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Playing from behind the entire game, CUW did what champions do- stay with the program and win it at the end.

The Falcons trailed Benedictine 60-50 with 4:07 remaining before a 3 pointer by ice-veined Tiffany Henrickson cut the Eagle lead to seven.

Benedictine's Tracey Walsh hit one of two free throws at 3:46 before CUW's Camille Parsons hit a pair of charity tosses to make it a six point game.

Hendrickson's ensuing trey at 2:42 made it 61-58 and brought the CUW faithful to life. Hendrickson made it 61-59 by hitting one of two free throws when she was fouled after the 3 point success to cut the margin to two and Pearl Wallace tied it up with a post move deuce at 1:54.

Concordia's Meghan Matthies drove for a lead hoop with 1:00 left and Benedictine got only a single free throw from Lidia Arias with :57 remaining. CUW's defense was airtight down the stretch and a pair of free throws by Brittany Zietlow in the final second closed out the scoring.

Hendrickson led the way with a 20 point effort that included 5 of 8 from beyond the arc. Seniors Matthies and Wallace celebrated their SENIOR DAY with 13 point performances. Freshman Parsons added 9 important points off the bench.

Stacey Brunner's team upped their overall mark to 14-7. The Falcons are 13-1 at the top of the NAC. Much-improved Benedictine fell to 7-6 in the league and 9-9 overall.