2015-16 Women's Basketball News
A total of 854 student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection to the league’s Spring 2016 All-Academic Team that was released earlier today by Commissioner Angela Baumann.
375 student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection to the league’s Winter 2016 All-Academic Team that was released earlier today by Commissioner Angela Baumann.
Westfield State University junior guard Jill Valley was named to both the D3hoops.com 2016 women's All-Northeast Region second team and to the All-Region second team, which was put out by the New England Women's Basketball Association.
29 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) student-athletes have been recognized for their outstanding sportsmanship as members of the 2016 Winter Sportsmanship Team.
Five Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference student-athletes have been recognized by the Eastern College Athletic Conference with weekly accolades in men's and women's basketball and men's and women's indoor track and field.
Following the completion of the winter regular season, Westfield State retains the lead in the 2015-16 Howard C. Smith Cup standings. The Smith Cup is awarded annually to the member institution which compiles the most points based on the placement of each of its programs competing in the 15 league championship sports.
After earning an automatic NCAA Division III bid by winning the MASCAC Tournament, the Westfield State Owls women's baskeball team will travel to Bowdoin, Maine for an opening round matchup with host Bowdoin College on Friday, March 4 at a time to be determined.
After helping the Owls to the MASCAC Women's Basketball Tournament Championship, Westfield State's Forbasaw Nkamebo and Kierra McCarthy are the MASCAC Women's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week.
Westfield State claims the 2016 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament Championship with the 92-86 win over Framingham State.
The Framingham State Rams and Westfield State Owls are set to meet in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship game on Saturday after winning their respective semifinal contests Thursday night.
Junior Jill Valley of Westfield State has been named the 2015-16 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Year and heads the All-Conference team which is voted on by the seven coaches around the conference.
After winning their respective quarterfinal games on Tuesday night, Bridgewater State and MCLA have advanced to the semifinal round of the MASCAC Women's Basketball Tournament on Thursday.
Forbasaw Nkamebo of Westfield State and Sara DaSilva of Bridgewater State are the final MASCAC Women's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week of the regular season.
The Westfield State Owls women’s basketball team has earned the top seed in next week’s Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament that begins on Tuesday, February 23 with the quarterfinal round.
Jennie Lindland of Bridgewater State and Britt Herring of Worcester State have earned the MASCAC Women's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week honors.
Three Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference student-athletes received weekly honors from the Eastern College Athletic Conference as announced by the organization this week.
