WINCHESTER, Va. – The Shenandoah University women's basketball team earned its first ODAC win of the season Monday night with a 61-43 home triumph over Ferrum College.
 
Shenandoah (2-3, 1-2 ODAC) led wire-to-wire in dispatching the Panthers (1-4, 1-4).

IN BRIEF

Sierra St. Cyr and Ragan Johnson buckets got the Hornets started before a Sarah Sondrol '3' followed by a Brooke Riley jumper gave the hosts' a 9-0 advantage and forced a Ferrum timeout at 6:52.
 
FC would cut its deficit to two points, 12-10, by the 4:01 mark only to see Sondrol and Madisen Kimble give coach Melissa Smeltzer-Kraft's club some breathing room with back-to-back makes at 2:23 and 1:51, respectively.
 
Sondrol, who led the victors with 13 points, closed out the first with the second of her three 3-pointers on the night.
 
Another '3', this one from Kimble 3:15 into the second, pushed the advantage into double digits for the first time.
 
The lead reached 17 (thanks to a Riley '3') before SU went into the halftime break with a 14-point, 40-26, advantage.
 
Shenandoah maintained at least an 11-point lead the rest of the way and saw the bulge reach 21 points with 2:41 remaining.
 
All but one of the 11 women who saw action for Smeltzer-Kraft registered at least two points with Sondrol the only player in double figures.
 
St. Cyr had a game-high 10 rebounds.
 
Shenandoah shot 42 percent (25 of 60) for the game and had a 48-30 advantage on the glass.

BY THE NUMBERS

Shooting
SU: 25 of 60, 42 percent
FC: 17 of 60, 28 percent
 
3-point shooting:
SU: 6 of 16, 38 percent
FC: 2 of 27, 7 percent
 
FT shooting:
SU: 5 of 7, 71 percent
FC: 7 of 10, 70 percent
 
Rebounds
SU: 48
FC: 30
 
Individual scoring
SU: Sondrol 13
FC: Kayla Cabiness 12
 
Individual rebounding
SU: St. Cyr 10
FC: Cabiness 8 

QUOTABLE

"It is great to get in the (ODAC) win column after playing a couple of excellent ODAC opponents," Smeltzer-Kraft said. "I thought we played super defense – to hold that team to 43 points was exceptional. I also liked how balanced our scoring was tonight."
 

UP NEXT

Shenandoah plays its final regular season home game on Friday with a 7 p.m. ODAC contest versus Virginia Wesleyan. As a reminder, no fans are permitted at league indoor events this year.
 
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