Women’s basketball team loses to #2 Hope, 102-52
The Olivet College women’s basketball team fell to Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association leader Hope College, 102-52, this evening at The Cutler Event Center in Olivet. The Flying Dutch entered the game ranked No. 2 in the latest d3hoops.com Top 25 poll.
The Olivet College women's basketball team fell to Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association leader Hope College, 102-52, this evening at The Cutler Event Center in Olivet. The Flying Dutch entered the game ranked No. 2 in the latest d3hoops.com Top 25 poll.
Senior Sarah Mangold (Sterling Heights/Bishop Foley) scored a team-leading 17 points for the Comets. Senior Vallen VanZyll (Lowell) joined her in double figures with 14 points. Sophomore Caitlin Thilo (Onondaga/Eaton Rapids) posted team-high honors in rebounds (four) and assists (three).
Fifteen different Hope players reached the scoring column. Lauren Geers and Erika Bruisma were sparks off the bench, each scoring 14 points. Jenny Cowen and Kaitlyn Kopke had nine points apiece. Philana Greene finished with a team-high seven rebounds.
Olivet will conclude its regular season schedule Saturday when it travels to play Albion College at 3 p.m.
