2009-10 Women's Basketball
Players of the Week

Name
School
Date Announced
Jessica Laing Cortland March 2
Jessica Laing Cortland February 22
Micki Volpini Cortland February 16
Jessica Laing Cortland February 8
Cortney Poirier Potsdam February 1
Jessica Laing Cortland January 25
Jessica Laing Cortland January 18
Jessica Laing Cortland January 11
Kayla Ryan Oswego January 4
Alyssa Kinney Buffalo St. December 14
Jessica Laing Cortland December 7
Kristen Caban New Paltz November 30
Jessica Laing Cortland November 23
Whitney Smith Brockport November 16

March 2
Jessica Laing, Cortland Senior Forward (Bloomville/South Kortright)
Laing was named tournament Most Valuable Player. She scored 15 points and grabbed 16 rebounds as Cortland won the SUNYAC women's basketball tournament with a 51-45 victory over New Paltz.

February 22
Jessica Laing, Cortland Senior Forward (Bloomville/South Kortright)
Laing scored 22 points and grabbed 17 rebounds as Cortland won at Oneonta, 70-60, to clinch the SUNYAC regular-season title. She added 16 points in a win at Buffalo State and recorded her 20th double-double of the season with 15 points and 10 rebounds in a victory at Fredonia.

February 16
Micki Volpini, Cortland Sophomore Guard (Newfield/Newfield)
Volpini averaged 22.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.5 steals per game in two Cortland home victories. She scored 16 points and added five rebounds, four assists and four steals in a win over Potsdam Friday. The next day, she registered career-highs of 29 points and seven steals and tied her career best with nine rebounds in a win over Plattsburgh. She shot 50 percent from the field both overall and from three-point range.

February 8
Jessica Laing, Cortland Senior Forward (Bloomville/South Kortright)
Laing averaged 23.5 points and 13.5 rebounds per game and became the all-time career scoring leader in SUNYAC women's basketball history during a 2-0 week. She opened the week with 18 points and 13 rebounds in a 12-point win at New Paltz. She then scored 29 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in a win over Oswego, in the process becoming the SUNYAC's career scoring leader with 1,981 points. Laing has 16 double-doubles in 20 games this season.

February 1
Cortney Poirier, Potsdam Senior Guard (Moira/Brushton-Moira)
Poirier was huge for the Bears this week as she twice led the team in scoring. She averaged 25.7 points, 9 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 3.3 steals on the week. She had double-doubles in back-to-back games including a career high 37 points in a 66-60 win over New Paltz on Friday. She also passed the 1500 point mark for her career.

January 25
Jessica Laing, Cortland Senior Forward (Bloomville/South Kortright)
Laing averaged 23 points and 12 rebounds per game in two Cortland home victories. She recorded 22 points and 16 rebounds for her 12th double-double of the season in a 79-60 win vs. Fredonia, followed by 24 points and eight rebounds in a 74-47 victory over Buffalo State. Laing leads the SUNYAC with 19.5 points and 12.3 rebounds per contest.

January 18
Jessica Laing, Cortland Senior Forward (Bloomville/South Kortright)
Laing led Cortland to three convincing league victories during the week, averaging 22.3 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal per contest. She scored 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in an 87-60 win vs. New Paltz. In a 77-58 win at Plattsburgh, she made a career-high six three-pointers and finished with 28 points and 10 rebounds for her 11th double-double of the season. She wrapped the week with 14 points and nine boards in a 71-37 victory at Potsdam.

January 11
Jessica Laing, Cortland Senior Forward (Bloomville/South Kortright)
Laing recorded a pair of double-doubles in Cortland's road wins at Clarkson and Oswego. She scored 22 points and matched her career high with 18 rebounds at Clarkson and finished with 20 points and 11 rebounds at Oswego. On the week, Laing shot 50% from the field, 57% from 3-point land and 92% from the line. She has registered double-doubles in nine of Cortland's first 10 games this season and leads the Red Dragons with 18 points and 13.1 rebounds per contest.

January 4
Kayla Ryan, Oswego Sophomore Forward (Schaghticoke/Hoosick Valley)
Ryan scored a career-high 33 points to help the Lakers defeat Cazenovia 66-55. Ryan's 14 field goals (14/19, .737%) tied for the third-highest single game total by an Oswego State women's basketball player. In addition to her 33 points, Ryan added 12 rebounds for her third double-double of the season.

December 14
Alyssa Kinney, Buffalo State Senior Freshman (Bellport/Bellport)
Kinney led the Bengals to back-to-back victories by averaging 13 points, 9 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.5 steals on the week. She recorded a double-double against Albany Pharmacy with 11 points and 10 rebounds.

December 7
Jessica Laing, Cortland Senior Forward (Bloomville/South Kortright)
Laing averaged 15.7 points and 12.0 rebounds per game in a 2-1 week. She surpassed the career 1,000-rebound mark with her 17-rebound effort in a win at Ithaca. Laing missed her sixth straight double-double to start the season by one rebound with her 10-point, 9-rebound effort in a win against Brockport.

November 30
Kristen Caban, New Paltz Senior Guard (Staten Island/St. Joseph Hill)
Caban led the Hawks to a non-conference win over Lehman College on 4-of-5 shooting from behind the 3-point line. She finished the game with 18 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals - and shot .545 from the field, .800 from 3-point land and .667 from the free throw line.

November 23
Jessica Laing, Cortland Senior Forward (Bloomville/South Kortright)
Laing recorded three double-doubles in a 2-1 week for the Red Dragons. She was named to the all-tournament team at the Kean University Cougar Tip-Off Tournament after registering 10 points and 17 rebounds in a three-point loss to Ithaca and 26 points and 12 rebounds in a victory over Husson University. Laing became Cortland's career rebounding leader in the Ithaca game (she now has 985 career rebounds).

November 16
Whitney Smith, Brockport Senior Forward (Webster/Webster-Thomas)
Smith had a game high 21 points in the Golden Eagles loss to St. Lawrence. In addition, she finished the game with 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals.





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