Skip To Main Content

Salve Regina University

Sofia Neary
Andy Illes
Sofia Neary had season-highs in points (31) and free-throws made (13)
61
Winner Salve Regina SRU 3-5,0-0 NEWMAC
56
Emmanuel (MA) EMM 3-3,0-0 Great Northeast
Winner
Salve Regina SRU
3-5,0-0 NEWMAC
61
Final
56
Emmanuel (MA) EMM
3-3,0-0 Great Northeast
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Salve Regina SRU 13 14 18 16 61
Emmanuel (MA) EMM 19 12 10 15 56

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Neary's 6th double-double of season lifts Seahawks over Saints, 61-56

The senior captain scores 31 points and grabs 13 rebounds

BOSTON, Mass. -- Senior captain Sofia Neary (Wayne, N.J.) led Salve Regina University women's basketball to a five-point victory at Emmanuel College, 61-56, in non-league action at the Jean Yawkey Center on Tuesday evening. Neary finished with her sixth double-double of the season while posting game-highs in points (31) and rebounds (13).

Salve Regina (3-5) trailed by eight (31-23) following a 3-pointer by Lia Krumian with 2:05 remaining in the second quarter before Marissa Forino (Watertown, Conn.) dropped a pair of free throws and Frankie Spadorcia (Braintree, Mass.) grabbed an offensive rebound and put back a layup with 20 seconds to go. The Seahawks enjoyed their largest margin in a quarter (18-10) right after intermission.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final
: Salve Regina 61, Emmanuel 56
Records: Salve Regina (3-5, 0-0 NEWMAC), Emmanuel (3-3, 0-0 GNAC)
History: These programs met for the 12th time and second time since 2021. Twice these programs have met in March Madness (back-to-back years in fact) with Salve Regina earning its first (and thus far only) NCAA postseason victory with a 61-58 final against Emmanuel on the Rodgers Recreation Center floor on March 3, 2004. Tonight was the third Seahawk victory in the all-time series that began in 1982 (3-9). Salve Regina defeats Emmanuel on the road for the first time.

SUMMARY
  • 1Q | . | SEAHAWKS 13, SAINTS 19
  • 2Q | . | SEAHAWKS 14, SAINTS 12
  • 3Q | . | SEAHAWKS 18, SAINTS 10
  • 4Q | . | SEAHAWKS 16, SAINTS 15
NOTEWORTHY
  • Sofia Neary posted her sixth double-double of the season.
  • Salve Regina made a season-high 24 free throws (24-for-28; .857).
  • Seahawks won three of the four quarters with the largest margin of eight points (18-10) in the third.
  • Salve Regina outscored Emmanuel from the charity stripe, 24-to-8.
  • Frankie Spadorcia joined Neary in double-figure scoring with 10 points.
  • All 13 rebounds for Neary came off the defensive glass.
ON THE HORIZON
Salve Regina hosts Connecticut College in non-league action on Saturday, December 6, at 1 p.m. in the Rodgers Recreation Center on FloCollege.
Print Friendly Version