CHESTERTOWN, Md. – The Ursinus College women's basketball team came up on the short end of a 60-47 decision to Washington College on Wednesday night.

The loss sends Ursinus to a 12-7 record in the Centennial (13-11 overall), while Washington College stays alive in the playoff race with a 10-9 record in the conference (15-9 overall).

Ursinus, who clinched a playoff spot last Saturday, can get the fourth seed on Saturday with a win over Muhlenberg and/or a Haverford loss to Swarthmore. The Bears have a one-game lead on the Fords with one game remaining. If the Bears finish in the tie with Haverford, the Fords would get the fourth seed since they have a win over Johns Hopkins.

As for the game, the Shorewomen led wire-to-wire as Meghan Tait scored a game-high 16 points with Sally O'Donnell had 15.

For Ursinus, senior forward Lindsay Teuber (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Basil's) scored 12 while senior guard Kristy George (Whitehall, Pa./Whitehall) scored ten.

Neither team shot well in the contest as Washington went 19-for-54 (35.2 percent) from the field, while Ursinus was 18-for-62 (29 percent).

Teuber did pick up 12 rebounds in the contest, which was a game-high.