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Delaware 81, New Hampshire 63
February 20, 1999

UD Women's Basketball Sweeps New Hampshire

NEWARK, DE -- The University of Delaware women's basketball team

(16-9, 10-7) put five players in double figures to defeat New Hampshire (18-6,12-5) 81-63 and complete its first ever season sweep over the Wildcats.

Delaware, who ended the season 11-2 at the Bob Carpenter Center, was led by Danielle Leyfert with 18 points, five assists and four rebounds. Cindy Johnson had 16 points to extend her double figure scoring streak to 17 straight games. Chris Seifert had 15 points and six rebounds, Megan Dellegrotti had 13 points and Christina Rible had 10 points and six rebounds off thebench.

Freshman Heidi Plencner had 20 points for New Hampshire and AdrianDomanski had 13 points for the Wildcats. Junior forward OrsiFarkas was held to single figures for only the second time this season with five points, both of those games came against the Blue Hens.

Delaware trailed 11-9 with 15:53 left in the first half, but wenton a 14-2 run to open up the score to 23-11. The Blue Hens led athalftime 39-29. New Hampshire cut the deficit down to five with16:12 left in the game at 43-38, but Delaware moved the score backup to 48-38 with 15:12 left and never looked back leading by asmuch as 25 points in the closing minutes of the game.

New Hampshire (18-6, 12-5): Domanski 4-14 2-4 13, Danen 4-6 1-2 9,Farkas 1-5 3-4, Plencner 6-11 5-8 20, Proctor 3-6 0-2 8, Bilodeau1-2 0-1 3, Bushey 0-1 0-1 0, Matthias 2-6 0-0 4, Godfrey 0-2 1-1 1; Totals: 21-53 12-23 63

Delaware (16-9, 10-7): Leyfert 7-10 4-4 18, Baker 1-7 0-0 2,Seifert 7-11 1-4 15, Dellegrotti 4-6 3-3 13, Johnson 6-14 4-8 16,Wilmer 0-2 0-0 0, Corcoran 0-0 0-0 0, Whitling 0-3 0-0 0, Katsorhis 0-1 0-0 0, Mulligan 1-2 0-0 2, Rible 5-5 0-0 10, Davis 1-4 1-2 3, Street 1-1 0-0 2; Totals: 17-34 13-21 81

Halftime: UD 39-29; Three-point attempts: UNH: 9-23 (Domanski 3-10,Danen 0-1, Plencner 3-7, Proctor 2-3, Bilodeau 1-2; UD: 2-6(Dellegrotti 2-4, Johnson 0-1, Davis 0-1); Rebounds: UNH:35 (Godfrey 6); UD: 40 (Baker 8); Blocks:UNH: 2 (Farkas, Plencner 1);UD: 2 (Rible, Davis 1); Steals: UNH: 6 (Mathias, Plencner 2); UD: (Davis 3); Attendance: 991