COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team lost to Franklin Pierce University, 61-43, on Saturday during Northeast-10 Conference action in the Ross Sports Center.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (5-10, 2-7 NE10), Franklin Pierce (5-9, 2-6 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Ruby Santos (New Paltz, N.Y./Kent School), 8 points, 4 offensive rebounds
• Sophomore Bella Franchi (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie Central), 8 points, 4 rebounds
• Senior Brianna Furch (Los Angeles, Calif./Brentwood School/Cal State Fullerton), 8 points, 2 steals
• Sophomore Jayla Tyler (Albany, N.Y./Colonie Central/Saint Rose), 7 points, 13 rebounds, 8 offensive rebounds, 2 steals
• Sophomore Ashlee Talbot (Dracut, Mass./Dracut), 6 points, 3 assists
• First-year Margaret Montplaisir (Portsmouth, N.H./Portsmouth), 6 points

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Geanna Bryant, 21 points, 7 rebounds, 5 steals
• Junior Sara Macary, 11 points
• Graduate student Janessa Gonzalez, 10 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals
• Graduate student Colette Mulderig, 9 points, 5 rebounds
• Graduate student Paige Slaven, 6 rebounds, 5 assists

THE ACTION

• The teams remained within two possessions of one another until Mulderig made a pair of free throws at 3:23 of the second quarter to give the Ravens a 16-9 edge. Bryant's basket just before the buzzer made it 21-12 at halftime.
• Gonzalez's three-point play pushed the lead to 24-12 53 seconds into the third period before Furch buried a pair of three-pointers 55 seconds apart to bring her team within 26-18.
• Franklin Pierce countered with an 11-2 run, and the hosts never again trailed by single digits.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at University of New Haven, 1:30 p.m.
• The Chargers were fifth in this week's D2 CSC East Region poll.