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Women’s Basketball This Week: Crusaders Begin Road Lengthy Road Stretch

Jan 14, 2026

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The Capital University women's basketball team plays eight of its final 10 regular season games on the road starting with a pair of Ohio Athletic Conference contests this week.

The Crusaders begin the stretch this Wednesday at Marietta at 7:30 p.m. before visiting Baldwin Wallace on Saturday for a 2 p.m. affair. Saturday's game is the first in a women's-men's doubleheader in Berea and will be broadcast on Sports Time Ohio (STO) on tape delay at 11 p.m.

Capital (10-5 overall, 5-3 OAC) split a pair of games at the Capital Center last week, defeating Muskingum 70-64 in overtime on Wednesday before falling 61-47 against No. 9 Ohio Northern on Saturday.

The Crusaders, who led 54-43 with 5:57 to play in regulation Wednesday, got off to a 6-0 start in overtime and made 8-of-10 free throws in the final 2:23 to outlast the Muskies. Senior forward Stacy Timmerman (New Bremen, Ohio) scored a game-high 19 points to go along with seven rebounds and three steals, while junior guard Cookie Geroski (Fostoria, Ohio) registered 16 points, seven rebounds and three assists.

On Saturday, Capital trailed 41-16 after one half and was unable to recover against the Polar Bears, who entered the game ranked ninth in the nation by D3hoops.com. Geroski tallied 12 points and seven rebounds, while junior forward Jamie Caton (Hilliard, Ohio) posted nine points, five rebounds and four steals.

The Crusaders have won an incredible 48 straight games against Marietta (6-9, 1-7), which last defeated Capital during the 1988-89 campaign. The Pioneers suffered their third consecutive setback Saturday by an 80-65 margin at John Carroll. Candice Alexander and Tori Dixon led Marietta with 13 points apiece, while Heather Booth added 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Booth leads the team in scoring at 10.5 points per game, while Alexander averages 10.1 points and a team-best 6.7 rebounds per contest. The Pioneers rank seventh in the league in scoring defense (64.9 ppg) and 10th in scoring offense (58.7 ppg).

In the last meeting between the two teams, four players finished in double-figure scoring for the Crusaders, who defeated the Pioneers 78-60 on Feb. 15, 2012, in Columbus. Caton scored 17 points off the bench to lead Capital, which shot 52.4 percent in the affair.

Baldwin Wallace (9-6, 4-4) enters the week with four straight victories, including a 63-40 triumph at Muskingum on Saturday. Jessica Lairson and Lexi Rohrback totaled 13 points each to pace the Yellow Jackets, who held the Muskies to 23.6 percent shooting.

Three players average between eight and 10 points for BW, including Lairson, who leads the team with 9.9 points and 6.5 rebounds per contest. The Yellow Jackets average 66.9 points per game while allowing 60.3 per game, good for third and fifth in the league, respectively. Baldwin Wallace leads the conference with 4.27 blocks per contest.

In the first meeting this season between the two teams, neither team shot above 30 percent from the floor as the Crusaders outlasted the Yellow Jackets 53-44 on Dec. 8 at the Capital Center. Timmerman (13 points, 11 rebounds) and Caton (13 points, five rebounds) led the way for Capital.