Middlebury, Vt. - The Colby Women's Basketball team fell to the Panthers of Middlebury College 57-53. The Mules moved to 13-9 and 3-6 in the NESCAC and Middlebury is now 12-10 and 3-5 in the conference. 

The game started out neck and neck with the first two quarters being within three points. Unfortunately, Colby was held to eight points in the third quarter which padded their score for the remainder of the game, and Colby's 19 points in the fourth wasn't able to get back the lead. The Mules were quick in the lane today putting up 32 points in the paint and used their caused turnovers to score 11 points. Team high for points today came from Lydia Mordarski with 15 closely followed by Amelia Hanscom with 13 and Talia Thompson with nine. The girls were shining on defense producing six steals on the day team high of which came from Kate Olenik with two. Hanscom, Thompson, Emily Ryan, and Chelsea Ibenegbu all added one of their own. The team's lone block came from Hanscom as well. 

Once again coming out strong on the boards was Hanscom leading the team with nine rebounds. Mordarski grabbed seven and five other players were able to contribute. The Mules know how to make their teammates look good, racking up nine assists. Mordarski led the way with three followed by Olenik, Hanscom, and Ibenegbu with two. These assists led to some more baskets allowing for Ryan and Olenik to both achieve five points and Ibenegbu and Lauren Cho dropped three each. Regardless of the hustle put in by the Mules, they ultimately came out on the wrong side of the match. 

Colby is back on Mayflower Hill on Friday February 13 to continue NESCAC play against Trinity College at 7:00 PM.