WILLIMANTIC, Conn. -- The Bridgewater State University women's basketball team dropped a 70-49 decision to host Eastern Connecticut State University in the championship game of the 36th Annual Eastern Tip-Off Tournament om Sunday afternoon at Geissler Gymnasium.

Senior forward Jill Ritrosky (Pittsfield, MA) notched her second straight double-double and scored her 1,000th career point as she was named the tournament's MVP.

Eastern (2-0) won its second straight tournament title, 19th overall and 13th in the last 19 seasons. The Warriors reached the final with an 86-48 first-round win over Nichols College Saturday, while Bridgewater (1-1) survived a back-and-forth first-round game with Regis College in a 60-56 victory Saturday.

Needing ten points to become the 16th player in program history with 1,000 points, Ritrosky scored six in the first quarter on two inside buckets and two free throws, then moved within two points with another inside basket with 7:35 left in the second quarter. After getting fouled on a baseline drive, Ritrosky sank two free throws with 5:19 left in the second quarter for number 1,000.

Ritrosky finished the game with 19 points and a game-high 11 rebounds after totaling 13 points and a game-high 12 rebounds on Saturday.

The Warriors never trailed Sunday, taking a 12-point, 29-17 lead at halftime before pushing it to 27, 50-23, with 3:07 left in the third quarter. Trailing by 19 points, 53-34, after three quarters, the Bears showed life in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter, using an opening 12-5 run to whittle the deficit to 12, 58-46, with six minutes left. The teams traded a flurry of three-point field goals in those opening minutes, with junior forward Chanelle Melton (Brockton) contributing four points in that run.

Down by 14, 62-48, with five minutes left, Bridgewater was held without a field goal and to only one free three the rest of the way, missing five shots and turning the ball over three times over its final nine possessions.

Eastern junior guard Jordyn Nappi (Southington, Conn.) rebounded from 2-of-12 shooting against Nichols to lead all players with 29 points. Twenty of her points came in the second half on 7-of-12 marksmanship. She also grabbed five rebounds and handed out three assists.

Bridgewater freshman guard Sara DaSilva (Chelmsford, Mass.) notched a team-high 16 points in 31 minutes off the bench. She was 7-of-13 from the floor and did not commit a turnover. The team's leading scorer (16 points) against Regis, Melton followed DaSilva with 15 points Sunday.

Ritrosky was joined on the all-tournament team by Nappi and junior post player Lexis Foster (Groton, Conn.) of Eastern, Melton of Bridgewater, sophomore forward Brittany Stone (West Bridgewater, Mass.) of Regis and junior guard Taylor Daniels (Dudley, Mass.) of Nichols.

In two tournament games, Ritrosky had 32 points and 23 rebounds on 12-of-16 shooting from the floor; Nappi had 37 points and nine rebounds and Foster 25 points and 19 rebounds (career-highs of 19 points and ten rebounds against Nichols). The trio combined to sink 26 of 33 free throws in the tournament.

Melton led Bridgewater in the tournament with 31 points, five steals and six rebounds.