PHILADELPHIA – A Dominican 3-pointer at the buzzer missed, sending the No. 25 HFU women's basketball team to its first Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Tournament Championship Game since 2020 following a 58-56 semifinal triumph over the Chargers on the campus of Jefferson on Saturday afternoon. 
 
HFU appeared to be in control after opening the third quarter on a 17-4 run for a game-high 43-32 lead on a Carolyn Prevost (Belle Mead, N.J./Montgomery) free throw with 2:23 left in the penultimate period, but the Chargers came back with 13 of the next 15 points to go ahead 46-47 with 6:49 to play. 
 
Prevost came right back down the court with a layup though, beginning a 10-3 surge. Taylor Hinkle (Chalfont, Pa./Central Bucks South) followed with another layup and after DU scored its only point in a 6:32 stretch, a 3-pointer to tie it at 50 with 4:28 remaining, Skyler Searfoss (Jim Thorpe, Pa./Jim Thorpe Area) put the Tigers on top for good with a jumper 21 seconds later. 
 
Neither team scored for 2:21 after that, as a Hinkle jumper made it 54-50 with 1:46 to go.
 
Two Searfoss foul shots completed the 10-3 stretch with 22 seconds on the clock, but the Chargers countered with a 3-pointer. 
 
Dominican then followed an Amy Ngo (Fort Washington, Pa./Upper Dublin) free throw with a three-point play to cut the deficit 57-56 with nine seconds showing, and after a Searfoss foul shot, the Chargers missed at the buzzer. 
 
Up Next
The Tigers take on the host, Jefferson, in the Championship Game tomorrow at 12 p.m.
 
Individual Highlights

• Hinkle had six more rebounds than any other player, finishing with 14, and added 10 points and a team-high three steals for her 14th double-double of the season
• Prevost led Holy Family with 15 points, tying a season-best, and was second on the Tigers with seven boards
• Searfoss had nine points and seven boards, while matching Kaelah Carter (Watervliet, N.Y./Shaker (The College of Saint Rose)) with a team-high three assists
• Ngo and Jessica Riepe (Marlboro, N.J./Marlboro) each contributed seven points 

 
Inside the Box Score

• Holy Family outrebounded Dominican 50-35, leading to a 14-6 edge in second chance points
• The Tigers' bench outscored the Chargers' 17-2

 
How it Happened

• The entire first half was played within four points with seven lead changes and five ties, with Dominican establishing a 26-28 advantage at the break thanks to a 3-pointer in the final minute
• Hinkle scored the first four points of the third quarter and Riepe followed with a 3-pointer for a 7-0 stretch in just 2:02
• After the Chargers cut the deficit to 32-35, Prevost tallied six of the eight unanswered that cap the 17-4 run with 2:23 remaining in the third
• Holy Family led 44-37 entering the fourth, which began with a 2-10 DU flurry