Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Catholic League Semifinals

Cardinal O'Hara 65, Conwell-Egan 40
Archbishop Carroll 54, Archbishop Wood 46


ARCHBISHOP CARROLL (54)
Erin Shields 1 2-2 4; Kerri Shields 5 4-4 14; Kaitlin Cole 1 2-2 4; Deanna Kelly 2 1-2 6; Megan Pearson 5 2-2 16; Gabby Capuzzi 0 2-2 2; Hollie Mershon 0 0-0 0; Lauren Comly 2 2-2 8; Lauren Wells 0 0-0 0; Marlee Hagan 0 0-0 0; Mary Kate McCann 0 0-0 0. Totals: 16 15-16 54.

ARCHBISHOP WOOD (46)
Ashley Robinson 4 7-9 15; Alyssa Parsons 1 0-0 3; Lisa Strack 3 0-0 7; Taylor Peltzer 2 0-0 6; Rosie Tarnowski 4 5-8 13; Jen Maxwell 0 0-0 0; Laura Caron 0 0-0 0; Ashley B'Oris 0 0-0 0; Jenelle Hudson 1 0-0 2; Grace Gallagher 0 0-0 0; Kelly Young 0 0-0 0. Totals: 15 12-17 46.

AC 18-13-10-13--54
AW 9-7-16-14--46

Three-point goals: Pearson 4, Comly 2, Kelly (AC); Peltzer 2, Parsons, Strack (AW).

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CONWELL-EGAN (40)
Mourer 3 0-0 7; Moore 1 0-0 2; Griffin 0 1-2 1; Cloonan 2 0-0 4; Tyson-Thomas 6 2-3 15; Breslin 0 0-0 0; Watson 3 2-2 11; Howell 0 0-0 0; Rongione 0 0-1 0; Chase 0 0-0 0; Moonan 0 0-0 0; Ewing 0 0-0 0; Lubey 0 0-0 0; Ralph 0 0-2 0. Totals: 15 5-9 40.

CARDINAL O'HARA (65)
Cloud 4 0-0 9; Womack 5 1-1 11; Manning 2 2-2 6; Downey 0 2-2 2; Holzer 10 4-6 24; Callahan 3 0-0 7; Johnson 0 2-2 2; Duffin 0 0-0 0; Henson 2 0-0 4; Brown 0 0-0 0; Mattera 0 0-0 0; Kilday 0 0-0 0. Totals: 26 11-13 65.

CEC 8-11-7-14--40
CO 16-15-19-15--65

Three-point goals: Watson 3, Tyson-Thomas, Mourer (CEC); Cloud, Callahan (CO).


EIGHT THINGS

1. O'Hara (24-2) took a 14-0 lead. Carroll (19-7) took a 10-0 lead. Conwell-Egan (20-6) never got closer than five points. Wood (23-3) never got closer than seven points.

2. O'Hara junior center Stephanie Holzer had 24 points and 17 rebounds. Conwell-Egan junior guard Carmen Tyson-Thomas had 15 points, six rebounds and five blocked shots.

3. Senior guard Megan Pearson led Carroll with 16 points and hit four 3-pointers. Junior guard Kerri Shields scored 14 points, while senior guard Lauren Comly scored eight points and hit a pair of 3-pointers.

4. Wood junior 6-foot-3 forward Ashley Robinson scored 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Senior forward Rosie Tarnowski finished with 13 points and 15 rebounds.

5. Carroll shot 47.1 percent (16 for 34) from the floor. They hit 50 percent (seven for 14) from beyond the 3-point arc. Carroll also shot 93.8 percent (15 for 16) from the free throw line.

6. Wood is 1-9 in the PCL semifinals in the last 10 years. The lone victory was last year against O'Hara.

7. Carroll led by 15 points at halftime, 31-16, but never did really put the game away until the closing minutes. For most of the second half, Carroll's lead fluctuated between eight points and 13 points.

8. O'Hara led by 12 at halftime, 31-19. Holzer scored 12 of her points in the third quarter as the Lions opened up a 49-23 lead and put the game away.