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PHILADELPHIA, PA (12/30/00) ­ Angela Zampella scored 24 points, grabbed 9 rebounds and handed out 8 assists to lead St. Joseph's (6-5) to a 63-52 win over Seton Hall (8-4) in the Championship game of the Pathmark Hawk Classic at Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse. Zampella was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament for the third time. Susan Moran joined her on the all-tournament team. Zampella did it all for the Crimson and Gray turning in a brilliant all-around game. Down the stretch she was particularly effective, as the Hawks held off a furious Pirate rally. Seton Hall trailed by 12-points with 7:37 remaining, but used a 12-1 run to trim the Hawk advantage to just one point, 51-50. Zampella then connected on seven out of eight from the stripe in the final five minutes to lead SJU to victory. Moran, too, was critical in the second half. She came alive after intermission to finish with 18 points. The game bounced back-and-forth in the early going, before the Hawks took the lead for good, 10-9, with 13:21 remaining in the first half. A 12-3 spurt by the Crimson and Gray gave SJU a 22-12 advantage. Zampella tallied a pair of buckets during the run, while freshman Irina Krasnoshiok knocked down a three-pointer and a pair of free throws. The largest Hawk advantage came at the 1:36 mark with SJU leading 32-18. They led at the break 32-22. The Hawks won the Hawk Classic title for the fourth time in the tournament's eleven years. Zampella, meanwhile is the only player in tournament history to be selected to the all-championship team four times. SJU will now take to the road for a tedious three-game road trip, which includes stops at Massachusetts on Thursday, Rhode Island on Saturday and George Washington on January 9. 2000 PATHMARK HAWK CLASSIC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Eileen Battagliese ­ Central Connecticut Kia Williams ­ Mount St. Mary's Arminda Moreno ­ Seton Hall Leslie Ardon ­ Seton Hall Susan Moran ­ St. Joseph's Angela Zampella ­ St. Joseph's (MVP)