St. Thomas captures D-III title in dominating fashion

By: KJ Cardinal

KEENE, NH – Undefeated top seed St. Thomas put on a dominant performance to complete the perfect season for the Saints as they cruised to a 72-35 victory over No. 2 Fall Mountain on Saturday evening to capture the 2025 NHIAA Division III State Championship at Keene State College.

The championship is just the second in school history for STA, with the first coming back in 1981.

Fall Mountain scored the games first basket to take a 2-0 lead, but the advantage lasted just 19 seconds as St. Thomas tied things up and never trailed again.

The Saints were led by a game-high 24 points, including six three-pointers, by Genevieve Bolduc. Emilie Von Der Linden pulled down an impressive 18 rebounds to go along with 12 points for the games only double-double. Emma Toriello knocked down three triples of her own en route to 15 points as well for St. Thomas.

Clara Stewart was the Wildcats lone double-digit scorer with 10.

St. Thomas dominated the glass 40-18 and managed 28 second-chance points as the Saints size overwhelmed Fall Mountain.

The Wildcats season comes to a close with at 17-2.

Check out the full photo gallery of the action by Jeff Criss of Perfect Photos…

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