The Elms College women's basketball team suffered a 84-37 loss to Ithaca College in the opening round of the 2012 NCAA Division III Championship on Friday evening at Ben Light Gymnasium in Ithaca, N.Y.

Elms College senior forward Erika Murphy (Torrington, Conn.) swished a go-ahead jumper with six seconds to play to lift the second-seeded Blazers to a dramatic 66-64 victory over No. 4 Daniel Webster College and secure the program's first-ever New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Championship Saturday afternoon at Regis College in Weston, Mass.

The second-seeded Elms College women’s basketball team posted a 78-65 victory over No. 4 Newbury College in Friday evening’s New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Championship tournament semifinal women’s basketball and punch its ticket to the title game on Saturday afternoon.

Elms College freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) scored a game-high 25 points and added a game-best 19 rebounds to lift the second-seeded Blazers to a 62-51 victory over No. 7 Bay Path College in Tuesday evening’s New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Championship tournament quarterfinal women’s basketball game at Picknelly Arena.

Elms College freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) scored a game-high 20 points and added eight rebounds and the Blazers set a program record for single season wins (17) in Saturday afternoon's New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women's basketball game at Picknelly Arena.

Elms College senior forward Erika Murphy (Torrington, Conn.) and freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) combined for 48 of the Blazers’ 65 points, but Becker College used a late second-half rally to complete a thrilling 69-65 come-from-behind victory in Wednesday evening’s New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women’s basketball game in Leicester, Mass.

Elms College senior forward Erika Murphy (Torrington, Conn.) totaled a team-high 14 points, but Regis College's Stephanie Crawford (Rockland, Mass.) and Emilee Marro (Beford, N.H.) netted a game-high 16 points to help pace the Pride to a 64-40 win over the Blazers in Saturday afternoon's New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women's basketball game in Weston, Mass.

Elms College freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) scored a team-best 20 points and collected a game-high 12 rebounds and the Blazers shot 46.5-percent from the field to help secure a 79-60 victory over Mitchell College in Thursday evening's New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women's basketball game at Picknelly Arena.

Elms College freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) scored a game-high 21 points and added 12 rebounds as the Blazers topped Southern Vermont College, 76-47 in Tuesday evening’s New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women’s basketball game.

Elms College freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) led all scorers with 26 points and added a game-high 21 rebounds, but Newbury College had three players score 18 points to help pace the Nighthawks to a 77-63 win in Saturday afternoon’s New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women’s basketball game at Hellenic College in Brookline, Mass.

Elms College senior forward Erika Murphy (Torrington, Conn.) broke a 61-61 tie with 16 seconds remaining and finished with a game-high 24 points to help the Blazers earn a thrilling 63-61 victory over Daniel Webster College in Thursday evening’s New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women’s basketball game at Picknelly Arena.

Elms College freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) scored a game-high and collegiate career-high 34 points and head coach Laura Habacker earned her 100th career victory at Elms to help lift the Blazers to a 65-27 victory over Lesley University in Saturday afternoon’s New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women’s basketball game at Picknelly Arena.

Elms College senior forward Erika Murphy (Torrington, Conn.) led all scorers and freshman forward Gianna Youngblood (East Freetown, Mass.) hit on 8 of 11 shots off the bench and scored 17 points to help pace the Blazers to a 67-43 victory over Southern Vermont College in Tuesday evening’s New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women’s basketball game at Picknelly Arena.

Elms College freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) netted a team-high 16 points and secured a game-best 16 rebounds to help pace the Blazers to a 52-47 victory over Daniel Webster College in Saturday’s New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women’s basketball game in Nashua, N.H.

Elms College freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) netted 21 points and hauled in 18 rebounds to help lift the Blazers to a 72-61 victory over Bay Path College in Thursday evening’s New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women’s basketball game at Picknelly Arena.

Elms College freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) recorded a double-double of 14 points and 17 rebounds, and freshman Gianna Youngblood (East Freetown, Mass.) added her first collegiate-career double-double with 12 points and 10 boards to help pace the Blazers to a 66-39 victory over Wheelock College in Tuesday evening's New England Collegiate Conference women's basketball game at Brunelli Court in Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Elms College freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) led three Blazers in double figures with a team-high 21 points, while senior guard Carolyn Talmadge (Wilbraham, Mass.) added 13 points, eight rebounds and eight assists to help lift Elms to a hard-fought 69-61 victory over Newbury College in Saturday afternoon's New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women's basketball game at Picknelly Arena.

Elms College freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) scored a game-high 15 points and added a game-best eight rebounds but Regis College used a 13-point effort from Claire Ramonas (Portland, Maine) and Janaya Bradley (New Haven, Conn.) scored nine of the Pride's 25 bench points to spark a 67-39 victory in Thursday evening's New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women's basketball game at Picknelly Arena.

Elms College freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) scored a game-high 24 points on 10 of 14 shooting and added a game-best 13 rebounds to help lift the Blazers to a convincing 75-53 victory over Bay Path College in Saturday afternoon’s New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women’s basketball game at the Holyoke Community College Brantley Center.

Elms College senior forward Erika Murphy (Torrington, Conn.) scored a team-high 20 points to lead four Blazers in double figure point totals, but St. Joseph College (Conn.) received a game-best 23-point effort from Heather Framski (Prospect, Conn.) to help lift the Blue Jays to a 76-69 victory in Wednesday evening’s non-conference women’s basketball game in West Hartford, Conn.

Elms College freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) scored a team-high 15 points, but Westfield State University used a game-high 19-point effort from Jen Ashton (Beverly, Mass.) and held the Blazers to just 18 second half points as the Owls posted a 67-46 victory in Saturday afternoon’s non-conference women’s basketball game.

For the second straight week, Elms College freshman women's basketball player Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) was named New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) Rookie of the Week as announced by the organization on Monday.

Elms College freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) was named New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Rookie of the Week in women's basketball for the fourth consecutive week as announced by the league office on Monday.

Elms College freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) scored a game-high 20 points and junior guard Jennifer Normandie (Westford, Mass.) followed with 17 points to help pace the Blazers to a convincing, 73-29 win over Lesley University in Saturday afternoon's New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women's basketball game in Cambridge, Mass.

Elms College freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) scored a game-high and collegiate career-best 29 points to propel the Blazers to a 69-58 victory over Mitchell College in Tuesday evening’s New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women’s basketball game in New London, Conn.

Elms College freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) led four Blazers with double-digit point totals with a team-best 12 points to help lift Elms to a convincing 71-31 victory over Bard College in Saturday afternoon’s non-conference women’s basketball game at Picknelly Arena.

Elms College freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) and senior forward Erika Murphy (Torrington, Conn.) each scored a game-high 26 points as the Blazers surged past Anna Maria College, 71-53 in Wednesday night’s non-conference women’s basketball contest at Picknelly Arena.

For the second week in a row, Elms College freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) was named the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Rookie of the Week in women's basketball as announced by the league on Monday.

Elms College freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) scored a team-high 16 points and collected a team-best seven rebounds, but Smith College’s Rosa Drummond (Rye, N.H.) finished with a game-best 19 points to help spark the Pioneers to a 76-51 victory over the Blazers in Tuesday evening’s non-conference women’s basketball game in Northampton, Mass.

Elms College freshman forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) was named the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Rookie of the Week in women’s basketball as announced by the league on Monday afternoon.