York senior Jaimie Sapp poured in a game-high 23 points and freshman Kristen Haley added a double-double of 15 points and a game-high 13 rebounds to lead the Spartans to a 70-66 victory over Wesley in the 2011 CAC Women's Basketball Championship Game.   

It's the first CAC crown in team history for the Spartans (16-12), who finished third in the regular-season standings.  YCP's victory earned an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division III Championship Tournament, which will be officially announced Monday (2/28).

Combined with the men's soccer team's second-straight title run, the women's basketball team's crown marked the second time in 21 years that York has won two conference championships in the same academic year.

Brittany Hicks and Aja Wallpher also added 12 points for the Spartans, who built a 22-point first-half lead.

Wesley, which trailed by 17 at halftime but cut York's lead to just one point late in the game, was led by senior point guard Cory Boyd, who had half of the Wolverines' six three-point baskets and finished with a team-best 22 points. 

Jazmine Miller added 14 points, Allizon Beddia chipped in 11 and Heather Fuller pulled in 11 of the team's 44 rebounds for the fourth-seeded Wolverines (16-12).

The Wolverines led York 5-0 early as neither team could find the basket. York opened the game 1-for-9 from the field before catching fire. The Spartans went on a 19-5 run to take a 19-10 lead with 11:03 left in the first half. Haley and Hicks fueled the run with eight and five points respectively.

York maintained the lead between seven and 11 over the next five minutes before a quick 7-0 Spartan spurt pushed the lead to 16 at 32-16 with 6:01 left. The Spartans eventually pushed the lead to 22 on two different occasions before Boyd canned a three with two seconds left in the half to cut the York lead to 44-27 at the break.

The second half proved to be quite a different stanza. The Spartans started the half with back-to-back baskets from Sapp and Hicks as the Spartan lead got back to 21 at 48-27. The Wolverines then embarked on a sustained 18-4 run, cutting the once large and formidable Spartan lead down to just seven at 52-45.

York maintained the lead, pushing back to 11 on a Haley lay up with 11:04 remaining but the veteran Wolverines were not going away. Haley hit a lay up with 8:06 left that gave the Spartans a 64-56 lead. The Wolverines then scored seven straight points, cutting the York lead to just one with 3:44 remaining in regulation.

The Spartans rebuilt their lead to five points before Miller canned a three from the right corner with eight seconds left - her sixth of the game for the Wolverines. Wallpher then iced the game with two free throws with six seconds left to seal the championship for York.