Box Score NORTHAMPTON, Mass.--Devon Quattrocchi (Brewster, N.Y./Brewster) led four Smith players in double-figures with a career high 20 as the Pioneers won their fourth straight game with a 74-57 win over the United States Coast Guard Academy in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) action on Thursday night.

Smith is now 6-1 overall, and 4-0 in NEWMAC play, while Coast Guard's record evens up at 4-4, and 2-2 against NEWMAC opposition.  Smith has won their first four league games for the first time in school history.

Defense again led the way for the Pioneers, who forced 29 turnovers and limited the Bears to just 48 field goal attempts for the game.  Smith started out strong, opening up a 13-2 lead in the first seven minutes of the contest.  

The first of three three point baskets on the night from Quattrocchi extended Smith's advantage to 18-6, and Smith kept their foot on the pedal, going up by as many as 23 in the first half on Amanda Zakoske (Jacksonville, Fla./The Bolles School)'s basket with 2:18 remaining.

Leading 39-22 at halftime, Smith saw the lead cut to 14 on a layup from Victoria Sutherland, but restored a 20 point advantage on a triple from Rosa Drummond (Rye, N.H./Portsmouth) at the 10:50 mark of the second half, and the Bears got no closer than 18 points the rest of the way.

In addition to Quattrocchi's 20 points, the Pioneers got 10 points apeice from Sydney Parkmond (Waterbury, Conn./Chase Collegiate), Amanda Zakoske (Jacksonville, Fla./The Bolles School), and Alyssa Barrett (Berlin, Conn./Berlin).  Parkmond added seven rebounds to lead Smith on the glass.  

Victoria Sutherland netted 20 points on 8-of-14 shooting to lead Coast Guard, while Dani Knox added 10 points off the bench.

Smith will be back in action with a non-conference contest against Trinity College (Conn.) at 4 p.m.  Coast Guard will close out the semester hosting Connecticut College on December 9 at 2 p.m.