After starting off the season by winning 13 of their first 16 games, the Hopkins women's basketball team has not been able to sustain their winning ways as the team lost two games in a row against Muhlenberg and McDaniel. To the team's dismay, the stretch of losses continued after facing off against Swarthmore on Jan. 30. The Lady Jays were simply not able to match the firepower of the surging Garnet as Haverford downed Hopkins by a score of 75-47. Two seniors on Haverford, Katie Lytie and Ellie Larson, notched 20 points a piece as the Garnet held onto the lead for the rest of the game halfway through the first half.
Despite the loss, the team was required to have a short memory as they faced off against Haverford just two days later when the Lady Jays travelled to Pa. The Jays defense was stellar throughout the entirety of the game as the team held the Fords to 11 points in the entire first half. Junior Ciara McCullagh led the way for the Jays, scoring 10 of her 11 points in the second half as the Jays down Haverford 44-40 for their first win in four games.
Fruehen and Conteh also contributed with crucial shots down the stretch and proved the team's resiliency with a crucial conference victory. The win pushed the Lady Jays to 13-6 on the season and 11-3 in the Centennial Conference. The Lady Jays will look to maintain their winning ways when they face off against Bryn Mawr this Saturday at Goldfarb Gymnasium. The game is set to start at 1pm as both teams will battle for another critical conference win.
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