Women’s Basketball Goes Down Fighting in Final Game of Season

Feb. 25 - (PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – The Carnegie Mellon women’s basketball team capped off their 2005-2006 season on Saturday, February 25 when they hosted University Athletic Association (UAA) opponent the University of Rochester. The visiting Yellowjackets, ranked in the top 25 earlier in the season, were too much for the Tartans as Carnegie Mellon fell 66-41 on senior day.

The Tartans played hard throughout but they could not keep up with the Yellowjackets’ speed and athleticism. In the first half the Yellowjackets shot 45.2% from the field compared to the Tartans’ 32%, while committing only six turnovers to Carnegie Mellon’s 14 en route to a 42-22 halftime lead.

In the second half, both teams had trouble putting the ball in the basket, including for Rochester, a span where they went 2-25 from the field. The Tartans were able to cut the lead down to 45-34 with 12:56 remaining, but despite numerous attempts were not able to get any closer the rest of the way as the Yellow Jackets went on to win by 25.

Graduating seniors Dava Sommermeyer (Leonia, N.J./Academy for Advance Sci & Tech), Rebecca Shore (State College, Pa.) and Melissa DeAngelo (Ottsville, Pa./Palisades) were honored before the game and all three started for the Tartans. Sommermeyer led the Tartans with nine points, including the last three points of the season with 1:11 left when she drove the lane, scored, and drew a foul. Shore pulled down a team-high eight rebounds to complement her four points, and DeAngelo contributed seven points and four rebounds in the loss.

The loss puts the Tartans at 5-20 overall and 0-14 in the UAA to finish the season. The Yellowjackets improve to 18-7 and 9-5 in the UAA.