Standings and stats are reflective of Saturday, Feb. 16.

With only three weeks remaining in regular season play, the standings in the Northeast Conference are finally starting to fall into place. Most games went as expected on the week, all except a modern day David versus Goliath match in Maryland.

The Goliath of the NEC was Robert Morris, who was formally undefeated in conference play, had beaten other NEC opponents by an average of 18 points heading into this past week. But Mount Saint Mary’s was primed to play spoiler Saturday, defeating the Colonials 61-55.

Despite only averaging 8.8 points a game, Jatarrikah Settle was the hero for the Mount in the upset, scoring a team-high 21 to go along with six assists and a pair of steals. The Colonials put Settle to the line 10 times, where she saw eight of her points. Robert Morris was able to secure a victory earlier in the week, however, defeating Central Connecticut by 20. The Colonials still hold a comfortable two-game lead over the two teams tied for second in the standings.

Both of the teams tied for second continued their neck and neck race, with both Saint Francis (PA) and Sacred Heart winning both of their games.

The Red Flash pushed their winning streak to six games with Jess Kovatch leading them to 12-point victories over both Bryant and Fairleigh Dickinson. Kovatch led SFU in scoring in both games, dropping 28 and 19, respectively. The Red Flash will be facing the top-seeded Colonials on Monday.

The Pioneers narrowly won in both of their matchups this week, beating Fairleigh Dickinson by six on the back of Candice Leatherwood’s 19 points before taking down Bryant in a 10-point win.

Still in the hunt for home-court advantage in the tournament, Wagner and Saint Francis (BKN) met up this week in a match that proved to be the closest game of the week. Trailing by 15 late in the third quarter of play, Wagner put together an offensive clinic in the fourth and final quarter, outscoring Saint Francis BKN 27-16.

Redshirt sophomore Taylah Simmons hit the game-winning jumper that sealed the 87-85 victory for Wagner, keeping them in the hunt. Wagner won handily in their other matchup this week over CCSU, while SFBK was able to defeat the last place LIU Brooklyn team.

Despite their upset win over Robert Morris, Mount St. Mary’s still seems all but mathematically eliminated from a chance at taking home court. While able to snap the Colonials winning streak, the Mount also ended another streak in the NEC, losing to LIU Brooklyn and securing the Blackbirds’ first win of the season.

The dust has still yet to settle for the last two seeds, with seventh-seeded Bryant only separated by one game from CCSU and Fairleigh Dickinson. All three teams lost their games this week, keeping things set for the time being position-wise.

There are six games left on the table. There is not much room for movement in the standings, but teams will be looking to get into a rhythm for the tournament, making the remaining games worthwhile amongst the conference competition.