SPRINGFIELD, Mass. â€" Freshman guard Jennifer Dabrowski (Plainville, CT) scored 17 points coming off the bench and senior forward Shelley Everson (Plainville, CT) added 13 points to lead Western New England College to a 63-48 win over visiting St. Joseph College (Connecticut) in a quarterfinal round game of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC)Tournament.
Dabrowski made 7-of-12 shots from the field, including both three-pointers, and a foul shot. She and Everson each pulled down eight rebounds.
Junior center Lisa Masella (Newtown, CT) chipped in with seven points and eight rebounds while sophomore forward Sharon Simoncelli (Litchfield, CT) added seven points, all from the foul line.
Western New England College (19-6) scored the first 10 points of the game and took a 40-20 lea at half-time. This was the 14th time this season that the Golden bears held an opponent to under 50 points.
Junior forward Edna Caamano (East Hartford, CT) had a double double for the Blue Jays (12-13) with game highs of 20 points and 13 rebounds. Junior guard Tahnesha Bonner (Bridgeport, CT) scored 13 points and had seven rebounds coming off the bench.
Western New England College will meet Norwich University in the semifinals of the GNAC Tournament at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Yawkey Center on the Emmanuel College campus in Boston.
