Trailblazer women fall on road to Salem State 69-57
Danielle Beauchamp came off the bench to score 14 points in a road loss at Salem on Tuesday night.
Salem, MA- The MCLA Women's Basketball team scored the opening basket, but then host Salem State University went on a 13-2 run to seize control as the Vikings defeated the Trailblazers in MASCAC action Tuesday night in Salem. With the loss, MCLA is now 8-12 overall (0-7 MASCAC), suffering their eighth straight loss in the process. The Vikings are now 9-12 overall and 2-6 in league play. Salem swept the season series from MCLA.
Trailblazer Kaitlyn Chenevert drilled a three pointer a minute into the game to give MCLA the early lead, however Salem quickly answered with the 13-2 run to take command at 13-5. MCLA would trim the margin to five in the opening half, only to see Salem extend back out. The Vikings would lead by as many as 12 in the opening twenty minutes before MCLA would trim the margin to just 31-24 at halftime.
Salem quickly pushed out to a 14 point lead at 48-34 before MCLA would make a run to try and get back into the game with just 10:30 left to play. The Trailblazers would get within seven points at 48-41 using a 7-0 run in which Lucy Tremblay and Danielle Beauchamp each had three points.
The Vikings then put the game out of reach using a 13-4 spurt to extend out to an insurmountable 61-45 advantage with just five miutes left. Ginny Fleming had six points in the spurt for Salem. MCLA would get to within ten, however would never threaten the Vikings.
MCLA was paced by Tremblay's game high 19 points. She was 7-16 from the floor and grabbed 5 rebounds in defeat. Beauchamp was the only other Trailblazer in double figures finishing with 14 points off the bench. Kelsey Ouimet grabbed a game high 9 rebounds for MCLA.
Salem was led by Fleming's 15 points off the bench. She also finished with 9 caroms. Laura Bruni chipped in with 14 while Ashley White had 12.
MCLA was hampered by 27 turnovers compared to just 20 for Salem. The Vikings also held a 51-40 edge off the glass.
The Trailblazers will look to get into the win column on Saturday when they host Worcester State at 3pm.