Taking a break from conference action, the Chestnut Hill College women's basketball team hosted region newcomer College of Staten Island Monday night, cruising to a 68-34 win at Sorgenti Arena.

The Griffins improve to 15-3 overall with the win, a program best ninth straight victory, while the Dolphins fall to 3-12.

It was also a night that head Jim Connolly could rest his regulars as every player saw at least ten minutes of action on the court.  Bri Hewlett (North Wales, Pa.) led the Griffins with 13 points while Morgan Sterner (Northampton, Pa.) turned in a career high ten points.  Emily Sekerak (New Tripoli, Pa.) chipped in nine points (also a career high) while Emily Chmiel (Doylestown, Pa.) added seven points in 11 minutes of action.  Lindsey Lane (Havertown, Pa.) led the Griffins with seven rebounds while Abbey Spratt (Doylestown, Pa.) had five assists.  Brianna Rider (Nottingham, Md.) and Sekerak finished the game with six and five rebounds respectively.

The Griffins quickly jumped out to a 12-2 lead and never looked, holding the Dolphins to two field goals in the quarter as they led 16-4 after the first ten minutes.  A 25-16 second quarter saw the Griffins lead expand to 41-20 at halftime with Griffins having seven different players put points on the board in the first two quarters.

The third quarter saw the Chestnut Hill defense tighten up as they held the Dolphins scoreless in the period while expanding the lead to 55-20.  A Sterner three-point basket with 6:47 left in the game gave the Griffins their largest lead of the game at 62-20.  Twenty-six seconds later the Dolphin' Jenalyse Alarcon made a layup for the Dolphins first points since the closing seconds of the second quarter. Staten Island followed with a 12-3 run before Trinity Brittingham (Middletown, Del.) banked in a three-point basket in the final seconds to close out the scoring.

Gia Esposito led the Dolphins with 14 points while Alcaron added 12.

For the game, the Griffins shot 39.3% from the field (24-61) while holding the Dolphins to a 13-for-56 effort (23.2%).  Chestnut Hill held the rebounding edge 44-39 while committing just ten turnovers to CSI's 21.

The Chestnut Hill women's basketball team returns to action on Wednesday when they host Holy Family University in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference South division matchup at Sorgenti Arena.  Tipoff is set for 6:00 p.m.