Women's Basketball Climbs To #17 Spot In WBCA Division II National Poll, Simonds Tabbed As Northeast-10 Freshman Of Week For Third Time This Season
January 3, 2006
Northeast-10 Women's Basketball Report for Games through January 2, 2006
Jan 3, 2006
Northeast-10 Freshman of the Week
Kelsey Simonds, Stonehill (Fr. F, Bridgewater, MA) - Averaged 14 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in a 2-0 week. Netted a career-high 22 points, five rebounds and four blocks in a 84-63 win over Saginaw Valley State and grabbed 10 rebounds in a 75-62 triumph at Merrimack. Shot 69-percent (11-16) from the field for the week.
Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll:
Alisha Collins, Stonehill (Jr., F, Port Chester, NY) - Averaged 21 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals in a 2-0 week. Scored 21 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished off four assists in a 75-62 win at Merrimack and added 21 points, five rebounds, three assists and a pair of steals in a 84-63 triumph over Saginaw Valley State. Shot 73-percent (16-22) from the field and 89-percent (8-9) from the foul line for the week.
Northeast-10 Weekly Notes:
STONEHILL: After receiving votes in the USA Today/ESPN/WBCA Division II national poll over the first two weeks of the season, Stonehill cracked the WBCA Top 25 on December 20th for the first time since March 2003 in entering the national rankings at the #25 position. The Skyhawks finished the 2002-2003 campaign ranked 25th nationally in Division II after reaching the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. With the Skyhawk men also ranked nationally (#24 in the NABC poll), Stonehill is the only Northeast-10 school to currently have both its men's and women's programs nationally ranked. Stonehill's current 11-game winning streak is its longest since the Skyhawks began the 1994-95 Final Four season with 13 straight victories. Stonehill's 11-0 start is its best since the '94'-'95 team's 13-0 beginning to a 30-win season. The December 19th win over Saginaw Valley State enabled Stonehill to reach the double-digit mark in the win column for the 29th straight season, as the Skyhawks recorded their 10th victory before the turn of the New Year for the first time since December 1994. Monday's win at Merrimack was Stonehill's 49th in 56 series meetings with the Warriors. Sophomore G Erika Stupinski (Topsham, Maine) tied the Skyhawk single-game record for assists by dishing out 15 helpers in the December 19th win over Saginaw Valley State. Stupinski now shares the record with former Stonehill standouts Chris Donovan and Denise West. Freshman F Kelsey Simonds (Bridgewater, Mass.) scored a career-high 22 points in the win over Saginaw Valley State, while junior G Tiffany Huggins (Stoughton, Mass.) notched her third career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds in Monday's triumph at Merrimack...Stonehill hosts 16th-ranked American International in a showdown for first place in the league standings on Thursday evening in Easton, as both teams enter the contest with identical 11-0 overall and 6-0 Northeast-10 marks. The game will be webcast live and is available at www.stonehillskyhawks.com.
USA TODAY ESPN Top 25 women's basketball poll for January 3, 2006
Jan 3, 2006
USA TODAY ESPN Top 25 women's basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, last weeks rank, current record and total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th.
Rank Institution (First Place Votes) Last Week's Rank Record Points
1. Washburn University (Kan.) (22) 1 13-0 598
2. University of North Dakota - Grand Forks (2) 2 16-0 575
3. Emporia State University (Kan.) 4 13-0 539
4. Drury University (Mo.) 3 11-1 522
5. University Of Charleston (W.Va.) 5 10-0 508
6. Saint Cloud State University (Minn.) 6 14-0 485
7. Glenville State College (W.Va.) 9 8-0 416
8. Henderson State University (Ark.) 8 10-1 399
9. Western Washington University 7 9-1 381
10. Grand Valley State University (Mich.) 10 11-2 380
11. Rollins College (Fla.) 13 9-0 336
12. California State University - Chico 12 8-1 316
13. American International College (Mass.) 16 11-0 306
14. West Texas A&M University 15 9-1 281
15. Lake Superior State University (Mich.) 17 9-2 225
16. Florida Gulf Coast University 20 14-1 178
17. Stonehill College (Mass.) 25 11-0 169
18. Delta State University (Miss.) NR 11-0 155
19. Saint Augustine's College (N.C.) 24 9-1 148
20. University Of Minnesota-Duluth 19 13-2 138
21. Valdosta State University (Ga.) 11 8-3 123
22. Angelo State University (Texas) 22 8-2 109
23. California State University - Bakersfield NR 8-1 93
24. Fairmont State University (W.Va.) 23 7-1 93
25. Seattle Pacific University (Wash.) 14 7-4 59
Dropped Out: Central Missouri State University, Carson-Newman College (Tenn.).
Others Receiving Votes: Clayton College & State University - Morrow 58; Missouri Western State - Saint Joseph 42; North Carolina Central University - Durham 38; Central Missouri State University - Warrensburg 32; Fort Valley State University - Fort Valley 17; Presbyterian College - Clinton 14; Shaw University - Raleigh 14; Pace University - Pleasantville 9; Regis University - Denver 9; Wingate University - Wingate 8; Tusculum College - Greeneville 7; Southern Conn. St. University - New Haven 6; Michigan Tech. University - Houghton 3; Saint Michael's College - Colchester 2; University Of Central Arkansas - Conway 2; Wayne State College - Wayne 2; Wheeling Jesuit University - Wheeling 2; Carson-Newman College - Jefferson City 1; North Georgia College & State University - Dahlonega 1; Ouachita Baptist University - Arkadelphia 1.