WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – It wasn't easy, as Juniata College closed within three points in the final minute, but the Lycoming College women's basketball team are proud owners of the first 5-0 start in program history, as the team opened its Landmark Conference era with a 56-51 win at Lamade Gymnasium on Wednesday night, Nov. 29.

Leading by 10 early in the fourth quarter, the Warriors (5-0 overall, 1-0 Landmark) were able to keep it a two-possession game until the final 14 seconds, when Kynnedy Miller hit the front end of a pair of free throws to make it 54-51. However, junior Alicia Goldenziel (Moscow, Pa./ North Pocono) grabbed the ensuing rebound and senior Emily Lockard (Benton, Pa./Benton Area), who led the way with a game-high 17 points, hit her last two of seven free throws to seal the win.

The Warriors fell behind by six at 13-7 late in the first quarter, but rebounded with a 16-8 run over the final 10:30 of the first half to lead 23-21 at the half. In the third quarter, the Warriors continued to separate from the Eagles after a 3-pointer from Haily Sherman made it 31-28 with 4:14 left in the period, the Warriors went on an 11-2 run capped by a banked-in 3-pointer from first-year Ann-Marie McMurtrie (Centre Hall, Pa./Penns Valley) to make it 42-30.

Junior Ashley Yoh (Myerstown, Pa./Eastern Lebanon County) had 11 points, six rebounds and three steals and Lockard added five rebounds to go with the 17 points. Junior Mya Wetzel (Frackville, Pa./ North Schuylkill) had two 3-pointers a minute apart from each other in the third quarter, keying the team to a 4-of-8 performance from downtown in the second half. Junior Alicia Goldenziel (Moscow, Pa./ North Pocono) notched eight points and eight rebounds and sophomore Kami Abdo (Pottsville, Pa./Nativity BVM) added a career-high five assists.

Juniata (1-6 overall, 0-1 Landmark) was led by 13 points from Miller and Lanie Gerdich added 12 points and 11 rebounds.

The Warriors get back on the court on Saturday, Dec. 2, when they host Elizabethtown College in a Landmark Conference doubleheader, with the men tipping at 2 p.m. before the women at 4 p.m.