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HARTFORD, Conn. — Adding yet another milestone to an already unprecedented season, the top-ranked Christopher Newport women’s basketball team advanced to the programs first ever NCAA Division III National Championship Game with a hard-fought 56-51 win over Rhode Island College (28-4) in the semifinals on Saturday night. The Captains erased a 12-point second-half deficit to capture a 31st consecutive victory and booked their trip to Dallas, Texas in a joint championship event with NCAA Division I and II at the American Airlines Center at Noon on April 1, 2023.
“I’d like to start by really congratulating Coach Cosgrove and Rhode Island College. It took everything we had — unbelievable job that group did this year, a great year. I really take my hat off to those guys,” said head coach Bill Broderick. “Second, I just want to say how proud I am of my young ladies. Just so much adversity, so many different people going down in these last few weeks — and just different people stepping up.”
Playing the game in front of a fervent crowd of over 2,000 spectators at Oosting Gymnasium on the campus of Trinity College (CT), the Captains overcame obstacle after obstacle to advance to the first ever title game in program history. Playing without All-American Anaya Simmons after an injury in the first round, and without starting forward
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