Friday, December 17, 2010

Fisher Women drop a tough one against Johnson & Wales

Junior Leslie Wadhams
Lynn, MA - The Fisher College Women's Basketball team lost their final game of 2010 as Johnson and Wales University (RI) beat them 63-52.

Junior Leslie Wadhams (Burlington, VT) scored her season high, 21 points for the Lady Falcons. Freshman Javanna Bernard (Waterbury, CT) dropped in 11 points as the Lady Falcons fall to 1-8 on the season.

Fisher battled hard with the visiting Wildcats in the first half. Wadhams scored nine points in the half while the team played terrific defense, limiting JWU (2-6) to just 26 first half points.

Freshman Kristina Terry (Haverhill, MA) came up huge along the boards as she collected 15 rebounds in the loss. The 15 rebounds is a new career high for Terry. She also added five points.

Both senior Tiffany Beckman (East Hartford, CT) and freshman Kimberly Woolley (Rollinsford, NH) played well for Fisher as they each added six points and multiple assists. Freshman Deanna Morency (Auburn, ME) chipped in three points in her 13 minutes of action.

After the new year, the Women's Basketball team will hit the court on January 8, 2011 when they travel up to Vermont and take on Vermont Technical College in a Sunrise Conference match-up. The next home game for the Lady Falcons will be on January 11, 2011 against non-conference opponent Green Mountain College.