Santos Collects Player of the Week Honors; Rautiola Continues Impressive Rookie Campaign

Santos Collects Player of the Week Honors; Rautiola Continues Impressive Rookie Campaign
Posted: Feb 20, 2024
Player of the Week Rookie of the Week

   

Yasmine Santos
 Mitchell
Senior • Guard • Pawtucket, RI

Santos closed out the GNAC regular season with two more impressive performances averaging 38.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game as the Mariners earned two victories. She began the week with a double-double against Rivier, scoring 37 points and grabbing 13 rebounds. She also had two assists against the Raiders. She continued her big scoring performances in the regular-season finale against Norwich. She registered a career-high 40 points, including her 1000th career point, while also bringing in eight boards and dishing out two assists. Santos shot 50.0 percent (23-for-46) from the floor this week.

            

Brynn Rautiola
 Keene State
Freshman • Guard • Rindge, NH

Rautiola was named the LEC Rookie of the Week after averaging 17.5 points per game while shooting 45-percent (10-of-22) from the field and making 10-of-11 free throws over the Owls’ final two games of the regular season. She netted 18 points at No. 21 UMass Dartmouth before scoring 17 points with four rebounds and a pair of assists in a home setback to No. 3 Rhode Island College

 

 
NEWBA First Team
  • Izabelle Booth, RIC (Sr. | Forward | Newport, RI) - Named the Little East Player of the Week. Booth averaged 16.5 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 2.0 apg, 1.0 bpg and 2.5 spg in a 2-0 week for the third-ranked Anchorwomen. She had 14 points, four rebounds, one assist, a block and a pair of steals in a 83-30 drubbing of Eastern Connecticut on Feb. 14. Booth posted 19 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, one block and three steals in a 91-51 win at Keene State on Feb. 17. RIC wrapped up the regular season with a 25-0 overall record and a 16-0 mark in the Little East.
  • Sydney Bradbury, Bridgewater State (Sr. | Guard | East Bridgewater, MA) - Scored a career-high 28 points to go along with six rebounds, one assist, three steals and a blocked shot in a 71-61 MASCAC road setback to Westfield State. Also knocked down a career-best eight three-pointers.
  • Angela Czeremcha, Springfield (Jr. | Forward | West Springfield, MA) - Czeremcha put together another tremendous week for the Pride, which locked up the top seed in the upcoming NEWMAC Championship Tournament. In two victories, the junior averaged 16 rebounds, 15 points, and 2.5 steals per outing. She started off her week with a 16 rebounds, including nine on the offensive glass, and tallied three steals to go along with 12 points versus Clark. In the regular-season finale, Czeremcha hauled in 16 rebounds, handed out three assists, produced two steals, and netted 18 points as she has now produced double doubles in her last four outings to bring her season total to 14.
  • Amanda DeAngelis, Suffolk (Sr. | Forward | Londonderry, NH) - DeAngelis averaged 25 points and 12.5 rebounds as the Rams went 1-1. After two more double-doubles last week, she now has 19 this season. 
  • Lyric Grumblatt, Rivier (Sr. | Guard | Manchester, NH) - Grumblatt scored 31 points with 10 rebounds and five assists in Rivier's game against Mitchell. 
    Izabelle Booth

        Sydney Bradbury

    Angela Czeremcha

           Amanda DeAngelis

             Lyric Grumblatt

 

NEWBA Second Team

  Jordyn Franzen

       Amaris Mills

   Katelyn Mollica

     Flannery O'Connor

            Madi Zancan

 

  • Jordyn Franzen, UNE (Sr. | Guard | Salem, NH) - Franzen averaged 18.5 points and 6.5 assists per game in a 2-0 week for the Nor'Easters.
  • Amaris Mills, UMass Dartmouth (Jr. | Guard | Roxbury, MA) - The Corsairs closed their season with another 2 conference wins to secure the #2 seed in the LEC and tie their best regular season finish in program history. In a 78-63 win over Keene State, Mills scored 13 points and grabbed 5 rebounds, shooting 5 for 11 from the field and 3 for 8 from three. In a 71-49 win over WestConn, Mills put up a game-high 23 points along with 9 rebounds and 3 assists. She was 8 for 15 from the floor and a smoldering hot 7 for 10 from deep. For the week, she averaged 18.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists, while shooting 13 for 26 (50.0%) from the field and 10 for 18 (55.6%) on three-point attempts.
  • Katelyn Mollica, Babson (Jr. | Guard | Foxborough, MA) - Mollica averaged 19.0 points on 75 percent shooting (15-of-20) to go along with 2.0 assists to help Babson close the regular season with a pair of wins. She scored 15 points in just 17 minutes in Wednesday?s 75-37 victory over Mount Holyoke and then matched her career high with 23 points on 8-of-10 shooting as the Beavers rallied for a 60-55 road win over Clark.
  • Flannery O'Connor, Framingham State (Sr. | Forward | Amesbury, MA) - In a 2-0 week that clinched the MASCAC Regular Season Title averaged 16.5 points and 6.5 rebounds. Tallied 13 points with 7 boards and three steals in win over Worcester and added 20 points and 6 boards with two blocks in win over Fitchburg
  • Madi Zancan, Regis (So. | Forward | Cumberland, RI) - Madi Zancan led the Pride over the past week. Wednesday night, she scored 16 of her 18 points in the second half to help Regis erase an 18-point deficit and force overtime at Colby-Sawyer. She also collected eight rebounds, two assists, a steal, and a block. Saturday, she shot 8-for-13 from the field on her way to 21 points, nine rebounds, four assists, and four steals in Regis' victory over Johnson and Wales. It was her 12th game with 20 or more points this season as she now has 468 points this year, tied for fourth-most in a single season in program history.