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Sarah Hughes Hughes refused to lose, tallying 21 points on 7-12 shooting and grabbing eight rebounds Saturday in an 80-68 win over Amherst in the NESCAC semifinal. She followed that up with a season and game-high 24 points on 7-9 shooting, securing seven rebounds and recording two steals in Sunday's 61-56 victory over Bowdoin in the NESCAC championship game. Hughes matched her season-high with four made three-pointers in five attempts as the Bobcats shot 60 percent from long range in the game. With the pair of wins, Bates clinches the second NESCAC title in program history.
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Tahlia Peña After averaging 5.3 ppg during the regular season Pena took her game to another level in the playoffs, averaging 17 ppg to lift the Wildcats into the NCAA Tournament for the firsat time since 2016. She scored 16 points in a semifinal win over Hartford before netting 14 of her 18 points in the fourth quarter in the CNE Championship win over Western New England.
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Hannah Martin |
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Ernidia Goncalves |
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Grace Jaffray
Dakota Shipley
Micah Walton- Hannah Martin, Smith - Martin averaged 19 points, 3 rebounds, 2.7 steals, and 2 assists per game to help Smith win its sixth-straight NEWMAC Championship. She was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
- Grace Jaffray, Johnson & Wales - Jaffray was named Most Outstanding Player for the CNE Tournament afer averaging 23.5 ppg and six rebounds over two playoff games to propel the Wildcats into the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016. After scoring 17 points in a 22-point win over Hartford in the semifinals, Jaffrey scored 26 of her 30 points in the first half of a 77-66 win over Western New England in the finals. She also registered seven rebounds and four steals in the championship game.
- Dakota Shipley, Southern Maine - Named the 2026 Most Outstanding Player of the Little East Conference Tournament ... Had a first-half double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds in the Huskies' semifinal win over UMass Dartmouth (80-57), including hitting a go-ahead three at the buzzer to give USM the lead for good ... In the 2026 LEC Championship game, Shipley had 11 of her 17 points in the third quarter as Southern Maine outscored Rhode Island College 26-14 helping secure the Huskies' 21st overall LEC Championship and first since the 2013 season.
- Ernidia Goncalves, Salem St. - Averaged 16.5 points and 12.5 rebounds in a 1-1 week
- Micah Walton, Williams - Micah Walton of the fifth-seeded Williams College women's basketball team scored a game-high 21 points, shooting 6 of 10 from the field and 9 for 10 from the free-throw line, at top-seeded and No. 8-ranked Bowdoin Saturday afternoon during the NESCAC Semifinals in Brunswick, Maine.
