NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- the MCLA women's basketball team Saturday held off the visiting Simmons College Sharks for a 53-43 win at the Amsler Campus Center.  

 

The win marked the sixth straight for MCLA (6-2), however the home team had to hold on down the stretch after leading by as many as 26 points in the third quarter.

 

MCLA led comfortably 36-15 at the half, and rebounded after Simmons made a run out of the locker room to lead 48-22 with 3:52 left in the third quarter. Simmons (2-4) then gradually clawed its way back into the game by not allowing a Trailblazer field goal over the final quarter of play.

 

The Trailblazers placed four players in double figures led by Kayla Hotaling's double-double effort of 11 points and 11 rebounds. She added five blocked shots as well. Ashley Clawson, Courtney Pingelski, and McKenzie Robinson each ended with 10 points and Clawson dished out six assists.

 

The Trailblazers will seek their seventh straight win when they host Mount Holyoke College on Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m.