Lovin was selected as the Most Valuable Player in the tournament and Kim Landry was named to the All-Tournament Team for her contribution in the two games. Coach Champion was pleased with the effort of her team and felt that Batey and Jen Plante could have easily made the all-tournament team as well for their play.
WPI hosted traditionally strong Trinity College for their 1996 home opener last Thursday. In a game that came down to the last seven seconds, Trinity held on to win 57-54. With 3:38 remaining WPI trailed 54-48. Over the next 3:15 neither team scored until Batey hit a three-pointer to bring the Engineers to within three points with 23 seconds left. Trinity then made two free throws to increase their lead to five with 20 seconds left. Then with three defenders hanging all over her, Batey made another three-point basket from another area code to close the gap to two points with 11 seconds remaining. Trinity then went to the line for a one-and-one situation and missed the front end, but unfortunately for the Engineers, the Bantams came up with the rebound. Trinity iced the game when they hit a free throw with four ticks left on the clock to secure the tree point win. Batey led all scorers with 19 points. Lovin took down 14 boards to go with 10 points in the defeat.
Men's Basketball (5-4)
The men were on the road for their first game back from the break as they traveled across the city to face Worcester State. The Engineers were looking to pick up where they left off when they ended 1995 with a convincing win over Wentworth. Behind a career high 29 points by Jeff Cayer, WPI pulled out a 10 point win over the Lancers 88-78. Jim Naughton added 23 points and freshman John Lehane had 15 in the win for the Engineers who now have a modest two-game winning streak.
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