Sarah Walsh '03 (Catonsville, Md.) was all over the court and was a rebounding machine for the Colby College White Mules (8-11) as they topped the New England Nor'easters (10-9) 66-62 in an extremely scrappy, hard-fought game. Walsh was dominant, finishing with 14 points, 20 rebounds, 7 steals and 5 assists. Walsh's effort came one rebound short of the Colby women's single game rebounding record.

Both teams came out hot to start the first half, trading baskets on the first five possessions. The Nor'easters were able to jump out to a 24-16 lead with eight minutes to go behind two three-pointers from Melissa Roller '04 (E. Sandwich, Mass.). Colby cut the lead back down to five points when Cara Dionisi '04 (Sudbury, Mass.) matched Roller with a bomb from behind the arc herself. Bianca Belcher '03 (Lewiston, Maine) ended a long scoring drought with a three-pointer to cut the lead to 25-22, but a three-point play by Amanda Brown '04 (Scarborough, Maine) got the New England lead back to 28-24. Katy Lawson '02 (Mount Desert Isl., Maine) gave Colby the lead when she joined the three-point parade by draining one from the corner to put the score at 29-28 Colby. A Dionisi steal and quick outlet to Lawson for a lay-up put Colby up 31-30 heading into halftime.

The second half would be full of back and forth action, with Sarah Walsh and Christine O'Donnell '03 (Salem, Mass.) hitting some big shots to keep the Mules in the game, while Amanda Brown nailed a big three-pointer from the elbow with three minutes to go to give New England a one point lead. Colby also received two key baskets on consecutive possessions from Alyssa Henley '04 (Spokane, Wa.) for some offensive momentum. The score remained tied at 60-60 with 1:15 to go, and a Walsh lay-up off a designed in-bounds play gave Colby a two-point lead. Amanda Rodgerson '02 (Hampden, Maine) and Bianca Belcher traded jumpers on the next two possessions, and a New England timeout with 20.4 seconds to go had the score at 64-62 Colby. Colby played tough defense on the next possession, limiting UNE to a tough low-post shot as the shot clock was winding down, and grabbed the rebound to seal the victory.

Melissa Stults '04 (Goshen, Ind.) lead the way for UNE with 19 points and 11 rebounds and Rodgerson had 17 in the losing effort. Colby also received solid efforts from O'Donnell who had 12 points and 8 rebounds and Chuprevich who had 10 points and 5 rebounds.

New England (62)- Roller 3-2-10, Calkins 0-2-2, Brown 3-3-11, Rodgerson 6-5-17, Stults 7-5-19, Melcher 0-0-0, Peterson 0-0-0, Bartolome 0-0-0, Urrutia 1-1-3 Totals 20-18-62

Colby (65) Belcher 3-1-8, Lawson 5-0-11, Chuprevich 5-0-10, O'Donnell 6-0-12, Walsh 5-4-14, Burrows 0-0-0, DeAngelo 0-0-0, Dionisi 1-0-3, Bonner 2-0-4, Henley 2-0-4, Bourque 0-0-0 Totals 29-5-66