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Reston (Feb. 19, 2011) - With their top player, sophomore Murielle Tiernan, in foul trouble most of the night, the Stone Bridge High School girls basketball team pulled together and beat perennial Liberty District power Madison, 45-41, at South Lakes High School for the Bulldogs first ever district title.
With Stone Bridge leading 9-2 early, Tiernan picked up two quick fouls and stayed on the bench the remainder of the first half.
Freshman Megan Della-Penna and senior Hannah Beth Whitaker played fabulous for the Bulldogs on both ends of the court and sophomore Nicole Prince was assigned the job of guarding high-scoring Megan LeDuc, who had 32 points in the Warhawks semifinals win over Fairfax.
"Nicole made her work for everything and did a phenominal job limitong her looks," reported Stone Bridge coach Chris Jones.
Junior Kayla Sleece also came in to guard LeDuc and kept her in check.
Offensively, a pair of Stone Bridge seniors, Kayleigh Guzek and Cori Prince, lead the way with leadership, making big shots, and playing tenacious all night long.
Another senior, Erin Dzurilla gave SB key minutes off the bench when Cori and Nicole Prince, both got in foul trouble.
Jones: "It was a total team effort. and with Murielle never really getting into the flow of the game, our team showed why they are champions."
Stone Bridge (22-3) has homecourt advantage for the first two rounds of the Northern Region tournament next week.
District Finals
Stone Bridge: 9-12-13-11-45
Madison: 5-16-8-12-41
Scoring:
Stone Bridge: Guzek - 10 , Cori Prince - 8, Tiernan - 9, Whitaker - 7, N.
Prince - 6, Della-Penna - 5
3 pointers: C. Prince 2
Madison: Henshaw - 13, LeDuc-12, Schrock -5, Jay - 5, Gauf - 4, Mann - 2
3 pointers: Le Duc - 2, Henshaw - 1, Schrock - 1
Saturday, February 19, 2011
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Congrats to the Lady Bulldogs! Two years from now, the boys team will will the Liberty Distrcit championship. Thanks to Viva Loudoun for thh coverage - the Wash Post is useless for LoCo coverage.
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