STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team opened the season with a 71-55 loss to 22nd-ranked Holy Family University on Saturday during the Women's Basketball Conference Challenge in the College of Staten Island's Sports & Recreation Center. The Tigers finished as the 2025 NCAA East Regional Championship runner-up and were ranked in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) preseason national poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-1), Holy Family (1-0)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Ruby Santos (New Paltz, N.Y./Kent School), 9 points, 3 steals, 4-for-8 field goals
• Junior Jayla Tyler (Albany, N.Y./Colonie Central/Saint Rose), 8 points, 6 rebounds
• Senior Molly Brophy (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich Central School), 8 points, 3 assists, 2 steals, 3-for-4 field goals
• Junior Amber Furch (Los Angeles, Calif./Brentwood School), 8 points, 3 assists, 3 steals
• Sophomore Margaret Montplaisir (Portsmouth, N.H./Portsmouth), 7 points
• Sophomore Kelli Cieplicki (Colchester, Vt./Rice Memorial), 6 rebounds

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Taylor Hinkle, 18 points, 17 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals
• Senior Claire Dougherty, 14 points, 7-for-13 field goals
• Sophomore Lola Ibarrondo, 11 points

THE ACTION

• The Tigers scored the first eight points en route to leading 20-6 in the final minute of the first quarter, and 40-17 in the opening minute of the third stanza.
• Brophy scored six points during a 7-0 spurt that trimmed the deficit to 15 shortly thereafter.
• Montplaisir's jumper got the Purple Knights within 63-53 at 2:50 of the fourth quarter, but they came no closer. In all, Saint Michael's outscored Holy Family, 38-33, during the second half.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Sunday at Staten Island, 3 p.m. during Women's Basketball Conference Challenge.