ROCHESTER, NY – The Hartwick Women's Basketball team ended a 2 game skid with a win over Nazareth on the road, 86-72.  The Hawks opened the scoring at the 8 minute mark and never allowed the hosts to tie or take the lead all afternoon.  The victory keeps Hartwick (13-6, 8-3) in third place in the conference standings since they swept both games and hold the tiebreaker over Nazareth (13-7, 8-3).
 
Giuliana Pritchard got the Hawks on the board with the games first 4 points, then went on to score 10 of her teams first 13 points to set the tone for the afternoon.  Hartwick closed the opening stanza with a 4-0 run to take a 21-15 advantage into the second.
 
The second quarter saw the Kirby sisters, Maggie Kirby and Molly Kirby, score 16 of their team's 22 points which was ultimately enough to take a 5 point edge into the half.    Nazareth scored the first 5 points of the second quarter to pull within 1, but Molly Kirby knocked down one from long range to stop the momentum.  As the teams traded some baskets, Mikyla Mitchell and Bree Fargnoli got in on the action as the only others to record a basket in the period.  Hartwick needed scoring from just 6 players in the first half to build their lead.
 
Each team scored 18 points coming out of the half and the 4^th quarter opened with Hartwick holding onto a narrow 5 point edge.   It took the teams nearly two and a half minutes to score in the quarter, but it was Hartwick who got on the board with the quarter's first 5 points to open the first double digit lead of the afternoon.  That run seemed to take the wind out of Nazareth's sails as they never got it closer than 7 for the rest of the game.  Hartwick outscored their opponents by 9 in the final 10 minutes to take home the convincing win.
 
Maggie Kirby had one of her best statistical games of the season, scoring 22 points and grabbing 12 rebounds for her second double-double of the season.  Giuliana Pritchard also recorded a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds.  Bree Fargnoli had a season high in points scored with 15 in just 19 minutes played coming off the bench.  Mikyla Mitchell added 12 to round out the double-digit scorers for the Hawks.    
 
Hartwick will be back in action on Tuesday hosting Utica College in Lambros Arena at 5:30PM.  Utica comes in on a 6 game win streak and in2nd in the up to date conference standings.  Utica defeated the Hawks 62-56 in the last meeting.