Lady Blue Jays march to title game

(Update: The Westminster College Lady Blue Jays earned their first-ever bid to the NCAA Division III national tournament with Saturday night's 60-54 win over Eureka (Ill.) College in the title game of the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's postseason tournament at Westminster. It is also the first-ever SLIAC tournament title for Westminster (22-4), the conference's regular-season champion. For further coverage, see Tuesday's edition.)

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It took about 7 seconds for Westminster College senior guard Heather Letourneau to step in front of a pass at midcourt, convert a layup and set the tone for the Lady Blue Jays in the second half of their St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament semifinal against Webster University.

"Get after it," Westminster head coach Tracey Braden said. "That's who we are. Let's get stops and go the other way."

The Lady Blue Jays kept an iron grip on the pace of the second half, blowing past the Lady Gorloks 69-34 at Iba Court on Friday night.