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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - Sophie Nick scored 22 points to lead Vassar College to a 55-50 victory over the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's basketball team in a Liberty League contest on Saturday. The Engineers (11-12; 7-9) were paced by Sam Krumbhaar and Elizabeth Eckhardt, both of whom scored 13 points.

The Brewers, who improved to 16-7 and 11-5 Liberty, jumped out to a 15-7 lead just under six minutes into the game on a three-point play from Nick. The Engineers battled back and cut their deficit to 15-14 on a Courtney Lewis layup just before the end of the quarter.

RPI took its first lead of the game at 19-17 after a Sam Krumbhaar three-pointer but VC regained its lead at 4:04 of the period on a Maddie Leong jumper. The hosts carried their lead into the halftime intermission, leading 26-24 at the break.
 
After halftime, the two teams battled to a 33-33 tie with 4:21 to play in the third quarter before the Brewers went on an 11-0 run highlighted by four points from Ariella Rosenthal to grab a 44-33 edge. The lead would have been 11 going into the fourth quarter, but RPI's Elizabeth Eckhardt banked in a half-court shot at the buzzer to make the score 44-36.
 
In the fourth quarter, RPI rallied with a furious comeback to take the lead with 2:40 to go, finishing a 10-1 run on a layup by Shaina Iton to make the score 46-45. Junior Maeve Sussman pushed VC back on top with 1:10 to go on a jumper from the baseline off an assist from Nick, who made two free throws the next possession to give VC a 49-46 lead.
 
After RPI got two free throws from Sam O'Keefe, Vassar missed two free throws but Rosenthal slashed in for an offensive rebound and knocked down two free throws to make it a three-point lead at 51-48. RPI again was fouled, making two from the line, but after a timeout Sussman found a wide-open Cook streaking towards the rim to push the Brewers back up by three.
 
The Engineers called timeout and advanced the ball with 11 seconds to play, but Kim Romanoff picked off the inbounds pass and set up a wide open Nick for the game-clinching lay-up with five seconds left.
 
Nick posted a game-high 22 points while also grabbing nine boards and shooting 8-of-13 from the floor. She also connected on all five of her free throws in 33 minutes. The Brewers also got a double-double from Rosenthal in her final regular season game on the AFC floor of 10 points and 10 caroms, with Sussman posting 11 points, six rebounds and four assists. Cook added five points and two steals for Vassar, which shot 22 of 55 (40.0 percent) from the floor along with 8 of 11 from the line.
 
RPI was paced by the 13 points each from Krumbhaar and Eckhardt, while Kate Goodell had a team-leading nine boards.