St. Mary graduate Catherine Spisak scored a game-high 15 points and grabbed six rebounds as Baldwin-Wallace defeated Ohio Athletic Conference rival Ohio Northern University, 56-54 on Saturday at the ONU Sports Center. The victory moved B-W into first place in the OAC.

With its win, B-W is now 11-3 overall and 6-1 in the OAC. Ohio Northern dipped to 12-4 overall and 7-2 in the OAC.

Spisak scored on a short jump shot to give the Yellow Jackets an early lead. The Yellow Jackets rebuilt its lead to nine points at 25-16 at the 2:33 mark when Spisak made a pair of free throws.

The lead grew to 12 points at 38-26 at the 12:50 mark when Firelands graduate Ali Stack made a layup.

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St. Mary’s Catherine Spisak scored 12 points and grabbed nine rebounds to help Baldwin-Wallace win its fourth straight game with a 70-57 win over Wilmington College on Saturday.

B-W improved to 6-1 overall and 2-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference with the win.

The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Wednesday when they travel to Marietta to play Marietta College in an OAC game at 7:30 p.m.

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Left: Spisak;

Right: Phillips.
St. Mary graduates Catherine Spisak and Kathleen Phillips faced off at the college level as Spisak’s Baldwin-Wallace team took on Phillips’ Heidelberg squad on Wednesday night in an Ohio Athletic Conference opener.

Spisak’s team won 67-50, while both girls played outstanding. Spisak scored 10 points and grabbed nine rebounds in the win, while Phillips added six points and four rebounds in the loss.

Phillips is having a good start as a freshman playing for the ‘Berg. She is second on the team, averaging 12.8 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.

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Captains Ariel Brough (left) and Catherine Spisak (right) celebrate

St. Mary’s Catherine Spisak hit a clutch free throw that put Baldwin-Wallace ahead 66-65 with 16 seconds remaining and the Baldwin-Wallace women’s team rallied to defeat cross-town rival and sixth-seeded John Carroll, 68-65 in the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinals on Tuesday.

The Yellow Jackets (18-8) advance to the OAC final four on Friday in Columbus.
B-W has beaten JCU six-straight times and in 36 of the last 37 meetings to lead the all-time series, 41-19. With its loss, JCU ends its season at 11-14 and on a four-game losing streak.

B-W is back in action on Friday when it plays second-seeded Mount Union College, a 59-56 winner against Otterbein College, in one semifinal game at host and top-seeded Capital University in the Capital Center in Columbus at 7:30 p.m. Capital hosts Ohio Northern University in the other semifinal match. The 2010 OAC Women’s Basketball Championship Game will be played on Saturday at 3:00 p.m.

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St. Mary's Catherine Spisak scored 10 points and Firelands' Ali Stack totaled career-highs with nine points and four assists to help lead the Baldwin-Wallace women's basketball team over Otterbein College, 75-53 in Ohio Athletic Conference action Saturday afternoon in the Ursprung Gymnasium. The win is its season-high seventh-straight win and sixth straight over the Cardinals.

The Yellow Jackets are now 12-4 overall and 8-1 in the OAC while Otterbein fell to 6-10 overall and 3-6 in the conference.

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