Allegheny College Athletics - Women's Basketball Downs Hiram

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Athletes of the Week

Women's Track and Field

Beth Muller fell one win short of her second straight sprint trifecta, but still won the 55- and 200-yard dashes, to lead the Allegheny women's indoor track and field team to third place out of eight teams at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships at Denison. She was named Sprinter/Hurdler of the Year for the second straight season.

Muller repeated as the 55 champ with a time of 7.51 seconds and then successfully defended her title in the 200 (:26.37).

As the defending champ in the 400, Muller was beat out by Marissa Clardy of Oberlin. Muller finished the race in 1:00.08 while Clardy came in at :59.39.

Tony Dipre

Men's Track and Field

Allegheny's Tony Dipre set a meet record and posted an NCAA automatic-qualifying time while winning the mile at the North Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. He was also a member of the winning Distance Medley Relay team for the Gators, who placed third among nine teams at Denison.

Dipre, who was named the NCAC Distance Runner of the Year, claimed his individual win with a time of 4:10.84 and held off Denison's Makorobondo Salukombo (4:12.23). The previous meet record was set in 2009 by the Gators' Jeramie Parker (4:13.89). The Blue and Gold has now won three straight indoor miles at NCACs.

Mike Vlah, Alex Gorski and Chris Marker joined Dipre on the DMR squad, which clocked in at 10:35.79.

Women's Basketball Downs Hiram

2/2/2010 9:51:14 PM

Box Score

MEADVILLE, Pa. – Jill Gregory shot 70 percent from the floor (7-for-10), scoring a game-high 19 points to lead Allegheny over Hiram 68-53 in North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) action on Tuesday night.

The Gators (8-11, 5-5 NCAC) held a 32-16 advantage on points in the paint and scored 19 points on turnovers to snap a two-game skid against the Terriers (3-16, 2-7 NCAC). Brittany Bell was also in double figures with 13 points.

Two players scored double digits off the bench for Hiram. Jess Cowan had a team-high 12 points and Amy Geisman added 11 points. Leading scorer Brittany Mayle chipped in 10.

Allegheny started out the game with a 9-0 run, beginning with an Emilie Simone jumper. Gregory and Heidi Goeller each made a free throw before Simone got another two points and Laura Magnelli drained a trey for the first nine points of the game.

Another Magnelli triple and a Gregory layup gave the Gators their largest lead of the half at 18-5 with 11:39 left. The Terriers chipped away at the lead and four straight points by Cowan cut the deficit to seven points (28-21). Under two minutes, Alex Dellas drove in for the layup to get within five, but Gregory responded with a layup of her own for a 36-29 halftime lead.

The Allegheny defense went into full gear in the second half, only allowing Hiram to put up three points in the first 7:18 of the half. In the meantime, the Gators jumped out to an 18-point advantage after a bucket by Gregory to make it 51-33.

The lead continued to grown and reached to 66-46 at the 2:33 mark.

Shannon Culbreath and Goeller contributed eight points each for Allegheny. Culbreath led on the boards with eight, helping the Gators win the rebounding game, 47-35.

Allegheny returns to action on Friday against Earlham. Game time is 6 p.m.