Ruffner Earns Player of the Week Honors; Rautiola Named Rookie of the Week

Jessie Ruffner
Smith
Senior • Guard • Rocklin, CA

Ruffner averaged a double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds per game to along with 3.5 assists per game to give No. 15 Smith (10-2) wins over MIT and Springfield this past week. Against the Engineers, Ruffner finished with 17 points, 12 boards and three assists and followed that with a 29-point, eight rebound performance at Springfield where she hit the game-tying buzzer beater to send the game into overtime. With 46 points this week, she moved up to ninth on Smith's all-time scoring list. 

Brynn Rautiola
Keene State
Freshman • Guard • Rindge, NH

Rautiola single-handedly willed the Owls to a 2-0 week last week, averaging 29 points, six rebounds, and 2.5 steals. Against Vermont State Castleton, she scored a career high 30 points with eight rebounds and two steals in a 58-46 victory. Then against UMass Boston, she added 28 points, four rebounds, and three steals in a 59-52 win. Overall, she scored 49.5% of the Owls points in the two games, and made 20-of-25 free throws.

• Jordyn Franzen, UNE (Sr. | Guard | Salem, NH) - Averaged 20.3 points, 11.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists (2.5 a/to), and 2.0 steals in a 2-1 week. The 29 points against Nichols were a career high, and the 16 rebounds tied for a personal best. Two double-doubles.
• Arianna Gerig, Williams (Jr. | Guard | Westport, CT) - Arianna Gerig of the Williams College women's basketball team averaged 21.3 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.3 blocks and 2.3 assists per game in three games this past week for the Ephs. She finished with game-highs of 33 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks at No. 10-ranked Amherst Friday evening. The five blocks were a career-high and her three steals were tied for the most in the game. Gerig shot 12 of 26 from the field, 1 of 2 from beyond the 3-point line and 8 of 10 from the free-throw line. She dropped 21 points at Hamilton Saturday, going 13 of 16 from the foul line. During a 70-53 win at WPI Tuesday, she finished with 10 points, eight rebounds, three assists, three steals and two blocks.
• Kylie Grassi, Bridgewater St. - (Jr. | Guard | Plymouth, MA) - Averaged 24.5 points, six rebounds (2.5 offensive), two assists, 2.5 steals and one blocked shot while shooting 81.8% (18-22) at the free throw line in a perfect 2-0 MASCAC week for the Bears. Notched 29 points, seven rebounds (three offensive), three assists, three steals and a block in a 77-69 win at Salem State University, and 20 points, five rebounds (two offensive), one assist, two steals and a block in a 56-47 victory over Framingham State University.
• Lyric Grumblatt, Rivier (Sr. | Guard | Manchester, NH) - In only 24 minutes, Grumblatt totaled 35 points, shooting 63.2% from the field and 71.4% from behind the 3-point line. Grumblatt collected seven rebounds and four steals. The Raiders went on to win the contest against New England College, 87-59. 
• Jordan Ouellette, USJ (Sr. | Forward | Bristol, CT) - Led the Blue Jays to a comeback victory over GNAC foes Norwich, recording a double-double after scoring 26 points and hauling in 11 rebounds.

Arianna Gerig

    
Kylie Grassi

     
 Jordan Ouellette

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