Worcester, MA — Freshmen Karen Krasko (North Branford, CT) and Caitlin Macko (Cromwell, CT) combined for 23 points off the bench during WPI’s 59-51 victory over visiting Wellesley on Tuesday evening. WPI, winners of three straight, improve to 9-6 overall and 3-1 in the NEWMAC while Wellesley dips to 4-9 and 2-3 in conference play.

WPI led from wire to wire as Emily Allietta (Sandwich, MA) tallied the first seven Engineer points. In addition to Krasko’s game-high 13 points and Macko’s 10, Meghan Pajonas (Southlake, TX), Sarah Doyon (Nashua, NH) and Allietta each added eight points. Pajonas paced all players with 12 rebounds on the evening.

WPI was able to put the game out of reach early in the second half when they used a 8-0 run to open up a 42-29 lead with 12:49 remaining. The spurt was highlighted by three Krasko jump shots.

Kristin Doeberl (West Redding, CT) topped all Wellesley scorers with 11 points while Catherine Romasco (Sutton, MA) and Laura Weslander (Mendota Heights, MN) each chipped in with 10. The Blue, who trailed 31-25 at the intermission, received eight rebounds each from Weslander and Sefi Adasi (Rockville, MD).

WPI is off until Saturday when they will travel to Northampton to face Smith. Wellesley also returns to action on Saturday as they host Clark.

Newspaper Box Score
Wellesley vs WPI
1/17/06 7:00pm at Worcester, MA
At Worcester, MA
WPI 59, WELLESLEY 51
WELLESLEY (4-9, 2-3)
Doeberl, Kristin 4-8 3-3 11; Romasco, Catherine 1-6 7-10 10; Weslander,
Laura 4-8 1-4 10; Pelley, Courtney 2-6 5-6 9; Adasi, Sefi 2-8 2-4 7; Duff,
Jessica 2-5 0-0 4; Richter, Courtney 0-0 0-0 0; Dickhaus, Sara 0-3 0-0 0.
Totals 15-44 18-27 51.
WPI (9-6, 3-1)
Karen Krasko 5-7 3-3 13; Cailtin Macko 5-8 0-0 10; Emily Allietta 3-11 1-2
8; Meghan Pajonas 1-2 6-8 8; Sarah Doyon 3-10 1-2 8; Ashley Zalucky 2-8 0-0
6; Michelle Perry 2-2 0-0 4; Tiffany Madsen 1-7 0-0 2; Kate Maki 0-0 0-0 0;
Yaminah Jackson 0-1 0-0 0; Natasha Deschene 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-57 11-15
59.
Wellesley.....................   25   26  -   51
WPI...........................   31   28  -   59
3-point goals-Wellesley 3-7 (Adasi, Sefi 1-1; Weslander, Laura 1-3; Romasco,
Catherine 1-1; Pelley, Courtney 0-2), WPI 4-18 (Ashley Zalucky 2-4; Sarah
Doyon 1-6; Emily Allietta 1-7; Natasha Deschene 0-1). Fouled
out--Wellesley-None, WPI-Karen Krasko. Rebounds-Wellesley 35 (Weslander,
Laura 8; Adasi, Sefi 8), WPI 35 (Meghan Pajonas 12). Assists-Wellesley 9
(Romasco, Catherine 3; Pelley, Courtney 3), WPI 12 (Emily Allietta 4). Total
fouls-Wellesley 15, WPI 23. A-200