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No. 20 Women’s Basketball defeats Gettysburg (Pa.) in Season Opener

Caely Ressler (Photon Courtesy of Kevin Wilker '26)
Caely Ressler (Photon Courtesy of Kevin Wilker '26)

By: Athletic Communications Student Assistant Alanna Barnett '27

ROCHESTER, N.Y.  – The No. 20 nationally ranked Baldwin Wallace University women's basketball team opened the 2023-24 season as it defeated Gettysburg (Pa.) College in the first game of the Chuck Resler Tournament hosted by the University of Rochester in the Louis Alexander Palestra Gymnasium inside the Goergen Athletic Center.

BW (1-0), who advances to Saturday's championship at 8 p.mm was led by junior All-Ohio Athletic Conference and Academic All-OAC guard/forward Caely Ressler (Napoleon) as she scored 19 points. Senior guard Carolyn Wochele (Mentor) tallied 11 points. Junior All-OAC and Academic All-OAC guard Emily Irwin (Pickerington/Pataskala Watkins Memorial) chipped in 11 points.

Gettysburg (0-1), who will play in Saturday's consolation game at 3 p.m., was led by Alayna Arnolie as she scored a game-high 21 points 

First Half

  • Gettysburg jumped out to a 13-2 lead after the first quarter
  • Both teams scored 14 points in the second half
  • Gettysburg led 27-16 at the half.

Second Half

  • The Yellow Jackets scored 42 second half points
  • BW outscored Gettysburg 21-13 in the third
  • BW outscored Gettysburg 21-11 in the fourth