Women's basketball team, ranked 20th in USA Today Poll, into CCC championship final with 59-49 win over Salve

The 91AV closed with 19 of the last 24 points to defeat fourth-seeded Salve Regina University by a 59-49 margin in the semifinals of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Women's Basketball Championship played Thursday evening (Feb. 27) at the Harold Alfond Forum.

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The 91AV is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.