Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. - The St. Thomas Aquinas College Women's Basketball team closed its 2025-26 regular season schedule in disappointing fashion on Saturday, dropping 73-47 road decision to Mercy University at the Neil Judge Athletic Center.

STAC finishes the year at 8-20 overall and 5-11 within the ECC, missing the postseason for a second straight season. Meanwhile, Mercy improves to 21-6 and 15-1, and now prepares for the upcoming East Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament.

Bailey Chapman led the maroon and gold offense with 11 points, as Toni Schuetze (10 points) also scored in double figures. Meanwhile, Grace Lesko led all Mavericks players in scoring with 30 points.

STAC shot 37.3 percent (37.3) from the field, while Mercy shot 51.0 percent (26-51) from the floor.

STAC NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS:

• Seven Spartans logged double-digit minutes in the contest.
• Bailey Chapman, Cassidy Mahaney and Toni Schuetze led the maroon and gold with two assists apiece on the afternoon.
• Chapman hit 5 of her 10 field goal attempts with Schuetze going 3-for-9 from the field, 2-of-6 from three and 2-of-4 from the charity stripe.
• STAC and Mercy grabbed 31 rebounds apiece, with Toni Schuetze and Angela Williams grabbing a team-high five boards each for the Spartans.
• St. Thomas Aquinas picked up six steals, with the Mavericks turning the ball over on 17 separate occasions.
• The Spartans earned one advantage in the team statistical categories over Mercy: Bench Points (13-10).
• The game featured no ties and no lead changes.
• St. Thomas Aquinas trailed Mercy, 46-22 at the half and shot 40.0 percent (10-25) from the field.
• Bailey Chapman led all Spartans' scorers with eight first half points, while shooting 66.7 percent (4-for-6) from the field.

MERCY NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS:

• Eight Mavericks logged double-digit minutes in the contest. 
• Grace Lesko paced Mercy's offense with 30 points, while teammate Amani Abuhatab (21 points) also scored in double digits.
• Kyla Nembach led Mercy with four assists on the day.
• Lesko went 11-for-16 from the floor and 7-of-10 from the free-throw line, with Abuhatab hitting 7-of-12 field goal attempts and 5-of-5 foul shots.
• Grace Lesko also grabbed a team-high eight boards for the Mavericks.
• Mercy picked up nine steals, with the Spartans turning the ball over on 23 separate occasions.
• The Mavericks earned advantages in four team statistical categories over St. Thomas Aquinas: Points off Turnovers (24-8), Second Chance Points (9-7), Points in the Paint (38-22) and Fastbreak Points (13-3).
• Mercy had its largest lead of the game (17 points) with just under 30 seconds to play in the first quarter, 24-7, on a pair of Morgan Miller free throws.
• Grace Lesko led all scorers at the half with 22 points for the Mavericks, while shooting 75.0 percent (9-of-12) from the floor, 33.3 percent (1-of-3) from three and 75.0 percent (3-of-4) from the foul line.
• Mercy's best shooting quarter came in the opening stanza, with the Mavericks shooting 75.0 percent (9-12) from the field and 66.7 percent (2-3) from the three-point line and 80.0 percent (4-5) from the charity stripe.