In their first season of HVIAC competition, Villa Maria College Women's Basketball captures the HVIAC Championship title defeating Berkeley College, 70-58.
 
For the Vikings, Mia McCarthy netted a team-high 19 points while dishing four assists and tallying three steals, and Autumn Adams-Edwards scored 13 points, collected three boards, and picked up a pair of assists. Finally, it was Maria Falanga putting together a fine all-around game, scoring 12 points, snatching seven boards, dropping a game-high seven dimes, and adding three steals.
 
Villa Maria raced out to an early 8-2 advantage in the opening 2:40, before Berkeley put together a 10-0 run over the ensuing 4:56 to take a 12-8 lead. Amal (Cammy) Mahmoud accounted for half of the Knights' points during that spurt. The Knights mainted that four point edge (14-10) until Villa Maria went on a 7-0 run in the final 1:49 of the quarter to take a 17-14 advantage after 10 minutes of action.
 
Berkeley scored the first bucket of the second quarter, but Villa Maria outscored the Knights 17-9 for the remainder of the period. After leading by as many as 11 points in the second quarter, the #1 seeded Vikings took a 34-25 edge into the locker room at halftime.
 
The Vikings took their biggest lead of the game, 40-27, with 7:35 left in the third quarter. Berkeley kept things managable, trailing by just nine, 47-38, in the latter stages of the third quarter, until Falanga knocked down a huge trifecta with 28 ticks left in the period to put her team up 50-38. That score would hold steady as the buzzer sounded on the quarter.
 
In the fourth, Villa Maria scored the first six points, before storming ahead to snatch a 63-41 lead. That run, extending back to the third quarter, was 16-3 in favor of the Vikings. Berkeley outscored Villa Maria 17-7 the rest of the way, but that late surge wasn't enough, as the Vikings held on for a 12-point victory. When it was all said and done, Villa Maria held Berkeley to just 58 points just 24 hours after the Knights scored a season-high 92 against Word of Life.

For Berkeley College, Amal (Cammy) Mahmoud put forth one final stellar effort to cap her Berkeley career, as she scored a game-high 22 points, connecting on nine of her 17 attempts from the floor. She also snatched 10 rebounds and swiped a game-high seven steals. Henderson posted a double-double with 13 points, a game-high 14 rebounds, and three steals, and Shania Smith contributed nine points.

 
Neither team shot the lights out, as the Vikings converted on 37.8 percent of their attempts from the floor (28-74), and Berkeley converted on 33.3 percent of its shots (22-66). Berkeley lost the game despite dominating on the glass, as the Knights snatched 53 rebounds compared to Villa Maria's 41. The Vikings did win the turnover battle, committing 27 compared to Berkeley's 35.

For her performance, Mia McCarthy of Villa Maria College, was named Tournament MVP.

Recap written by: Stephen Spagnoli