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Vassar VAS 1-2,0-0 Liberty League

Mt. St. Mary (NY) MSMC 4-2,3-0 Skyline

Vassar VAS

1-2,0-0 Liberty League

Final

Nov. 29, 2025

Mt. St. Mary (NY) MSMC

4-2,3-0 Skyline

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Vassar VAS	15	16	16	21	68
Mt. St. Mary (NY) MSMC	16	18	20	18	72

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 11/29/2025

Brewers Dealt Road Loss At Mount Saint Mary

McDermed, Regan score in double-figures

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Newburgh, NY – The Vassar College Women's Basketball team returned to action Saturday afternoon and was edged 72-68 on the road at local rival Mount Saint Mary. Senior Sierra McDermed (San Antonio, TX) led the Vassar scoring attack with a season-high 21 points.

Saturday's loss drops Vassar to 1-2 overall on the season, while Mount Saint Mary improves to 4-2 through its first six contests of the season.

How It Happened

Tightly contested throughout, the game was played inside a nine-point window the entire 40 minutes.
The Knights never trailed in the first quarter and jumped out to an early 8-4 lead on a pair of Reese Mayer free-throws with 6:28 left in the opening frame.
After two Brianna Guglielmo free-throws gave the Mount an 18-14 lead, Vassar closed the quarter on a 5-2 spurt keyed by a Sam Lederman (East Brunswick, NJ) triple and a pair of McDermed free-throws to pull to within 16-15 through 10 minutes of play.
Vassar grabbed its first lead of the game when a Lindsey Shoulders (Glen Allen, VA) bucket that pushed the Brewers in front 17-16.
After quickly falling behind 19-17 on an Angelina Donato three-pointer, Vassar put together a 8-0 stretch, highlighted by a two buckets from McDermed, to grab its largest lead of the game at 25-19.
The Brewers maintained the lead until the 3:19 mark of the second period when a Guglielmo conversion pushed the Knights back in front 28-27.
Shoulders would give Vassar back a 31-30 lead with 1:41 left before halftime, but Mount Saint Mary scored the final four points of the half to carry a 34-31 lead into the intermission.
Vassar shot 41.9-percent over the opening 20 minutes and went 3-for-12 from three-point range.
Mount Saint Mary shot 37.9-percent with just one three-pointer, but outscored Vassar 11-2 from the free-throw line.
Mount Saint Mary scored the first five points of the second half, including another Donato three-pointer, that gave the Knights a 39-31 lead.
Vassar would whittle its disadvantage down to three points on a Maureen Regan (Oak Lawn, IL) free-throw, but Mount Saint Mary got a pair of triples from Donato in the closing minute of the third quarter to carry a 54-47 lead into the final stanza.
Two Guglielmo free-throws to open the fourth quarter scoring gave the Mount its largest lead of the game at 56-47.
Vassar used a 9-2 run to slice its disadvantage to 58-56 on a Regan bucket with 7:54 left to play, but would be unable to pull even in the contest.
Vassar would get as close as two points again on a McDermed three-pointer with 14 seconds left, but two more free-throws from Guglielmo closed out the final four-point decision for the Knights.
Vassar converted at just under 43-percent after halftime and knocked down five three-pointers.
Mount Saint Mary shot 45.8-percent after the break and outscored Vassar from the line 13-2.

For The Brewers

McDermed reached 20 points in a game for the first time this season after going 8-for-14 from the field, including 3-for-5 from behind the arc. McDermed rounded out the day with five rebounds, three assists and a block.
Regan scored in double-figures for the third straight game to open the season, netting 14 points on 6-for-17 shooting. Regan hauled in eight rebounds, handed out three assists and swiped a team-high three steals.
Shoulders, who was named the Liberty League Rookie of the Week on Monday, led the Brewers with nine rebounds and chipped in nine points.
Sophia Ippolito (Cumberland Center, ME) totaled nine points and six rebounds for the Brewers.
Lederman finished 3-for5 from the floor with two triples on the way to eight points.

For The Knights

Guglielmo led all scorers with 22 points after going 6-for-10 from the floor and a perfect 10-for-10 from the charity stripe.
Donato went 4-for-5 from three-point range on the way to 16 points while adding three assists and three steals.
Margaret Trinkaus led all players with five assists and totaled 13 points and five rebounds.
Mayer finished with 10 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals.
Sara Cashin came off the bench to supply nine points and nine boards.

Game Statistics

Vassar shot a season-best 42.4-percent from the floor and went 8-for-28 from three-point range.
Mount Saint Mary converted at 41.5-percent and hit on four three-pointers.
The Knights outscored Vassar from the free-throw line 24-4.
Mount Saint Mary held a 24-12 advantage in points off of turnovers.
Second chance points went to Vassar by a 12-8 margin.
Points in the paint were even at 30-30.

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