Dover, Del. – The St. Mary's College of Maryland women's basketball team lost their second in a row to Wesley College in a Capital Athletic Conference battle Saturday afternoon. Wesley came out with a 63-58 victory in the regular-season finale.

Even with the loss, the Seahawks (8-17, 6-12 CAC) notched the sixth seed in the 2016 CAC Women's Basketball Championship Tournament thanks to the University of Mary Washington (21-4, 15-3 CAC) defeating Penn State Harrisburg (10-15, 6-12 CAC).

St. Mary's will now travel to Fredericksburg, Virginia on Tuesday, February 23 to take on No. 3 seed Mary Washington in the first round of the CAC Tournament. Tip-off is at 6:00 p.m.

The Seahawks (8-17, 6-12 CAC) were led by junior center Nina Haller's (Chevy Chase, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase) double-double on a game-best 17 points and 13 rebounds while sophomore captain Kerri Kline (Hagerstown, Md./Saint James) added 12. First-year forward Kobe Chaney (Annapolis, Md./South River) led the efforts on the glass with 13 boards.

However, their efforts were not enough to grind past the Wolverines (7-18, 6-12 CAC). From the start, Wesley pushed the tempo and carried it throughout the game, causing 20 turnovers throughout the game, eight of which were steals.

In the first half, it was a fight for dominance in the paint. Heading to the locker rooms, the Wolverines owned a 28-22 lead at intermission. Haller commanded the post with 10 points and five rebounds while three different Wesley players picked up seven points each.

Coming into the third quarter, it became clear it was going to be a game of runs the rest of the way. The Seahawks came back within one before Wesley pulled away on an 8-0 run to increase their lead to nine with 3:57 left in the quarter. The Wolverines received most of their production from guards Monshea Newsome-Murray (Seaford, Del./Seaford), who tallied a game-best 17, and Alexis Stroud (Smyrna, Del./Smyrna), chipped in 15.

Moving to the final quarter, again the Seahawks came out swinging, going on a 6-0 run to tie the game at 44-44 at 5:57. It was short-lived with the Wolverines coming back to post a seven-point lead with 2:09 left, capping a 13-6 run with a three-pointer by junior guard Brittany Kerns (Bear, Del./William Penn). In the final minutes, the game came down to the foul line with the Wolverines going a perfect 6-of-6.

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