Lady Tornado win fifth straight after divisional upset over No. 16 Seton Catholic
BINGHAMTON – For the first time in several years, the Lady Purple Tornado come home with a victory from Seton Catholic. Thursday night’s STAC divisional showdown ended with Norwich on top in the 57-51 final score.
The Tornado never trailed at the end of a quarter, clinging to a small lead as every time they made a run, the Saints came fighting back.
Norwich held a 26-23 lead at the end of the first half and held the same margin as the two teams headed into the final quarter of play.
In the fourth, the Purple went on a 6-0 offensive scoring spurt as just 30 seconds ticked off the clock. The small run came from the aggressive and pressuring full-court defense that Norwich has used against teams all season.
Facing two of the toughest forwards in Section IV, Norwich knew they were going to have their hands full with Seton’s Marina Maerkl and Julia Hauer. Both of the Saints have signed their letters of the intent to play college basketball next season with Markel heading to a division-II program and Hauer will become a member of the Siena Saints roster, a division-I NCAA program.
Maerkl finished the with 19 points to lead all scorers in the contest while Hauer tallied 15 but have known to put up big numbers in the past against Norwich.
The two were held in check by the Tornado’s defensive effort of Saige Benedict, Abby Flynn, Emily Evans and Nicole Jeffrey.
Taylor Hansen of Norwich ended with a team-best 16 points for her second consecutive double digit scoring game but it was a balanced contribution by the Tornado that helped them pick up the win on the road in a tough place to play.
Benedict chipped in nine points in the win while Triniti Myers added eight. Sydney Coggins kicked in seven points, Abby Flynn finished with five and both Emily Evans and Halea Eaton contributed four points.
“I was extremely proud of how hard my kids played,” said Norwich’s head coach Josh Bennett. “In a game like that, I almost feel like we don’t necessarily win the game as much as we last longer than the other team. We try to preach to our kids every day that our goal is to make every team we play have to deal with our energy for the entire 32 minutes. I thought we did that tonight.”
The Tornado are now 5-0 and will look to make it six straight when they take on Liverpool in a non-league match up at 2:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon.
The Norwich JV improved to 4-1 after a 59-24 win over Seton. They will take to the court before the varsity team on Saturday with their game starting at 1 p.m.
Norwich 57, Seton Catholic 51
Nor 14 12 15 16 – 57
SCC 13 10 15 13 – 51
Norwich: Taylor Hansen 7 2-5-16; Sydney Coggins 2 1-2-7; Emily Evans 2 0-0-4; Abby Flynn 2 0-0-5; Halea Eaton 2 0-2-4; Hailey Colabelli 1 0-0-2; Saige Benedict 4 0-0-9; Triniti Myers 3 0-0-8; Nicole Jeffrey 1 0-0-2. TOTALS: 25 2-9-57.
Seton Catholic: E. Dempsey 2 0-0-4; B. Martin 3 0-0-6; M. Dyes 0 2-2-2; R. Vaughn 2 0-0-5; M. Maerkl 5 8-8-19; J. Hauer 6 2-4-15. TOTALS: 18 12-14-51.
Fouled out: (N) Abby Flynn. 3-point goals: (N) Coggins 1, Flynn 1, Benedict 1, Myers 2; (SCC) Vaughn 1, Maerkl 1, Hauer 1. Officials: Stepanovsky and Fletcher.
The Tornado never trailed at the end of a quarter, clinging to a small lead as every time they made a run, the Saints came fighting back.
Norwich held a 26-23 lead at the end of the first half and held the same margin as the two teams headed into the final quarter of play.
In the fourth, the Purple went on a 6-0 offensive scoring spurt as just 30 seconds ticked off the clock. The small run came from the aggressive and pressuring full-court defense that Norwich has used against teams all season.
Facing two of the toughest forwards in Section IV, Norwich knew they were going to have their hands full with Seton’s Marina Maerkl and Julia Hauer. Both of the Saints have signed their letters of the intent to play college basketball next season with Markel heading to a division-II program and Hauer will become a member of the Siena Saints roster, a division-I NCAA program.
Maerkl finished the with 19 points to lead all scorers in the contest while Hauer tallied 15 but have known to put up big numbers in the past against Norwich.
The two were held in check by the Tornado’s defensive effort of Saige Benedict, Abby Flynn, Emily Evans and Nicole Jeffrey.
Taylor Hansen of Norwich ended with a team-best 16 points for her second consecutive double digit scoring game but it was a balanced contribution by the Tornado that helped them pick up the win on the road in a tough place to play.
Benedict chipped in nine points in the win while Triniti Myers added eight. Sydney Coggins kicked in seven points, Abby Flynn finished with five and both Emily Evans and Halea Eaton contributed four points.
“I was extremely proud of how hard my kids played,” said Norwich’s head coach Josh Bennett. “In a game like that, I almost feel like we don’t necessarily win the game as much as we last longer than the other team. We try to preach to our kids every day that our goal is to make every team we play have to deal with our energy for the entire 32 minutes. I thought we did that tonight.”
The Tornado are now 5-0 and will look to make it six straight when they take on Liverpool in a non-league match up at 2:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon.
The Norwich JV improved to 4-1 after a 59-24 win over Seton. They will take to the court before the varsity team on Saturday with their game starting at 1 p.m.
Norwich 57, Seton Catholic 51
Nor 14 12 15 16 – 57
SCC 13 10 15 13 – 51
Norwich: Taylor Hansen 7 2-5-16; Sydney Coggins 2 1-2-7; Emily Evans 2 0-0-4; Abby Flynn 2 0-0-5; Halea Eaton 2 0-2-4; Hailey Colabelli 1 0-0-2; Saige Benedict 4 0-0-9; Triniti Myers 3 0-0-8; Nicole Jeffrey 1 0-0-2. TOTALS: 25 2-9-57.
Seton Catholic: E. Dempsey 2 0-0-4; B. Martin 3 0-0-6; M. Dyes 0 2-2-2; R. Vaughn 2 0-0-5; M. Maerkl 5 8-8-19; J. Hauer 6 2-4-15. TOTALS: 18 12-14-51.
Fouled out: (N) Abby Flynn. 3-point goals: (N) Coggins 1, Flynn 1, Benedict 1, Myers 2; (SCC) Vaughn 1, Maerkl 1, Hauer 1. Officials: Stepanovsky and Fletcher.
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