https://www.mascac.com en-us https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/Ashton_England Jen Ashton of Beverly is packing her bags to fly to England to begin a new and exciting venture playing professional basketball for the Sheffield Hatters. Tue, 01 Aug 2017 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/Ashton_England https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/Spring_All-Academic A total of 799 student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection to the league’s Spring 2017 All-Academic Team that was released earlier today by Commissioner Angela Baumann. Thu, 29 Jun 2017 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/Spring_All-Academic https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/Female_Scholar_Athlete After having four successful years as a volleyball and basketball student-athlete, Framingham State's Alycia Rackliffe has earned the 2017 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year honor which is determined by the eight Athletic Directors from around the league. Tue, 30 May 2017 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/Female_Scholar_Athlete https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/Winter_Recap Check out this montage of the winter championships from indoor track and field, basketball and men's ice hockey. Tue, 11 Apr 2017 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/Winter_Recap https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/Winter_All-Academic A total of 438 student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection to the league’s Winter 2017 All-Academic Team that was released earlier today by Commissioner Angela Baumann. Wed, 29 Mar 2017 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/Winter_All-Academic https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/2017_Winter_Sportsmanship_Team 29 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) student-athletes have been recognized for their outstanding sportsmanship as members of the 2017 Winter Sportsmanship Team. Wed, 22 Mar 2017 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/2017_Winter_Sportsmanship_Team https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/NEWBA_All-Star_Game Bridgewater State senior forward Jennie Lindland, Framingham State senior center Alycia Rackliffe, MCLA senior forward Kayla Hotaling and Westfield State senior guard Jill Valley have been selected to participate in the 2017 New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) Senior All-Star Classic, which will be held on Saturday, March 25 at Mount Holyoke College's Mildred S. Howard Gymnasium at 2 p.m. Tue, 21 Mar 2017 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/NEWBA_All-Star_Game https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/ECAC_WBB After earning the MASCAC Women's Basketball Rookie of the Year honors, Fitchburg State's Kyra Rose was named the Eastern College Athletic Conference DIII New England Rookie of the Year. Framingham State's Alycia Rackliffe and Raegan Mulherin named to the All-Star team. Fri, 10 Mar 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/ECAC_WBB https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/Howard_C._Smith_Winter Following the end of the winter regular season, Worcester State maintains their lead in the second round of the 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. Tue, 07 Mar 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/Howard_C._Smith_Winter https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_All-C Senior Jill Valley of Westfield State has been named the 2016-17 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. Wed, 01 Mar 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_All-C https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_POW_2-27 The Westfield State duo of Jill Valley and Chelsea Moussette are the MASCAC Women's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week after helping the Owls to the MASCAC Tournament Championship Saturday. Mon, 27 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_POW_2-27 https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/Westfield_NCAA_Tournament Westfield State University's women's basketball team will play at Montclair (N.J.) State University in the opening round of the 2017 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament on Friday, March 3. Mon, 27 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/Westfield_NCAA_Tournament https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_Championship Tournament MVP Jill Valley scored a game high 21 points and delivered a dagger three-pointer late in the 2017 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament championship game as Westfield State University topped Framingham State by an 83-74 final. Sat, 25 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_Championship https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_Semis The Framingham State Rams and Westfield State Owls are moving on to the MASCAC Women's Basketball Tournament title game after winning their exciting semifinal contests on Thursday night. Thu, 23 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_Semis https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/Valley_USWBA Westfield State University's senior guard Jill Valley has been named the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) National Player of the Week, as well as the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) player of the week, and the New England Women's basketball Association (NEWBA) Player of the Week honors. Tue, 21 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/Valley_USWBA https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_QF Bridgewater State and MCLA advance to the MASCAC Women's Basketball Tournament semifinals after winning their respective quarterfinal match-ups on Tuesday night. Tue, 21 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_QF https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_Weekly_Report_2-20 Jill Valley of Westfield State and Kyra Rose of Fitchburg State claim the MASCAC Women's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week honors. Mon, 20 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_Weekly_Report_2-20 https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/Tourney_Preview For the second straight year, the Westfield State Owls claim the number one seed in the 2017 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament which begins on Tuesday with the quarterfinal round. Sat, 18 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/Tourney_Preview https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_POW_2-13 Norma Waggett of Salem State and Catherine Sweeney of Worcester State claim the MASCAC Women's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week honors. Mon, 13 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_POW_2-13 https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_POW_2-6 Raegan Mulherin of Framingham State and Catherine Sweeney of Worcester State take home the MASCAC Women's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week honors. Mon, 06 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_POW_2-6 https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/ECAC-NEWBA_Honors_2-2 The duo of Alycia Rackliffe of Framingham State and Kyra Rose of Fitchburg State earned Eastern College Athletic Conference and New England Women's Basketball Association Player and Rookie of the Week accolades. Thu, 02 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/ECAC-NEWBA_Honors_2-2 https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_POW_1-30 Alycia Rackliffe of Framingham State and Kyra Rose of Fitchburg State claim the MASCAC Women's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week honors. Mon, 30 Jan 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_POW_1-30 https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/ECAC_POW_1-25 Freshman guard Kyra Rose was recently selected Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) DIII New England Women's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week as announced by the conference office on Wednesday afternoon. Thu, 26 Jan 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/ECAC_POW_1-25 https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_Weekly_Report_1-23 For the second straight week, the duo of Westfield State's Jill Valley and Fitchburg State's Kyra Rose take home the MASCAC Women's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week honors. Mon, 23 Jan 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_Weekly_Report_1-23 https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_Weekly_Report_1-16 Jill Valley of Westfield State and Kyra Rose of Fitchburg State earn the MASCAC Women's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week accolades. Mon, 16 Jan 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_Weekly_Report_1-16 https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/Rose_ECAC Freshman Kyra Rose was tabbed the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III New England Corvias Women's Basketball Rookie of the Week as announced by the league office on Tuesday afternoon. Tue, 10 Jan 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/Rose_ECAC https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_POW_1-9 Kaitlyn Berkel of Worcester State claims her first MASCAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week honor while Kyra Rose of Fitchburg State earns her fifth Rookie of the Week accolade of the season. Mon, 09 Jan 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_POW_1-9 https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/Worcester_State_Spain The Worcester State women's basketball team returned home this week after spending some time abroad over winter break last week. Thu, 05 Jan 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/Worcester_State_Spain https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_POW_1-2 Kayla Hotaling of MCLA and Kyra Rose of Fitchburg State claim the first MASCAC Women's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week honors of the new year. Mon, 02 Jan 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/WBB_POW_1-2 https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/MASCAC_Made/Bertini_MASCAC_Made At a young age, she knew coaching was in her future. Andrea Bertini, head women’s basketball coach for Westfield State, got her start competing in a basketball league in her hometown of Salem, Mass. It was there that not only her love of the game would begin, but her distaste for bad officiating. Wed, 21 Dec 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/MASCAC_Made/Bertini_MASCAC_Made