Hall scored 23 and made a career-high nine field goal attempts, two of them from behind the 3-point line. Her total eclipsed her previous career-best of 16 against Salem (N.C.) College during her freshman season.
Drummond was 6-of-7 from the field and 3-of-3 from the free throw line en route to 17 points. Her previous best was 10 points at Chestnut Hill in January.
No. 4 seed Notre Dame advanced to play No. 1 seed Hood College in the AWCC Semifinals on Friday, February 25, 2005, 6 p.m., at Mary Baldwin College.
No. 2 Mary Baldwin will play No. 3 Chestnut Hill College in the other semifinal at 8 p.m.
Trinity sophomore guard Lauren Hall (Baltimore, Md./Severna Park High School) almost single-handedly kept the Tigers in the game. She scored 29 points on 10-of-19 shooting to lead all scorers.
Notre Dame (10-16) rallied from a five-point deficit in the first five minutes of the game to take a 21-20 lead on a Hall free throw with 5:20 to play before halftime. The Gators stretched the lead to eight before Lauren Hall hit a jumper at the buzzer to send the Tigers (6-14) to the lockerroom trailing, 36-30.
Trinity trimmed the lead to three twice in the second half, the second time coming on a 3-pointer by sophomore guard Tammy Webster (Severn, Md./Meade High School) with 11:49 to play.
Drummond, however, responded with a 3-pointer of her own to put the Gators up 49-43 with 10:53 to play.
The Gators controlled the boards, outrebounding Trinity, 52-30. They held the Tigers to only six offensive rebounds and four second-chance points, while Notre Dame had 16 offensive boards.
Sophomore forward Catherine Vecchioni (Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall High School) grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds, 11 in the first half, and scored eight points for the Gators.
Junior guard Monica Cherry (Thurmont, Md./Catoctin High School) scored nine points, had four assists and grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds.
Sophomore guard Courtney Knox (Washington, D.C./Bladensburg High School) added 11 points for the Tigers.
NOTRE DAME (MD.) 75, TRINITY (D.C.) 65 TRINITY (D.C.) (6-14) Winchester-Bey, B. 1-4 0-0 3; Jones, Joely 2-5 1-3 5; Smith, Morgan 3-6 0-0 6; Hall, Lauren 10-19 6-9 29; Knox, Courtney 4-10 3-7 11; Webster, Tamara 3-11 0-0 9; Peters, Yvonne 1-2 0-0 2; Kyle, Sharell 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 24-59 10-19 65. NOTRE DAME (MD.) (10-16) Vecchioni, Catherine 2-6 4-6 8; Hall, Casie 9-17 3-4 23; Cherry, Monica 3-12 3-7 9; Burley, A. 1-4 3-4 5; Miscavige, Brynn 1-3 0-0 3; Lawson, Katie 2-3 0-0 5; Burley, K. 0-2 3-4 3; Wassink, Faith 0-4 2-2 2. Totals 24-58 21-30 75. Trinity (D.C.)................ 30 35 - 65 Notre Dame (Md.).............. 36 39 - 75 3-point goals-Trinity (D.C.) 7-15 (Hall, Lauren 3-3; Webster, Tamara 3-5; Winchester-Bey, B. 1-4; Kyle, Sharell 0-1; Knox, Courtney 0-2), Notre Dame (Md.) 6-20 (Drummond, Tanisha 2-2; Hall, Casie 2-6; Miscavige, Brynn 1-3; Lawson, Katie 1-2; Burley, Kathleen 0-1; Wassink, Faith 0-3; Cherry, Monica 0-3). Fouled out--Trinity (D.C.)-Hall, Lauren, Notre Dame (Md.)-None. Rebounds-Trinity (D.C.) 30 (Smith, Morgan 10), Notre Dame (Md.) 52 (Vecchioni, Catherine 13). Assists-Trinity (D.C.) 10 (Hall, Lauren 7), Notre Dame (Md.) 16 (Wassink, Faith 4; Cherry, Monica 4). Total fouls-Trinity (D.C.) 23, Notre Dame (Md.) 12. A-190.