University Athletic Association

[deiscanton]

Final scores in the UAA for Friday, Feb. 4

1.)  Wash U 73, Carnegie Mellon 37

2.)  Rochester 64, NYU 46

Rochester's Kristyn Wright scored a career-high 19 pts today, while Jodie Luther of Rochester had 13 pts and Madeline Korber had 12 pts.

Rochester's Melissa Alwardt was held scoreless today with an 0-7 from the field for the game and no shots taken by Alwardt in the second half.

For NYU, Maggie Ely was the only player scoring in double figures with 16 pts.

3.)  Chicago 65, Case 55

4.)  Emory 72, Brandeis 55

Carnegie Mellon is now eliminated from the UAA title race with an 0-8 mark in UAA play this season.

Both Brandeis and Emory are now at 2-6 in the UAA and both will be eliminated from UAA title contention on Sunday with an anticipated Chicago win at CMU (or if either Brandeis or Emory lose on Sunday), as they are 6 games back of Chicago with 6 games left to play.

NYU and Case are now at 4-4 in the UAA, 4 games back of league leading Chicago with 6 games left to play.

Chicago, Wash U and Rochester all won their games today.

Chicago leads the UAA at 8-0 after Friday's games, with Wash U 1 game back at 7-1 in the UAA, and Rochester still 3 games back at 5-3 in the UAA.

That is all for women's action today-- play resumes on Sunday with Brandeis at Rochester, NYU at Emory, Wash U at Case, and Chicago at Carnegie Mellon.

[David Collinge]

UAA athletes have to contend with the toughest travel schedule in D3, as well as some of the toughest academics.  I think we should take a moment to congratulate those who have succeeded in both of these venues.  The following UAA players have been selected as Academic All-District performers by CoSIDA:

First team (eligible for selection as Academic All-Americans):
Melissa Alwardt, Rochester (Dist. 1) -- GPA 3.76 in Health and Society
Erin Hollinger, CWRU (Dist. 4) -- 3.96, Macromolecular Science/Engineering

Second team: (none)

Third team:
Becca Feldman, Emory (Dist. 3) -- 3.61, Neuroscience/Behaviorial Biology
Dani Hoover, Wash U. (Dist. 7) -- 4.00, Systems Science & Engineering

Congratulations to these outstanding scholar-athletes!

[Wydown Blvd.]

Final scores in the UAA for Friday, Feb. 4

1.)  Wash U 73, Carnegie Mellon 37

2.)  Rochester 64, NYU 46

3.)  Chicago 65, Case 55

4.)  Emory 72, Brandeis 55

Only two notable things I saw from the WashU/CMU game (only watched the first half). Cusworth finally shot well from the field -- she always plays excellent defense, but her shooting % was pretty low. WashU wasn't stopping the dribble drive too well early, but obviously that wasn't too big of an issue.

Won't watch too much (if any) of Sunday's games, but very excited for next week.

[deiscanton]

Watching the live stats, it looks like Case is giving Wash U a game in the first half.   Wash U only up by 2, 21-19, with 2:46 remaining in the first half.   Wash U never had a lead bigger than 5 pts so far, while Case has had a lead of 3 pts early on.

Rochester 37, Brandeis 24 at the half.

NYU leading Emory, 31-26, with 1:30 remaining in the first half.

Chicago leading CMU by 11, 29-18 with 2:00 remaining in the first half.

[deiscanton]

UAA scores at the half:

Rochester 37, Brandeis 24

NYU 38, Emory 31

Wash U 32, Case 19-- Wash U pulled away late in the first half.

Chicago 31, Carnegie Mellon 18-- according to the scoreboard on the CMU video stream-- CMU live stats seem to have Vaccarella at 4 pts, and Chicago up 31-19, but the scoreboard on the video stream has Vaccarella of CMU with 3 pts.

(Note:  Scoreboard has now corrected it-- Live stats correct:  Chicago 31, CMU 19 at the half.)

[deiscanton]

Brandeis's Mia DePalo has hit 2 of 2 from 3 pt land to start the second half...

[deiscanton]

Final scores from the UAA--

Rochester 80, Brandeis 51

Brandeis officially eliminated from UAA title contention.

Wash U 69, Case 47

Chicago 76, Carnegie Mellon 43

Emory officially eliminated from UAA title contention.

NYU 81, Emory 76

Chicago in first place at 9-0 in the UAA, Wash U at 8-1, and Rochester at 6-3 in the UAA.

NYU is in sole possession of fourth place at 5-4 in the UAA-- 4 games back-- NYU will be eliminated from the UAA title race on Friday if both Chicago wins at Rochester and NYU loses to Case.

Case is in fifth place at 4-5 in the UAA and 5 games back-- the Spartans will be eliminated from the UAA title hunt on Friday with a Case loss at NYU or a Chicago win at Rochester.

Big weekend coming up for Rochester, Chicago, and Wash U-- Yellowjackets host Chicago and Wash U next weekend.  Chicago at Rochester on Friday, followed by Wash U at Rochester on Sunday.

Officially out of UAA title race:  Brandeis, Emory, Carnegie Mellon.

[deiscanton]

Congratulations to Case's Erin Hollinger, who scored her 1,000th career point in last Sunday's game against Wash U.  

Case's recap of the game has already been posted to D3Hoops.com, but to summarize, Hollinger became the 10th player in Case women's basketball history to score 1,000 pts when she hit a fast-break jumper with 12:58 remaining in Sunday's contest vs Wash U at Horsburgh Gym.

[David Collinge]

Congratulations to Case's Erin Hollinger, who scored her 1,000th career point in last Sunday's game against Wash U.  

Case's recap of the game has already been posted to D3Hoops.com, but to summarize, Hollinger became the 10th player in Case women's basketball history to score 1,000 pts when she hit a fast-break jumper with 12:58 remaining in Sunday's contest vs Wash U at Horsburgh Gym.

Nancy Fahey immediately called a time out after that play (no doubt for reasons related to her own team), which gave the PA announcer a chance to inform the crowd of Erin's achievement.  She received a good ovation from the fans and got a lot of congratulations at the bench.  It was a nice moment, and a fortuitous time out.  And it was practically the only highlight for Erin, who had been suffering through a good defensive effort by the Bears aimed at shutting her down.  She ended up with 11 points and 6 boards on the afternoon.

[WUPHF]

The local NBC affiliate did a feature on the Hoover sisters who play for Washington University and the backyard gym in which they developed their skills.  Online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Bfjc-JWEM&feature=player_embedded#

[y_jack_lok]

Although sports director Rene Knott didn't do the story, surely it had to get his o.k.

Note to Pat Coleman. I'm sorry Rene didn't do anything for D3 schools in the DC area when you were there, but he is about the only one who cares about them here in Saint Louis. I have no clue as to why the change of heart, but we're happy to have him. Perhaps just different area dynamics and media markets.

[WUPHF]

I have no clue as to why the change of heart, but we're happy to have him. Perhaps just different area dynamics and media markets.

He has a son that plays (or played) football at Washington University as far as I know.  Proximity may have made the difference.  Differences in media markets probably has something to do with it.

[Pat Coleman]

Whatever the reason, agreed it's a good thing. Too bad he didn't see the light a decade ago.

[y_jack_lok]

Pat, I think we all need to acknowledge the great work you do with this website as being one of the reasons for any increase in attention that D3 schools get anywhere. It may have taken a decade, but its paying very nice dividends. I look forward to many more years.

[7express]

Chicago wins at Rochester 66-56.  I'd have to wonder if a Wash U win on Sunday would eliminate the Yellow Jackets from a pool C bid??