- Meredith Kelly, Bates College (Sr., G, Cohasset,
Mass.) - Bates senior guard Kelly averaged
22.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals on the week. She finished
the season with a 21.6 points-per-game scoring average, breaking
the former team record of 20.0 set by Julia Roche in 1989-90. Kelly
also became Bates' first player to score 500 points in a season en
route to 24 points in a 67-40 win over Colby in the Bobcats' season
finale on Saturday.
- Chelsea Vujs, Western New England University (So., G,
Berlin, Conn.) - Vujs led the Golden Bears
during a 1-1 week with 21.5 points and 8.0 rebounds per game versus
Commonwealth Coast Conference competition. In the first of
back-to-back road games, she scored a career- and game-high 28
points--including three 3-pointers--and grabbed a game-best 12
rebounds in a close win at Wentworth. She scored seven points
during a 9-0 run that turned a 42-38 deficit into 47-42 lead and
WNE wouldn't trail again against the Leopards. Overall, she shot
51.6 percent from the field (16-31) and had six steals.
- Linnett Graber, Babson College (So., F, Roseland,
N.H.) - Graber had a tremendous week
averaging 16.5 points and 6.0 rebounds while shooting 57.1 percent
(12-for-21) from the floor and 100 percent (6-for-6) from the free
throw line as the Beavers picked up a pair of victories. The
sophomore forward netted 16 points and pulled down seven boards as
Babson rallied from a 19-point halftime deficit to hand
fifth-ranked Tufts its first loss, 58-52, on Tuesday. Graber
followed it up with a team-high 17 points and five rebounds in
Saturday's 63-58 come-from-behind 68-63 victory over first-place
Wheaton on Saturday.
- Amber Legare, Mount Holyoke College (Jr., F, Chicopee,
Mass.) - Legare broke the MHC single-game
rebounding record, which had stood since 1985-86, pouring in 26
boards to go along with 20 points in a 68-60 victory over Emerson.
It was also her 13th double-double of the season and fourth in a
row. For the week, Legare was critical to the Lyons on both ends of
the court, averaging 18.5 points and 18.5 rebounds over two
contests, in which MHC went 1-1. Legare, who added two assists,
four blocks and a steal, continues to lead the NEWMAC in rebounding
and is now second in scoring.
- Jen Ashton, Westfield State University (Jr., G,
Beverly, Mass.) - The junior guard
averaged 17 points, 7.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 4.5 steals and two
blocks in a 2-0 week for the Owls. Tallied 23 points, including her
1,000th career point, nine rebounds, four assists, three blocks and
two steals in the 67-50 win over Salem State. Totaled 11 points,
six rebounds, seven assists, seven steals and a block in the 62-51
win at Worcester State.
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