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Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball PSAC Basketball Contact: Matt Beltz Office: (570) 484-2884 Cell: (570) 660-8215 PSAC Women’s Basketball Weekly Release - January 19, 2009 Fax: (570) 484-2206 Email: [email protected] www.psacsports.org 2008-09 Conference and Overall Standings (through games of 1-18) Eastern Division Western Division PSAC East Overall PSAC West Overall W L Pct. H A W L Pct. H A N W L Pct. H A W L Pct. H A N Kutztown 2 01.000 1-0 1-0 12 3 .800 5-2 7-1 0-0 IUP 2 01.000 1-0 1-0 13 2 .867 8-0 2-2 3-0 Cheyney 2 01.000 1-0 1-0 7 4 .700 3-0 3-4 1-0 California (Pa.) 2 01.000 1-0 1-0 13 2 .867 7-0 5-1 1-1 West Chester 2 01.000 2-0 0-0 10 5 .667 7-2 1-3 2-0 Gannon 1 1 .500 1-0 0-1 13 2 .867 6-1 5-1 2-0 Shippensburg 2 01.000 1-0 1-0 8 7 .533 5-2 3-5 0-0 Edinboro 1 1 .500 1-0 0-1 10 5 .667 5-1 2-3 3-1 Millersville 0 2 .000 0-0 0-2 11 4 .733 4-1 4-3 3-0 Mercyhurst 1 1 .500 1-0 0-1 7 8 .467 4-1 3-5 0-2 Bloomsburg 0 2 .000 0-1 0-1 8 7 .533 6-4 2-3 0-0 Slippery Rock 1 1 .500 1-0 0-1 6 9 .400 3-2 2-6 1-1 East Stroudsburg 0 2 .000 0-1 0-1 7 8 .467 4-3 3-4 0-1 Clarion 0 2 .000 0-1 0-1 5 9 .357 3-4 2-3 0-2 Mansfield 0 2 .000 0-1 0-1 4 11 .267 1-4 2-5 1-2 Lock Haven 0 2 .000 0-1 0-1 3 12 .200 2-5 1-6 0-1 This Week’s Schedule November 18 January 19 East Player: Melissa McQuade, F, Kutztown East Player: Lauren Beckley, F, Shippensburg Wednesday, January 21 East Freshman: Erin Varley, G, Shippensburg East Freshman: Kelsey Gallagher, F, Bloomsburg California (Pa.) at Clarion West Player: Samantha Reimer, G, Edinboro West Player: Kayla Smith, F, California (Pa.) Bloomsburg at East Stroudsburg West Freshman: Renee’ Brown, F, Edinboro West Freshman: Micki Cerchiaro, F, Edinboro West Chester at Cheyney Mansfield at Kutztown November 24 January 26 East Player: Colleen Kegerreis, C, Bloomsburg East Player: Lock Haven at IUP East Freshman: Gabrielle Styles, F, Millersville East Freshman: Slippery Rock at Gannon West Player: Sasha Sales, G, Slippery Rock West Player: Mercyhurst at Edinboro West Freshman: Micki Cerchiaro, F, Edinboro West Freshman: Shippensburg at Millersville December 2 February 2 Saturday, January 24 East Player: Jackie Yandrisevits, G, East Stroudsburg East Player: Gannon at IUP East Freshman: Kelsey Gallagher, F, Bloomsburg East Freshman: West Chester at Mansfield West Player: Jahzinga Tracey, G, IUP West Player: West Freshman: Micki Cerchiaro, F, Edinboro West Freshman: Mercyhurst at Lock Haven Kutztown at Shippensburg December 8 February 9 Cheyney at East Stroudsburg East Player: Melissa McQuade, F, Kutztown East Player: Millersville at Bloomsburg East Freshman: Kelsey Gallagher, F, Bloomsburg East Freshman: Clarion at Slippery Rock West Player: Jahzinga Tracey, G, IUP West Player: Edinboro at California (Pa.) West Freshman: Caitlyn Lowe, G, Gannon West Freshman: * All games above are PSAC Divisional games December 15 February 16 East Player: Jackie Yandrisevits, G, East Stroudsburg East Player: East Freshman: No Nominees East Freshman: West Player: Samantha Loadman, G, Mercyhurst West Player: West Freshman: Renee’ Brown, F, Edinboro West Freshman: December 22 February 23 East Player: Colleen Kegerreis, C, Bloomsburg East Player: East Freshman: Kelsey Gallagher, F, Bloomsburg East Freshman: West Player: Carrie Nolan, G, Gannon West Player: West Freshman: Renee’ Brown, F, Edinboro West Freshman: January 5 March 2 East Player: Angel Stephens, F, Cheyney East Player: East Freshman: Mallory Moore, F, Mansfield East Freshman: West Player: Brooque Williams, G, California (Pa.) West Player: West Freshman: Renee’ Brown, F, Edinboro West Freshman: January 12 East Player: Jackie Yandrisevits, G, East Stroudsburg East Freshman: Allison Hostetter, G, West Chester West Player: Brooque Williams, G, California (Pa.) West Freshman: Renee’ Brown, F, Edinboro PSAC Team Notes PSAC Players of the Week - Jan. 19 Bloomsburg Huskies PSAC East Player of the Week The Huskies dropped both games it played last week by identical 71-70 marks and both games in OT ... Lauren Beckley, Shippensburg The OT games were the first for Bloomsburg since Jan. 11, 2004 when the Huskies beat Clarion ... Colleen F, Jr., Fairfield, Pa./Fairfield Beckley earns her first PSAC East Player of the Week Kegerreis had two more double-doubles this week giving her nine for the season. A year ago she had 14 award of the season after averaging 32.5 points, 13.5 for the Huskies. Kegerreis has now scored 1,174 points in her career and is now ninth in career scoring at rebounds and shooting 63.6 percent from the floor (21- Bloomsburg ... Monica Dennison tied her season with nine rebounds in the game with Cheyney ... Senior of-33) last week as she helped lead Shippensburg to Kelly Joyce had a career-high seven assists in the game with West Chester. wins over Mansfield and East Stroudsburg, helping the Red Raiders snap out of a losing streak. She also hit California Vulcans 8-of-11 from the three-point line (72.7 percent) and 15- Cal U extended its win streak to seven games last week with wins over Gannon and Lock Haven in the start of-18 from the free throw line (83.3 percent) for the of PSAC West play … The Vulcans have won 11 of their last 12 games … Cal U holds a perfect 7-0 mark week. She recorded her seventh and eighth double- at Hamer Hall this season … Junior guard Brooque Williams has registered double-doubles in seven- doubles of the year, going for 31 points and 13 straight games … She is one of only four players in NCAA Division II to average both 20 points and 10 rebounds vs. Mansfield and 34 points and 14 boards vs. ESU. rebounds per game … Sophomore forward Kayla scored a career-high 31 points in a second-half come- back against Lock Haven … She scored 22 of her 31 points in the second half … The Vulcans trailed the PSAC East Freshman of the Week Bald Eagles by 11 points before out-scoring Lock Haven by a 48-22 margin in the final 20 minutes … Cal Kelsey Gallagher, Bloomsburg U has won 17-straight games against Lock Haven dating back to the 1999-2000 season. G, Fr., East Stroudsburg, Pa./ES South Gallagher averaged 19.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.5 Cheyney Wolves assists in a pair of one-point overtime losses for the Angel Stephens netted a career high 20 points as she recorded her seventh double double of the season Huskies last week. This marks her fourth PSAC East to lead Cheyney to a 65-49 win over Mansfield ... Stephens has tallied in double figures every game this Freshman of the Week award of the year. She went for season ... The Cheyney stifling defense limited the Mountaineers to only three field goals the second half 13 points, four boards and four assists against (3-29) and 25% on the afternoon ... Earlier in the week, Cheyney overcame a 14 point first half deficit to out Cheyney on Wednesday and then scored a career- high 26 points and added four boards and three assists last Bloomsburg 71-70 in overtime ... Senior Martina Randall came off the bench to pace the Lady Wolves vs. West Chester. She also shot an impressive 46.7 with a season high 17 points ... The Wolves face cross town rival West Chester on Wednesday night before percent from the three-point line (7-of-15) on the week. traveling to East Stroudsburg on Saturday ... Last season Cheyney defeated the Golden Rams for the first time in 17 years ... The contest will also be a rematch of the PSAC Tournament quarterfinal match-up from PSAC West Player of the Week a year ago. Kayla Smith, California (Pa.) F, So., Elkins, W.Va./Elkins Clarion Golden Eagles Smith earns her first PSAC West Player of the Week Katrina Greer, a senior shooting guard, moved into seventh in school history in scoring Saturday when she award of the year and marks the third straight week scored 13 in a loss at Gannon. That gives her 1,225 points passing Jeannine Tyler (1989-92) for seventh. that a Vulcan has been honored as the Western Division Player of the Week, following her teammate Tyler had 1,219 career points. Greer is now 19 points shy of tying former teammate Jessica Albanese (2005- Brooque Williams, who earned the award the last two 08; 1,244 points) for sixth all-time. She is also 75 points shy of becoming the sixth player in school history weeks. Smith averaged a double-double with 26 points with 1,300 career tallies … Junior forward Sara Pratt (109 career blocks) is seven blocks shy of tying Cheryl and 10 rebounds and also added 2.5 assists, 3.0 Bansek (1986-89) for second at Clarion in career blocks with 116. Carlita Jones is the school-record hold- blocks and 2.5 steals in wins over Gannon and Lock er with 253.