Nashua, NH – Senior forward Alyssa Regan (Salem, N.H.) notched 16 points including 12 in the second half and junior forward Alycia Gervais (Windham, Conn.) added her fifth double double of the season with 13 points and a game-high 10 rebounds and the Daniel Webster women's basketball team broke the all time program record for consecutive victories with their eighth posting an 80-55 victory over Southern Vermont College in a New England Collegiate Conference matchup Tuesday night at the Mario Vagge Gymnasium.
Junior Vanessa Bosques (N. Windham, Conn.) added 15 points while junior Sarah Paternostro (Glastonbury, Conn.) added 12 points and a game-high five assists as the Eagles (9-2, 2-0 NECC) completed a home-and-home sweep of the Mountaineers (2-9, 0-4 NECC) after winning in Bennington, Vt. this past Saturday.
Regan was perfect in the second frame, going a perfect 6 of 6 from the floor, all inside moves, after hitting 2 of 5 in the first. She would chip in with three assists and two steals.
Joa Claircius (Clermont, Fla.) led Southern Vermont with 16 points and three steals while Kourtney Hewitt (Bennington) chipped in with 10 points and a team-best eight boards.
The Eagles surpassed both the 2009-10 and 1997-98 clubs, which had won seven straight, and are now sporting their best record after 11 games in program history.
DWC trailed only once on a Christie Henry (Essex, Vt.) jumper to open the game and held a three-point lead (14-11) after a Dayna Carpenter (Northampton, Mass.) three-point play 7:08 into the first.
Bosques buried the first of three from downtown 44 seconds later sparking a quick 8-0 run and a 22-11 lead and the Eagles closed the first half with a 10-2 run for a 37-21 edge at the break.
Six quick points from Claircius helped SVC pull to within 41-29 over the opening minute and a half of the second, but another Bosques trey from dead center, back-to-back layups from Regan, and a trifecta from Gervais pushed the lead out to 19 (53-34) with 14:38 left.
DWC would hold SVC two points over a six-minute stretch that built the lead up to as many as 32 with 10-minutes left and SVC would pull no closer than 25 down the stretch.
The Eagles return to action on Thursday as they visit Wheelock College for a NECC matchup tipping off at 7:00 p.m.
Southern Vermont hosts Mitchell College in a NECC meeting Thursday at 4:00 p.m.