Seventh-seeded Guilford scored a 66-61 victory over Roanoke in the semifinals of the 2020 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Championship on Saturday afternoon.
Roanoke College’s Kristina Harrel has been named Third-Team All-ODAC as the league announced its yearly women’s basketball awards on Wednesday afternoon.
Leading by one at the break, Roanoke was able to gain and maintain the advantage throughout the second half as the Maroons finished the regular season with a home win over EMU
Hollins would erase an 18 point deficit to take a one-point lead with just over five minutes to play, but the RC women would close the game on a 13-3 run to win their regular season road finale by nine.
After defeating the Wasps in the Cregger Center in early January, the RC women traveled to Emory for the rematch. E&H used a big second quarter to turn the tables on the Maroons.
The Maroons and Marlins matched up in the annual Play 4 Kay game on Saturday afternoon. RC started the game on a 10-1 run and never looked back in picking up their 15th victory of the season.
Roanoke got off to a quick start against the Hornets and built a double-digit lead that they held for most of the night as the Maroons picked up their ninth ODAC win of the season.
The Roanoke women welcomed back several former players and coaches as they played host to the defending ODAC Champions from Shenandoah University on Saturday afternoon. The Hornets used a big second quarter run to take a lead into the break and held a double-digit advantage for most of the second half on their way to the conference win.
Washington and Lee played host to Roanoke with first place in the ODAC on the line. The Maroons led early but a late first half run put the Generals in front as W&L took the matchup, 89-78.
Roanoke traveled to Ashland to face a Randolph-Macon team that they beat earlier, 69-68, in the Cregger Center. The Maroons built a double-digit lead and hit nine of 11 free throws down the stretch to seal the ODAC win.
The Maroons used a big fourth quarter, 18-8, to rally from down two to pick up the conference win. With the ODAC victory, RC moved into the top three of the league standings.
Kristina Harrel led three Maroons in double-figures with 21 points as Roanoke topped Wooster 76-66 on the opening day of the Susan Dunagan Holiday Classic
The Roanoke women’s basketball team traveled to Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rico Basketball Classic. The Maroons faced Elizabethtown in their first of two games. RC closed the game on a 10-2 run for the 78-68 victory.
The Roanoke women’s basketball team traveled to Guilford College looking for their third straight ODAC win to start the season. The Maroons led throughout a majority of the game before a late Quaker rally would hand RC her first conference loss of the season, 60-47.
After defeating Randolph college in their conference opener, the Maroons looked to go 2-0 to start the ODAC schedule against Randolph-Macon. RC took a double digit lead before the Yellow Jackets came all the way back to lead with 30 seconds to go. Roanoke converted out of a timeout and after the last second shot missed its mark, the Maroons picked up the ODAC win, 69-68.
In the middle of two ODAC home games, the women’s basketball team stepped out of conference when they traveled to Mary Baldwin on Saturday. Roanoke used an early surge to seize control and cruised to a non-conference victory.
The Roanoke women opened up Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) play when they hosted Randolph on Wednesday night. The Maroons raced out to a 23-9 first quarter lead and pulled away to go 1-0 in conference play to start the season.
Roanoke played host to NC Wesleyan in the Championship Game of the 2019 Jean Beamer Tip-Off Classic. The Maroons were down at the half but came back to take the lead in the fourth quarter. However, the Battling Bishops made a late surge to pull away down the stretch, 78-63.