'On This Day' Express Clinches North NEAC Title with 10th-Consecutive Win on Senior Day

'On This Day' is a Wells College Athletics feature series taking a look back on events that occurred on this day, Feb. 22, seven years ago in 2014.

AURORA, N.Y. – The Wells College women's basketball team clinched the North Eastern Athletic Conference North Division Regular Season Championship on Saturday, posting the program's first-ever victory over the Storm of Keuka College by a 76-68 score.

With the win, the Express improve to 18-6 overall and to 12-2 within the conference while the Storm drop to 11-8 overall and to 10-4 within the league.

In their fourth year as a modern-era program, the Express have racked up a 10-game winning streak entering play on Sunday against the SUNY Institute of Technology.

Their NEAC North Division Title is the school's first regular season division championship since the women's tennis team at Wells posted a 6-0 conference record to secure the top spot in the league's West Division in 2011-12.

So far in 2013-14, the Express have set program records for victories in a season (18), conference victories (12), longest winning streak (10), scoring average (67.8 ppg), field goal percentage (.382), rebounding average (51), assists average (14.4) and blocked shots average (5.7).

Senior captain Ashley Roser picked up her 80th career double-double in this evening's game, posting 29 total points alongside 16 rebounds for the Express. Additionally, Roser's double-double marked her 61st career double-double against a league opponent. She stands only three double-doubles shy of tying the all-time NCAA Division III record set by Kathryn Stockbower of Swarthmore College.

Junior Kaitlynne Knapp ranked second on the team, scoring 15 total points while tying with Roser for the team lead in blocked shots with four. Senior Theresa Hernandez picked up a team-high three steals for Wells and added nine rebounds for the Express. Junior Cassie Smythe assisted five baskets for Wells in the victory.

With the game tied at 60 aside with 3:33 left in regulation time, Wells took the lead for good after scoring 12 of the game's next 13 points and building up a game-high 11 point lead, 72-61, with 43 seconds left in regulation and completing a rally from double-digits early in the second. The Storm scored the game's last seven points, but the run by the Express in the waning minutes built up an insurmountable lead for the visitors.

The Express, who have locked up the top seed in the North Division, will earn a first-round bye and play an opponent to be determined. The tournament, hosted by South Division top seed Lancaster Bible College, will begin on Saturday, Mar. 1 and conclude on Sunday, Mar. 2.

Boxscore: https://www.wells-express.com/sports/wbkb/2013-14/boxscores/20140222_dfo3.xml?view=boxscore