Springfield, Mass. – November 12, 2025 – Behind a 22 point, 11 rebound double double from Natalie Lucas (Madison, Conn.), the Springfield College women's basketball team picked up its first win of the 2025-26 season over Endicott College, 71-59, on Wednesday night in Blake Arena.

Springfield evened its record out at 1-1, while Endicott dipped to 1-2 on the young season.

The 22 points for Lucas marked a new career-high for the junior forward with the double double marking the first one of her career. Lucas shot 9-for-17 from the floor, 2-for-5 from three point range and 2-for-2 from the charity stripe. Amanda Leary (Westbury, N.Y.) added 20 points for the Pride on 9-for-15 shooting from the floor to go along with three rebounds, two assists and two steals, while Carrie Hess (Shrewsbury, Mass.)stuffed the stat sheet with 15 points, three rebounds and two helpers.

After trading points to open the game, a layup for Leary gave Springfield a 6-4 lead midway through the first - a lead the Pride would not relinquish. Springfield shot a blistering 62.5-percent from the floor in the opening ten minutes of play with Leary recorded eight of her 20 points as the Pride held a 21-16 lead through one quarter.

A layup from Finney opening the scoring in the second before a jumper in the paint by Lucas two minutes later made it a double digit differential at 28-18. Leary then knocked down back-to-back three point buckets less than a minute apart pushing Springfield's advantage to 14 – its largest of the half and maintained an 11 point lead heading into the halftime break.

Endicott was able to cut its deficit to just three following a trey from Aleah Bracey as the Gulls embarked on a 12-6 run over the first 4:24 of the third. Springfield was able to hold off Endicott and eventually push its lead back to eight after a pair of free throws with under a minute to play in the stanza from Hess. Hess guided Springfield's offensive efforts in the third with nine of her 15 points on the day.

Ahead by 11 at 60-49 early in the fourth, Leary drained a jumper and Hess nailed a shot of her own making it a 64-49 game. Endicott got no closer than nine with a minute left in regulation as Springfield earned its first win of the season by a 71-59 final in Blake Arena tonight.

Springfield shot 53.7-percent from the floor (29-for-54), 33.3-percent from three point range (4-for-12) and drained nine of 13 shots from the charity stripe (69.2-percent), while Endicott shot 43.4-percent from the floor (23-for-53), 33.3-percent from behind the arc (5-for-15) and 57.1-percent from the free throw line (8-for-14). 

As a team, Springfield held a 30-27 edge on the glass, scored 46 of its 71 points in the paint and tallied nine points off of just seven Endicott turnovers.

Springfield will travel to the University of Rochester for the 2025 Chuck Resler Tournament on Friday with an opening contest against NESCAC rival Middlebury at 3:00 pm. 

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