RADNOR TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Junior guard Julia Ramos scored her 1000th career point and the Drew University women's basketball team used a big fourth quarter to reach the final of the ECAC Championship with a 78-69 victory over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) on Saturday evening at Cabrini University.

The seventh-seeded Rangers (18-9) erupted for 28 points in the final period, when they also held RPI scoreless for over three minutes late in the quarter. Drew will now face tournament host and top-seeded Cabrini on Sunday at 1 p.m. RPI, which was led by Sam Krumbhaar (18 points, four steals) and Celia Tomlinson (17 points, 10 rebounds), sees its season end with an 18-11 record.

Junior center Erin Frederick led the Rangers in the scoring column, tying her career-high with 24 points on 10-of-15 shooting. Freshman guard Joey Meyers posted 15 points, eight rebounds, and four steals while sophomore guard Sekya Campbell notched 12 points and seven boards. Ramos registered 10 points, six steals, and four assists while sophomore forward Cecelia Kracht pitched in with eight points and six rebounds.

The Rangers forced 24 turnovers, which they converted into 31 points. Drew out-rebounded the Engineers 50-36.

It was just the second-ever meeting between the two schools in women's basketball after RPI claimed the inaugural match-up in 2015.

Drew fell behind 11-4 early, but the Rangers stormed back with a 12-1 run and led 18-16 at the end of the first quarter.

The Rangers led by five (29-24) midway through the second quarter after a 3-pointer from sophomore guard Brooke Timinski, but RPI answered with a 9-0 run. But Drew scored the last five points of the half on a 3-pointer from Meyers and a bucket from Frederick to take a 34-33 lead at the half.

The Engineers scored the first basket of the second half, but Meyers answered with a 3-pointer to give Drew a lead it would not relinquish. Meyers dropped in a lay-up up to put the Rangers up by eight (49-41) with 2:30 left in the third quarter, but RPI ended the period on a 6-1 spurt to make it a three-point game (50-47) heading into the final stanza.

RPI trailed by only five (60-55) with 6:32 remaining, but that's when Drew dug in defensively. The Rangers did not allow another point until the 3:19 mark. In the meantime, freshman center Kaitlin McGrotty completed a conventional 3-point play while Ramos knocked down a pair of free throws to hand Drew a 10-point lead with 5:06 to go. 

Frederick converted a lay-up with 2:07 left to push the Rangers' lead to 12 (69-57). From there, Drew salted its victory at the foul line, making seven of its next eight free throws. For the quarter, Drew shot 16-of-19 at the charity stripe.