The Ellwood City Lincoln High girls basketball team is going to the playoffs.

Three players scored in double figures to lift the Lady Wolverines to a 49-33 WPIAL Section 2-AAA road win over New Castle.

It’s the first WPIAL playoff berth for Ellwood City (5-7, 11-10) since the 1997-98 season. The Lady Wolverines finish section play tied for fourth with Hopewell (5-7, 9-12). The teams split the series and both teams will advance to the district playoffs.

The top four teams plus ties that can’t be broken by virtue of head-to-head meetings move on to the postseason.

Bailey McKinney paced Ellwood City with 15 points and Karington Ketterer was next with 12. Jocelyn Guy followed with 10.

Carmie Matarazzo netted a team-high 13 markers for the Lady ’Canes (1-11, 3-18). Abba Frengel contributed seven tallies for the hosts.

Attempts to reach Ellwood City coach Jolene Servick for comments and additional information were unsuccessful.