PIPER STREAK STOPPED AT EIGHT

The Hamline University women’sbasketball team saw their eight-game winning streak come to an end, as Carleton College defeated them in Saint Paul, 87-73.

The game opened with the two teams alternating three-pointers in theopening minutes, helping get to an 11-11 tie after six minutes hadticked off the clock.

A layup from Jessica Englund (Fy., St. Francis, Minn.) half a minutelater gave the Pipers a lead they would hold on to until 1:30 remainedin the half. Sarah Lincoln (Sr. Rockford, Minn.) made a layup of her ownthen to put the Knights up, 33-32.

Carleton extended their lead to two with a free throw by Lincoln with 46seconds on the clock. Then, with 1.9 seconds remaining in the firsthalf, Jackie Kelly (So., Blaine, Minn.) was fouled near the right elbow,and drained both free throws to send the teams into the locker roomtied, 34-34.

Gabriella Gustafson (Sr., St. Louis Park, Minn.) led the Pipers in thefirst half with eight points, including going 2-for-2 from outside thearc. Jessica Heinen (Sr., Spicer, Minn.) had six rebounds in the firsthalf.

Megan Erlandson (Fy., Minneapolis, Minn.) paced the Knights in the firsthalf by matching Gustafson’s eight points while going 2-for-3 inshooting treys.

The Knights took the lead on the scoreboard coming back onto the courtin the second half. After that, the Knights maintained control until thefinal buzzer.

The exception was a momentum swing in favor of the Pipers when Kellydrew a Carleton offensive foul and then made a three-pointer on theensuing possession with less than three minutes to play.

The loss snaps the Pipers’ eight-game win streak, which is tied with the1984-85 Piper team as the longest in program history.

Hamline was led by Mary Wilkowski’s (So., Savannah, Ga.) 16 points,while Kelly had 12. Rochelle Sather (Jr., Andover, Minn.) and GraceWeinreich (Sr., Wahkon, Minn.) had 11 apiece.

Sather also added four steals for the Pipers, while Kelly and Heinendished out five assists apiece.

The Knights were led by 18 from Edlandson, 16 from Hannah Oken-Berg(Sr., Portland, Ore.), 15 from Annie Isler (Sr., Hopkins, Minn.) and 13from Lincoln.

With the conference loss, Hamline moves to 13-5, 10-5 MIAC. The Knightsimprove to 8-10, 7-8 MIAC. Hamline will play at home again tomorrow,Sunday, February 1, at 1:00 p.m. They will host the Concordia Cobbers inthe first game of a women’s-men’s double-header.