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POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (January 24, 2011) – On the night when junior guard Brittany Parks became just the 8th player in Vassar College women's basketball history to reach 1,000 points, Mount Saint Vincent College did everything in its power to ruin the milestone evening. Parks made sure her night remained unspoiled, however, in leading the Brewers to a 71-60 victory Monday night at the Athletics & Fitness Center.

For the game weary Brewers, who were playing their sixth ballgame in the last 11 days, it took 35 minutes of action to shake off a pesky and determined Dolphins team that forced 11 ties in the contest and had the game knotted 54-54 with 5:11 to play.

But in the game's last five minutes, when the Brewers needed clutch baskets, freshman guard Cydni Matsuoka delivered a big 3-pointer and senior guard Carolyn Crampton canned back-to-back baskets from the left wing to create the necessary breathing room. To augment its opportune offense, the Vassar defense then clamped down on the Dolphins, causing consecutive turnovers. Then, with the game's balance still teetering in either direction, Parks drained a 3-pointer with 2:18 to play that provided an 11-point lead at 67-56 and secured the hard-earned victory.

Vassar, now winners of seven of its last eight games, improves to 10-6 on the season – just the second double figures win total in the last ten years – following a 15-10 season in 2000-01. The Brewers return to Liberty League play on Friday night with a 6:00 pm game at Skidmore College. At 4-1, the Brewers are tied atop the league with Union College. Mount Saint Vincent falls to 6-10, and has now lost three straight games. The Dolphins will host The Sage Colleges on January 26 at 7:00 pm.

For the majority of the game, however, it looked as though the Dolphins would upset the Brewers and snap their losing streak. Mount Saint Vincent went into intermission leading 27-26. In a half where the Dolphins were able to counter punch every Vassar attack, the visitors managed to erase an early 18-13 Vassar lead and build a 27-24 lead with 1:12 to play. If not for Mount St. Vincent's 15 first half turnovers that allowed Vassar to score 12 points off, the one-point halftime lead would have been larger.

The Dolphins remained determined and tenacious for 15 minutes of the second half, but the Brewers continued to force turnovers and capitalize, scoring 13 points off 11 Dolphin miscues. Still, Mount Saint Vincent held a 54-53 lead after freshman guard Desiree Rosa made one of two free throws with 5:58 to play. Vassar went ahead 55-54 at the 5:11 mark following two free throws by Parks. A 3-pointer by Matsuoka pushed the Brewers ahead 58-54, and in one last gasp for victory, the Dolphins drew within 58-56 after freshman guard Bragilyn Ates made a jumper inside the lane.

The Brewers closed out the game by scoring in bunches in the final 4:13 of play, getting buckets from freshman forward Hannah Senftleber, Matsuoka, Crampton and Parks to build a double digit lead and secure the tenth victory of the season.

Parks led the Brewers with 19 points and five assists, the 15th time in 16 games that she has tallied double figures. Senftleber scored 17 points and added a career-high 15 rebounds for her 8th double-double of the season. Matsuoka contributed an efficient 16 points. Crampton scored her entire nine points in the all-important second half.

Mount Saint Vincent was led by senior guard Kerry O'Connor with 17 points and junior forward Kara McNish with 15 points and 13 rebounds.