The Cabrini women’s basketball team continued its success in the CSAC with a 61-52 win at Neumann on Saturday. The team improves to 15-3 overall and 9-0 in the CSAC.
Senior Megan Decker led all scorers with a career high 20 points and a season high 11 rebounds. Junior Kristina Startare added nine points and eight rebounds, while sophomore Renee Oliver contributed eight points and four rebounds.
“I was so proud of my team this past weekend. One of our biggest strengths has always been that we can have multiple people step up and have big games at anytime,” Captain Amber Keys, senior elementary and special education major, said. “Megan Decker, Kristina Startare and Renee Oliver played huge parts in that win. I couldn’t be prouder to call them my teammates.”
The most significant part about the victory was coach Kate Pearson recording her 100th win at Cabrini in just her sixth season. Pearson is only the second coach in Cabrini’s woman’s basketball history to record at least 100 wins. The first coach to do it was Dan Welde who won a total of 232 games in 15 seasons at the helm. Pearson looks to lead her team to a third consecutive CSAC Championship this year.
“I was extremely honored to be apart of the team to give coach Kathleen her 100th win. I was extremely proud of her as well.,” Keys said. “She is such a hard working coach and she challenges her players to be the best they can. Coach Kathleen is an amazing coach and I couldn’t think of anyone else who deserved to reach this milestone more,” Keys said.
Cabrini will play on the road next against Rosemont College (7-9, 3-4 CSAC). The game is this Wednesday at 6 pm.
