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Moon Township, PA – A pair of native Staten Islanders, senior guard Megan Mahoney (St. Peter's) and senior forward Ashley Olsen, (Notre Dame Academy) scored 15 and 10 points, respectively in their final game as Seahawks but Kristine Silaraja's 26 points were too much to overcome as Wagner fell to Robert Morris 73-60 in the 2010-2011 season finale.

With the loss, the Seahawks conclude the season with a final record of 12-17, 5-13 in the Northeast Conference (NEC). The 12 wins amassed by the Seahawks are the most by a Wagner team in eight years, since the 2002-03 team went 15-13. The Colonials, meanwhile,improve to 15-13, 12-6 in the conference. Robert Morris enters the postseason as the No. 4 seed in the NEC Tournament and will thost No. 5 seed Long Island this Saturday, March 5, in a 4:00 p.m. game.

Wagner got on the board first when Mahoney drilled a three-pointer 14 seconds into the contest to give the Seahawks the early 3-0 lead. After Robert Morris took its first lead of the game at 6-5, Wagner went on a 9-2 run to take its biggest lead of the game of six at 14-8 at the 12:06 mark of the first half. The Colonials then exploded on a 14-0 run, keyed by two Silaraja three-pointers, over the next 2:37 to take a 22-14 lead.

The Seahawks fought back with a 13-6 run to draw to within one point at 28-27 following a Mahoney lbreakaway ayup with 2:25 remaining in the half. But the Colonials outscored Wagner 5-2 over the final two minutes of the half to take a 33-29 halftime lead.

Mahoney's two free throws opened the second half scoring as Wagner got to within two points at 33-31. Robert Morris would respond with a 17-6 run to build a 50-37 lead with 13:03 to go. Wagner steadily chipped away at the Robert Morris lead, outscoring the Colonials 19-10 over the next 8:13. When senior guard Stephanie McBride (Mechanicville, NY/ Catholic Central) drained a three-pointer with 4:52 left in the game, the Seahawks had clawed all the way back to within four at 60-56.

The Colonials, however, had one final answer as Silaraja hit another three-pointer that  ended the Wagner run as Robert Morris outscored the Seahawks 13-4 the rest of the way in pulling away for the victory.

Sophomore wing Marie-Laurence Archambault (Montreal, Quebec/ Montmorency) and junior center Kelly Clark (Neptune, NJ/ St. Rose) finished with nine and eight points, respectively for the Seahawks. Olsen was Wagner's leading rebounder in the game with seven.

In support of Silaraja's 26-point effort, Destiny Harrison and Anna Gailite came off the bench to score 14 points apiece for the Colonials. Robert Morris out-shot Wagner 40 percent to 37 percent and held a 44-36 advantage in the rebounding department. Robert Morris did much of its damage in the low post, holding a healthy 36-20 margin in points in the paint.

NOTES – The 12 wins amassed by the Seahawks this season, which included a 7-4 non-conference mark, are the most by a Wagner team in eight years, since the 2002-03 team went 15-13.With two seasons of eligibility remaining, Marie-Laurence Archambault is now ranked sixth all-time in Wagner history in three-point field goals made with 120. She finished the 2010-11 season with 67 three-pointers made which is sixth on the Wagner all-time single-season list. Her 2.31 three-pointers per game were No. 1 in the NEC and her .401 shooting percentage from beyond the arc ranked 5th.Kelly Clark finished second in the NEC in both field goal percentage (.545) and blocked shots (1.76 per game). She will enter her senior season in the fall ranked third on the Wagner career list in blocked shots with 133.
Stepanie McBride ended her career in seventh place on the Wagner career list in three-point field goals made with 113. Megan Mahoney ended her career with 1,126 points, 628 points in less than two seasons as a Seahawk (50 games), and 498 points coming while she was at Fordham. This season, in addition to leading the team in scoring at 12.5 points per game, she ranked 4th in the NEC in assists, (4.31), 6th in assist/turnover ratio (1.00), 6th in minutes played (34.52), 9th in scoring (12.5).and 10th in steals (1.97). Ashley Olsen wound up her productive 115-game four-year career with 982 career points and 732 rebounds. This season, Olsen was 3rd in the NEC in defensive rebounds (6.83), 5th in rebounding (8.1), and 8th in blocked shots (0.90). The Robert Morris game marked the final game in the careers of Olsen, Mahoney, McBride and 6-1 senior center Nyoto Patterson (Teaneck, NJ/ Manhattan Center). Along with classmate Sha'Ron Harrison (Paterson, NJ/ John F. Kennedy), who suffered a career-ending knee injury in the preseason, this senior quintet combined to score 2,647 career points while pulling down 1,612 career rebounds. Harrison, a 6-1 center, it should be noted, graduated with a degree in sociology in January and is working towards her Masters degree.