Women's Basketball falls to Western New England in CCC game

Box Score SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The Roger Williams University Women's Basketball team was upended by Western New England University Saturday afternoon, falling to the Golden Bears 66-55.

Chelsea Vujs recorded game highs of 16 points and 26 rebounds over visiting Roger Williams. With their first win over the Hawks since the 2011-12 campaign, the Golden Bears move to 6-2 overall; Roger Williams--picked to finish second in the CCC preseason' coaches poll--drops to 3-5. Both teams are now 1-1 in the conference.

Three other Western New England scorers reached double digits including freshman Dorothy O'Neill with 14, sophomore Sammie Olson had 12 and senior captain Sam McCann netted 11.

Vujs performance on the boards is a career-high, the most in the CCC this season and the second-leading in school history for a single game. Roma St. George set the record of 28 during the 1980-81 season and Jamie Carney equaled the mark in a 2003 contest versus St. Joseph-Conn.

Rachel Battista came off the RWU bench to pace the Hawks with 14 points on 5-for-10 shooting, including 4-of-8 from three-point range. She also had five rebounds two assists and two steals. Katie Lowerre and Mariah Nicholas added 10 points apiece.

Western New England will be taking final exams next week and will then have the Christmas/New Year's holidays before returning to the court on Tuesday, Jan. 6, when the Golden Bears will travel to Wenham to take on Gordon College for a CCC encounter. The opening tip is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

- Release courtesy of the Western New England University Sports Information Department

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