WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Having dropped five of its last six contests, the Lycoming College women's basketball team finds itself in a must-win situation on Wednesday, Jan. 29, as it hosts Alvernia in a Commonwealth Conference matchup.

The Warriors (7-9 overall, 4-6 Commonwealth) are coming off a solid effort against first-place Elizabethtown, as they held the Blue Jays to 15 points under its season average in a 56-46 loss. However, the loss kept the Warriors a game behind Albright and Widener for the fifth and final playoff slot.

Meanwhile, the Crusaders (6-10 overall, 2-8 Commonwealth) narrowly fell to another first-place team, Lebanon Valley, 64-61, leaving them three games out of the final playoff slot with eight games remaining.

Warrior Notes
• The Warriors are looking for the first season sweep of Alvernia in program history. The teams have split contests in each of the last two years.

• With 1,044 points, senior Julia Antonelli needs 28 more points to surpass Kim Wood (1987-90) for seventh on the school's all-time lists.

• Antonelli needs three more field goals to become the eighth player in school history to can 400 in a career.

• Junior Janelle Ziminski has 12 steals in her last two games, which has moved her into the team lead in the category with 34.

• Ziminski needs two more points to reach 300 in her career.

• Junior Ali Derr is averaging 14.3 points and 5.7 rebounds over the last three games.

• Sophomore Olivia Manges is averaging 11.4 points and 3.0 assists in the last five games.