WINCHESTER, Va. – The Shenandoah University women's basketball team kept its ODAC regular season title hopes alive with a 63-56 victory over Emory & Henry Saturday afternoon.
 
Shenandoah (14-7, 10-4 ODAC) defeated the Wasps (17-4, 11-3) for just the second time in program history and snapped a 12-game losing streak in the series with the home win.

IN BRIEF

E&H jumped to an early double-digit lead, taking a 13-point advantage by the time the game was eight minutes old, but the Hornets battled back.
 
A 15-3 SU run over a span of 7:12 brought the hosts back into it.
 
Olivia Weinel eventually tied it for the Hornets with a pair of free throws 72 seconds before halftime and from this point on, the two teams were separated by no more than four points until Emory & Henry began to foul in the final minute of the game.
 
Shenandoah, which shoots 74 percent from the line as a team, made 8-of-10 from the line in the final 32 seconds of the contest.
 
The Hornets shot 90 percent (27-of-30) from the line for the game.
 
Jordan Sondrol, who led the victors with 14 points, was 4-of-4 from the charity stripe in the final eight seconds.
 
The two teams were tied eight times and traded the lead on 11 occasions over the final 20 minutes of play.

QUOTABLE

"I am so proud of every member of our program in today's big win over Emory & Henry," head coach Melissa Smeltzer-Kraft said. "Although we came out flat, we responded well in the final three quarters in front of a great crowd."

BY THE NUMBERS

Shooting: SU 17-of-53, 32 percent. E&H: 18-of-56, 32 percent
3-point shooting: SU 2-of-10, 20 percent. E&H: 5-of-23, 22 percent
FT shooting: SU 27-of-30, 90 percent. E&H: 15-of-21, 71 percent
Rebounding: SU 42, E&H 35

INDIVIDUAL

SU scoring: Jordan Sondrol 4, Olivia Weinel 13
E&H scoring: Peyton Williams 17, Kara Stafford 14
 
SU rebounding: Sarah Donley 11, McKenzie Mathis 11
E&H rebounding: Williams 13
 
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