(Rolla, Mo.) – The Missouri S&T Lady Miners open up their 2013-14 season this Friday night when it hosts Westminster College in doubleheader with the men's team beginning at 5:30 pm. The Lady Miners have had success in season opening games winning 11 straight including nine in a row at home.

S&T won its exhibition game against Livin' the Dream last Saturday 72-62 and had four players reach double figures in scoring led by Erica Askew (Chicago, Ill./Morgan Park) with 19. Toni Knar (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein) dropped in 14 while Karli Sample (St. Joseph, Mo./Benton) added 12 and Senait McLeod (Miami, Fla./Coral Reef) finished with 10.

The Lady Miners broke open a three-point game at the break with a 25-10 run to begin the second half to build their largest lead of the afternoon. Askew started the run by scoring 10 of the first 11 points of the stanza and hit a trio of three's in the run.

S&T allowed Livin' the Dream to close within seven with 3:15 to play before scoring seven straight to ice the game on layup by Askew.

The Lady Miners shot 41 percent (27-for-66) from the field and were 8-of-22 from three.

Friday's contest will be an exhibition game for Westminster as it can't officially start its season until next weekend. The Blue Jays return 13 players but just one starter off of last year's squad which went 17-11 and 16-2 in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. They won the SLIAC regular season and tournament championships and advanced to the NCAA Division III Tournament losing to Simpson College in the first round.

Leigh Ann Lutz is the top returning scorer from last season averaging 14.1 points per contest. Sophomore Mackenzie Haddox came off the bench and averaged 8.1 points per game. Junior Danielle Williams is the team's top returning rebounder averaging nearly three rebounds per contest.

Westminster's roster has some local flair on it with freshman Andrea Zalis and sophomore Megan McCaul from Rolla while sophomore Jen Herndon is from Salem and Williams played at Waynesville.

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