ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Fightin' Engineers concluded the WashU Tournament, dropping to the Benedictine Eagles by a score of 65-58.
 
The Eagles jumped out to a 12-4 lead early in the first quarter. RHIT cut into the lead with sophomore Katelyn Fennell scoring a layup, and freshman Kaia Peterson recording a steal that led to a fastbreak layup.
 
Both teams continued to trade baskets with sophomore Reagan Lorenzen converting on a pull-up jumper, while sophomore Anaya Hawkins added a basket in the paint. Sophomore Emma Schipp closed out the quarter with an offensive rebound that led to a layup, which cut the lead to 20-16.
 
Following multiple Benedictine three pointers, sophomore Julia Meyer scored on a layup, and followed that up by knocking down a three of her own. She would convert her second three pointer with a minute left in the half as RHIT concluded the quarter down 31-29.
 
Hawkins opened the third by scoring on a layup, and the Eagles responded with a pair of three pointers. With Rose-Hulman down by six, junior Maria Godoy Rodriguez hauled in an offensive rebound, which led to her scoring on a two-point jump shot.
 
Peterson would later add a layup, and Godoy Rodriguez scored another mid-range bucket to make it a 41-37 game. Schipp fought through contact to convert an and one layup with a minute remaining, before Benedictine scored back-to-back threes to extend the lead to 49-40.
 
The Eagles were able to extend their lead to double figures, before RHIT answered with a made jumper from Fennell and a Godoy steal that led to a Peterson layup. Fennell would add a pair of free throws before another Godoy Rodriguez steal resulted in a Fennell layup to make it a 57-51 game.
 
Benedictine went on a late-game run, taking a 62-52 lead. Schipp added a layup with one minute remaining, and Peterson added layups on consecutive possessions. With Rose-Hulman forced to foul, the Eagles knocked down a free throw to close out the game, where they won by a score of 65-58.
 
Kaia Peterson scored a team-high 17 points on 7-15 shooting from the floor. She finished the match with a double-double, as she hauled in ten rebounds while adding four assists and three steals.
 
Emma Schipp scored ten points on 3-9 shooting from the field. She added nine rebounds and recorded three assists.
 
Julia Meyer added nine points on 3-8 shooting from the floor, while going 2-4 from beyond the arc.
 
Katelyn Fennell had a near double-double, scoring eight points with nine reobunds.
 
Maria Godoy Rodriguez recorded four steals for the second straight game. She finished the match with four points on 2-5 shooting, while adding eight rebounds.
 
The Fightin' Engineers will travel to Chicago, Ill., to face the Chicago Maroons on Saturday, November 22 at 3 PM ET (2 PM CT).