WORCESTER -- A 9-0 run in the fourth quarter sealed a 67-58 victory for WPI over Coast Guard women's basketball on Saturday afternoon at Harrington Auditorium. Eight different Engineers netted at least five points in the outing, led by a 13-point, six-rebound, three-assist performance from senior Melanie Presseau.

WPI improves to 18-3 on the season and 7-2 in NEWMAC play while Coast Guard falls to 12-9 on the year and 4-4 in conference action.

In addition to Presseau's contributions, Alice Kelly added 11 points, five rebounds, and three assists, Victoria Mirecki contributed eight points and Alex Scariati added a near-triple-double with seven points, 11 rebounds, and eight assists.

Coast Guard was led by Kyra Hartman who finished with a game-high 15 points and seven rebounds while Jacqueline Ward added 10 points, six assists, and five rebounds.

A three from Presseau followed by an and-one from Jordan Wynn got the Engineers out to a 6-0 advantage to begin things, but Coast Guard was able to battle back and even things up at eight-all after an Emma Puddington jumper beginning a back-and-forth affair between the two teams that resulted in WPI owning a 33-31 halftime advantage.

In the third quarter, WPI bolstered its lead to a two-possession game thanks to a 5-0 run to begin the second half capped off by a Kelly 3-pointer to make it a 38-31 ballgame. The two teams alternated baskets for the remainder of the frame with WPI leading 48-42 heading into the fourth quarter.

Coast Guard was able to get the lead down to three points on a Hartman trey, but WPI was unrelenting and put together a 9-0 run at the end of the fourth quarter to put a stamp on the victory. McKenna Finken started the run off with a 3-pointer, followed by a pair of Mirecki free throws, and Emily Raynowska layup and was capped off by a Kelly lay-in to make it a 67-52 ballgame en route to the victory. Coast Guard drained a pair of 3-pointers down the stretch, but it wasn't enough.

It was a 3-point shooting affair in the outing with Coast Guard draining seven and the Engineers hitting six. WPI outrebounded the Bears 47-32 on the day while also dishing out 22 assists to Coast Guard's 14.

Coast Guard is back at it on the road at Springfield on Wednesday night at 7 PM.