Emory, VA - Wednesday night marked the resumption of Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) play for a Hollins team looking to pick up their first victory of the new year.  Hollins traveled to face conference leading Emory & Henry College.  The Wasps came in tied with a pair of other teams without a conference loss while Hollins needed to pick up the road win in order to move up in the ODAC standings.

The home team didn't allow their visitors from Roanoke to find their legs after the long bus trip south, scoring the game's first 11 points.  Hollins got right back into the game by rattling off a 7-0 run of their own to cut the deficit to four.  However, Emory & Henry had a repeat performance, scoring 11 unanswered points, to close the quarter, 22-7.  The Wasps added five quick points to push their advantage to 20 and despite playing their hosts even the rest of the half, Hollins trailed, 40-19, at the break.  The second half was more of the same with Emory & Henry slowly building onto their advantage.  The Wasps used 52.4% shooting and a big advantage on the glass, 46-29, to earn their third ODAC win of the young season with an 81-48 win over Hollins.

First-year's Nikki Valencia (Pearland, TX) and Sally Sroge (Louisville, CO) scored 10 points apiece to pace Hollins.  Sroge grabbed a team high six rebounds while Valencia and Deana Campbell (Nashville, TN) recorded team highs with three assists.  Emalee Jimenez (Westbury, NY) came off the bench to add nine points and a steal.

Emory & Henry had four different players in double figures led by Karina Farr and her 18 points, seven rebounds, three assists, and four steals.  Chloe Harris added 15 points and five rebounds with Taylor Blevins and Jada Penn each netting 10 points.

Hollins will look to defend their home court for the first time since early December when they host the defending ODAC Champions from Virginia Wesleyan.  The game with the Marlins is scheduled to tip on Saturday afternoon at 2:00pm.