YORK, Pennsylvania – Junior All-Ohio Athletic Conference forward Shari Mangas (Leipsic) scored  a game-high 15 points and the Baldwin Wallace University women's basketball team defeated Lebanon Valley (Pa.) College, 66-48, in the first round of the 2014 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament inside the Charles Wolf Gymnasium at host York (Pa.) College.  The Yellow Jackets advance to play the winner of host York and LaRoche (Pa.) College on Saturday night at 5:30 p.m. at York.

With its win, BW is 21-6 overall, regular season co-champions of the OAC and playing in its 12th NCAA Tournament.  In addition to Mangas, senior three-time All-OAC forward Jessica Lairson (Louisville) had 12 points and a team-high-tying eight rebounds.  Lebanon Valley ends its season at 21-7 and was led by sophomore guard Payton Carper and junior guard Kiely Chaklos with 12 points each.

Early in the contest, the game was tied 2-2 and after four lead changes the Yellow Jackets took control on a Lairson layup at 13:31 for an 8-5 lead. The lead grew to eight at 13-5 at 11:31 when Magas canned the first of three first half three-pointers.

Lebanon Valley outscored BW 8-2 to close the gap to 15-13 at 8:03, but BW ran off nine straight points for a 24-13 advantage at 6:59 when Mangas canned two triples in an 8-0 run that was part of the spurt.  The Dutchmen scored three straight to cut the deficit to 24-17 at 3:44, but again the Yellow Jackets cammed back-to-back treys by freshman guard Sydney Clark (Parma/ Lake Ridge Academy) and sophomore guard Allyson Helleis (Rocky Rover) at 3:34 and 2:19, respectively, to lead 24-13.

BW also led at halftime, 32-19.

In the second half, Lebanon Valley cut the lead to 10 points at 34-24 at 17:59, but BW got a jumper from freshman point guard Mackenzie Colombo (Strasburg) and a trey from sophomore guard Alissa Munro (Mansfield/ Lexington) for a 39-24 lead at 16:01.  The lead became 17 on two separate occasions with the last at 53-36 at 8:37 when Munro grabbed an offensive rebound and scored.

The Dutchmen cut the lead to 54-42 at 6:20, but a layup by sophomore guard Janya Feaster (Akron/ Archbishop Hoban) at 6:01 pushed it to 56-42 and junior All-Ohio Athletic Conference and Academic All-OAC forward Audrey Smolik (Strongsville) put it out of reach with a three-pointer at 4:41.

Lairson made it a 20-point game at 3:27 with two foul shots. The largest lead of the game was 21 points at 1:58 when Colombo canned a pair of free throws.

The winner of Saturday's regional final advances to the Sectional Round of the NCAA Division III National Tournament.

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