Fourth-seeded St. John Fisher College knocked off No. 1 SUNY Cobleskill in the semifinals of the ECAC Upstate Women's Basketball Championship,
as the visiting Cardinals came through with a 67-52 win on Friday night.
With the victory, the Cardinals improve to 17-10 and will face No. 2 Ithaca College at 1 p.m. Saturday in the championship game. This will be the fourth meeting this year betwen the Cardinals and the Bombers. Fisher won the two regular-season meetings, while Ithaca won in the semifinals of last week's Empire 8 Championship.
Colleen Maloney led the Cardinals with a career-high 27 points. She also finished with seven rebounds and four steals. Fellow sophomore
Stephanie Sweeney recorded a double-double, tallying 10 points and a career-high 10 steals. She also finished with six boards.
Fisher used a stiffling full-court press to create 28 turnovers for the game.