The St. John Fisher College women's basketball program used a 14-1 run late in the fourth quarter, as the Cardinals rallied for a 77-69 win over Union College in the championship game of the Woodcliff Hotel and Spa Invitational.

With the win, Fisher, currently receiving votes in the D3hoops.com national poll, improves to 4-0 overall, while the Dutchwomen suffer their first loss and fall to 2-1.

Fisher never trailed in the entire game. 

The Cardinals scored the game's first six points and Jessica Rhone's layup with 20 seconds left in the first quarter gave Fisher a 21-16 lead.

Fisher used a 13-2 run midway through the second quarter to take its biggest lead of the game at 39-25 with four minutes in the opening half, but the Dutchwomen ended the period with a 13-2 run of their own, to cut Fisher's lead to 43-41 at the break.

Union tied the game at 43s on the first possession of the third quarter, but the Cardinals answered,  Fisher went on an 11-0 run – before a Union 3-pointer at the buzzer – over the final five minutes of the third to take a 58-49 lead going into the fourth.

Fisher led 62-51 on a layup from McKenzie Bezon with 7:44 left, but Union went on an 11-0 run over the next 2:30 to tie the game at 62-62 with just over five minutes left.

Fisher, however, would pull away at the end.

After baskets from Nicole Robinson and Bridget Carney, junior Emily Piacentini scored Fisher's next eight points, including back-to-back 3-pointers to put her team up 11 with under two minutes to go.  Another layup from Robinson capped the 14-1 run and sealed the win.

Piacentini led the Cardinals with 15 points and six assists.  Carney and Robinson each scored 14 points.  Carney led Fisher with seven rebounds, while Robinson grabbed five boards. 

Bezon chipped in with a season-high 11 points, while seniors Mary Kate Cusack and Claire Walsh each scored five.

Fisher returns to action on Tuesday in the 23^rd Annual Wendy's College Classic.  This will be the final year of the nation's longest running, in-season tournament in all of college basketball.  Pairings, game times and locations will be announced later tonight.