THE FACTS
No. 12 Gettysburg (24-2) 58, Washington (Md.) (16-10) 39
What: Centennial Conference (CC) women's basketball semifinal
When: Friday, Feb. 28
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 12th in the latest D3hoops.com poll, used a 10-0 run in the second quarter to open up a double-digit lead and defeat Washington (Md.) 58-39 in the semifinal of the 2025 Centennial Conference women's basketball championship tournament.
THE LEADERS
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Alayna Arnolie (Vienna, Va./James Madison) led the second-seeded Bullets with 18 points.
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Shinya Lee (Rochester, N.Y./Holderness Prep School) added 11 points, 11 rebounds and four blocked shots.
FOR THE FOES
• Abby Meredith paced the fourth-seeded Shorewomen with 15 points.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Alayna Arnolie canned a pair of 3-pointers around a Karry Kelliher triple to make a 6-3 game just 1:24 into game. Then nearly three minutes passed before Arnolie hit a step-back to make stretch the lead to 8-3. Four straight points from Washington cut the margin to one but a single
Jameson Mott (Evergreen, Colo./Evergreen) free throw with 4:10 showing to make it 9-7, which is where the score remained for the remainder of the opening quarter.
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Shinya Lee drove to the hoop with 8:54 to play in the second quarter, Kelliher and
AB Holsinger (Charlottesville, Va./Langley) traded triples. Baskets from Abby Meredith and Emma Robinson tied the game at 14-all with 6:53 showing. Another Holsinger 3-pointer reestablished the three-point lead. After Kelliher hit a jumper with her foot on the line, a Lee layup with 5:53 to play then a block that she picked up at midcourt and raced to the basket ignited a game-changing 10-0 run that built a 27-16 lead with 2:58 to play. Robinson halted the run on the other end, cutting the margin to nine at the break.
• After a Robinson second-chance layup, Arnolie completed a three-point play to push the lead back to double digits with 8:13 on the clock. The Shorewomen trimmed the margin to five with 3:27 to play but
Reagan Chrencik (New Hope, Pa./New Hope-Solebury) responded with a driving layup to spark a 7-0 close to the quarter. Chrencik had five of her team's points during the run.
• After Lee and Meredith traded baskets to start the final period, Arnolie drained a 3-pointer and
Ava O'Neil (Chevy Chase, Md./St. John's College) pulled up and hit a jumper to build the lead to 46-29 with 7:55 to play. Washington twice closed the deficit to 11 but got no closer down the stretch. Three 3-pointers from three different Bullets keyed a 10-2 finish to the game.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg and Johns Hopkins will meet in Sunday's championship game for the fourth straight year, including the third straight time in Baltimore.
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Ava O'Neil finished with seven points, three assists and four rebounds.
• The Bullets finished with a 41-31 advantage on the glass.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg and Johns Hopkins meet for the title on Sunday. Game time is 1 p.m.
