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DANBURY, Conn. – The Drew University women's basketball team will continue its season in the ECAC Division III Championships and will host Stevenson University on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the opener of a women's-men's ECAC doubleheader.
The tournament consists of 13 teams, with three schools receiving a first-round bye. No. 1 overall seed Cabrini University will host the quarterfinals, semifinals, and final from Friday through Sunday.
The Rangers (13-11) are one of five teams who earned the right to host a first-round game. The winner of the Drew-Stevenson match-up will face Cabrini in the quarterfinals on Friday at 11 a.m. The semifinals will take place on Saturday while the championship game is scheduled for Sunday at 1 p.m.
Drew is making its sixth appearance in the ECAC Championships and its first since 2014. The Rangers are 4-4 all-time in ECAC postseason action and won an ECAC Metro Region title in 2004.
Wednesday's game will mark the first-ever match-up between Drew and Stevenson (13-12) in women's basketball.
The Rangers, who placed sixth in the Landmark Conference at 6-8 this season, are paced by sophomore guard
Julia Ramos, the team leader in scoring (14.6 ppg), assists (4.7 apg), and steals (3.0 spg). Sophomore forward
Erin Frederick has contributed 12.0 points per game and a team-leading 6.1 rebounds per night.
The Mustangs went 8-8 in the Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth Conference to finish sixth. Senior Jonyae Curry leads the team in scoring (15.8 ppg) and rebounding (7.3 rpg).