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The start wasn&#8217;t what the Misericordia women were looking for. The finish certainly was.After rallying from an early deficit, the Cougars held off a late charge from Widener and pulled away for a 78-64 win on Friday night in the ECAC tournament quarterfinals at Cabrini University in Radnor.A strong effort by the bench helped make the difference and lift the Cougars into Saturday&#8217;s semifinals against NYU at 6 p.m. Misericordia&#8217;s reserves outscored their Widener counterparts 33-10 with three backups &#8212; Erica Haefele, Emma Hayes and Jordan Barth &#8212; scoring 16 of the Cougars&#8217; 24 points in the fourth quarter.Widener had cut the lead to four points midway through the fourth before the Cougars outscored the Pride 18-8 the rest of the way. Misericordia had opened the game in a 10-2 hole and was down by as many as 10 points in the second quarter.Starters Japriya Carroll and Rachel Carmody had 14 points apiece while Paige Wampole finished with eight points, 14 rebounds, three assists and two steals.Barth added 12 points (four in the fourth) and eight rebounds, Haefele scored six of her nine points in the final quarter and Hayes had all six of her points in the last 10 minutes.The Cougars survived 22 turnovers in the game, in part because the Pride had 17 themselves.Misericordia added to its program record for wins in a season, improving to 23-5. NYU is 15-10 after a 52-42 win over Washington and Jefferson on Friday.Saturday&#8217;s other semifinal will tip at 3 p.m. with host Cabrini facing Grove City.Rutgers-Newark 72, Wilkes 70In a back-and-forth contest, Wilkes had the ball last.The program&#8217;s all-time leader in 3-pointers had one final shot from behind the arc before the buzzer, but Marcus Robinson&#8217;s potential game-winner found the rim as the Colonels fell in the ECAC quarterfinals at Hood College in Frederick, Md.Rutgers-Newark had converted a layup with five seconds left to go up by two, marking the 12th and final lead change of a game that also featured 16 times. Robinson had hit a pair of free throws on the previous possession to tie it at 70-70.Tommy Bowen scored 22 to lead the Colonels while Robinson added 18 points and Rob Pecorelli had 14 and nine rebounds.Wilkes closed out the season at 19-10 to give the Colonels their first back-to-back 19-win campaigns since reaching the NCAA tournament in 2000-01. They fell in the MAC Freedom Conference finals, narrowly missing a berth in the NCAA tournament.It was the final game for seniors Bowen, Robinson, Connor Evans, Zach Walser and Clay Basalyga, who helped Wilkes win 64 games in four years.PSU W-B ready for nationalsMisericordia isn&#8217;t the only local basketball team still alive in the postseason.The Penn State Wilkes-Barre men are in the hunt for a national title by opening USCAA Division II tournament play on Sunday.The Lions are the No. 3 seed in the 10-team bracket and have a bye into the quarterfinals, where they will face No. 6 NHTI at 6 p.m. in Uniontown.INDOOR TRACKCougars competingReilly Wagner led Misericordia&#8217;s squads by winning the pentathlon on the first day of the All-Atlantic Region championships at Ithaca.Wagner won three of the five events (60-meter hurdles, high jump and long jump) to finish first with 3,474 points. The Misericordia women are eighth out of 40 schools with 12 team points.On the men&#8217;s side, Tobi Olugbenga set a school record in the triple jump, taking fourth in the event with a mark of 14.12 meters.MEN&#8217;S VOLLEYBALLCougars earn splitMisericordia rebounded from a 3-0 loss to host Wells to earn a sweep of its own, knocking off SUNY Purchase 3-0 at the Wells Invitational.The Cougars dropped the opener 25-14, 25-20, 25-17 before winning the second match 25-7, 25-14, 25-14.Ryan Miller had 17 kills over the two matches to lead the team.COLLEGE BASKETBALLWOMEN&#8217;S ECAC QUARTERFINALSMisericordia 78, Widener 64WIDENER (64) &#8212; Madison Ireland 3-12 5-6 11, Mackenzie McCracken 3-9 2-2 8, Emily Hardy 0-4 3-4 3, Erin Phelan 6-13 3-4 15, Devan Rimmer 4-14 7-8 17, Kyra Schenk 2-7 0-0 4, Nicole Barnes 2-6 0-2 4, Jasmine Franklin 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 21-67 20-26 64.MISERICORDIA (78) &#8212; Japriya Carroll 4-17 4-4 14, Kalynn Sefcik 1-4 0-0 3, Leanne Forsyth 2-4 2-2 6, Rachel Carmody 6-11 2-3 14, Paige Wampole 4-9 0-0 8, Tessa Zamolyi 1-5 4-4 6, Liz Waleski 0-0 0-0 0, Erica Haefele 3-6 2-4 9, Shea Matta 0-0 0-0 0, Emma Hayes 3-3 0-1 6, Marykate Guerriero 0-0 0-0 0, Nora Tracey 0-0 0-0 0, Jordan Barth 4-5 4-4 12. Totals 28-64 18-22 78.Widener`23`10`15`16 &#8212; 64Misericordia`17`20`17`24 &#8212; 78Three-point goals &#8212; WU 2-9 (Rimmer 2-5, Barnes 0-1, Ireland 0-3); MU 4-13 (Carroll 2-6, Sefcik 1-2, Haefele 1-2, Carmody 0-1, Zamolyi 0-2)MEN&#8217;S ECAC QUARTERFINALSRutgers-Newark 72, Wilkes 70WILKES (70) &#8212; Connor Evans 3-9 2-2 9, Tommy Bowen 7-10 7-10 22, Marcus Robinson 4-13 7-7 18, Rob Pecorelli 5-12 3-3 14, Donovan Breeding 0-2 0-0 0, Landon Henry 0-1 0-0 0, Drake Marshall 1-4 0-0 3, Zach Walser 2-2 0-0 4, Jake Robel 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-53 19-22 70.RUTGERS-NEWARK (72) &#8212; Dante Ralph 1-2 0-0 2, Mark Thomas 9-14 2-3 21, Chase Barneys 6-13 3-4 18, Tyler Ofray 1-3 2-2 5, Mike Vick 2-5 0-0 5, Quincy Rutherford 3-4 4-4 10, Xavier Townes 2-6 1-2 6, BJ Honis 1-3 1-2 4, Tyrone Bowers Jr. 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 25-50 14-19 72.Halftime &#8212; RU-Newark, 33-29Three-point goals &#8212; WU 7-26 (Robinson 3-11, Bowen 1-2, Marshall 1-2, Pecorelli 1-4, Evans 1-6, Breedong 0-1); RUN 8-15 (Barneys 3-6, Ofray 1-1, Honis 1-1, Thomas 1-2, Vick 1-2, Townes 1-2, Rutherford 0-1)<style>
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ECAC basketball: Misericordia women win, Wilkes men fall in quarterfinals