CAZENOVIA, N.Y. -- The Elmira College women's basketball team ended its abbreviated 2021 season with a 73-51 road loss at Cazenovia College on Saturday afternoon.

In a valiant effort, junior forward Taylor Albrecht '22 and sophomore guard Alyssa Gadoury '23 paced the Soaring Eagles (2-4) with career-high point totals. Albrecht shot 7-of-15 from the field en route to a team-leading 16 points. Three of Gadoury's makes were from 3-point range, as the Jefferson, New York, native finished with 12 points in her second consecutive start.

The Purple and Gold also received nine points from Mykenzie Malacusky '23. Off the bench, Autumn Hunsinger '23 added six points and tied Albrecht with a team-high eight rebounds.

The first quarter was full of back-and-forth action, and the Soaring Eagles finished the first 10 minutes with a one-point lead, 18-17. The early minutes of the second quarter were even, too, as Malacusky tied the score at 23-all with a trey at the 7:51 mark.

EC fell into a lull, however, and was held scoreless for the next 6:26. The Soaring Eagles didn't add another point to the board until Gadoury sunk a 3-pointer with 1:25 to go before halftime. By that time, Caz (4-1) built a double-digit lead and entered the break ahead by 16 at 44-28.

Although Albrecht provided a spark with 12 of her points in the second half, it was too little, too late, to make a dent into the Wildcats' advantage.

News and Notes

• Elmira's shortened 2021 season concluded with a 2-4 overall record.
• The Soaring Eagles tied season highs for 3-point field goals (6) and 3-point percentage (31.6%) against the Wildcats.
• EC finished with a plus-one rebound advantage, just the second time this spring that the Soaring Eagles collected more boards than their opponent.
• In her second consecutive start, Gadoury netted a career-high 12 points.
• Albrecht's 16 points mark her fourth performance of the season in double figures.