February 19, 2001

Winning the women's Player of the Week honor is New Paltz's Sonya Mkoloma (London, England/Burlington Danes).

Mkoloma, a 6'1” junior, has been a steady performer all season for the New Paltz Hawks. Friday night against Potsdam she matched the NCAA (all divisions) season-best total of 10 blocked shots, to become one of just three Division III players to achieve that feat. Amazingly, this is Mkoloma's first season of basketball, though she played a similar sport, netball, extensively in her native England. New Paltz finished the regular season with a 9-11 SUNYAC record to earn the seventh seed in the SUNYAC Tournament. They face off against second seed Cortland Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.

February 12, 2001

Winning the women's Player of the Week honor is Oneonta's Patti Schroh (Ossining, NY/Ossining).

Schroh and her Oneonta teammates continued their winning ways last week after defeating Brockport (73-46) and Geneseo (79-60) which increased their winning streak to 18 straight games. The 5'11” senior forward averaged 15.5 points, 13.0 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per-game for the Red Dragons. Oneonta was ranked 17^th by D3 Hoops in polls released last Tuesday. With only three conference games remaining before the SUNYAC Tournament, Oneonta must win all three in order to have a chance at the number one seed.

February 5, 2001

Winning the women's Player of the Week honor for the second time this season is Oneonta's Paula Polce (Trumansburgh, NY/Charles O. Dickerson).

Polce and the Oneonta Red Dragons enjoyed a successful week winning all three of their SUNYAC contests. The 5'10” senior forward averaged 26.3 points-per-game, sinking 28 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in Oneonta's win against previously undefeated Cortland State. Oneonta tied a school record with 16 consecutive wins after last weeks wins over Cortland (76-64), Fredonia (64-56), and Buffalo St. (66-56). Polce leads the SUNYAC in scoring (19.5 PPG) and averages 7.1 rebounds per-game. Oneonta is currently 14-1 in the conference and 18-1 overall.

January 29, 2001

Winning the women's Player of the Week honor for the second time this season is Cortland's Kate Smith (Poughkeepsie, NY/Roy C. Ketcham).

Smith averaged 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 3.3 blocks per game last week as the Red Dragon's continue to dominate SUNYAC play. Tuesday night Smith registered 22 points and grabbed six rebounds in an 80-45 win over Utica/Rome. The senior center had eight points and eight boards on Friday night and went on to record her eighth double-double of the season with 18 points and 16 rebounds in Cortland's 69-46 win over Plattsburgh on Saturday. The Red Dragons are currently 14-0 in the conference and 17-0 overall and were ranked 5^th in Division III by D3 Hoops in last Tuesday's poll.

January 22, 2001

Winning the women's Player of the Week honor is Fredonia's Renee Harpster (Grand Island, NY/Holy Angels).

Harpster, a 5'4” guard, averaged 21 points-per-game during a week in which the Blue Devils went 2-0 in conference play. The senior captain sunk four three-point baskets in Fredonia's 81-52 win over Brockport, finishing with 25 points, four rebounds, eight assists, two steals and two blocks. Harpster went on to score 17 points and grab six rebounds in the Blue Devils 64-60 win over Utica/Rome on Saturday. Harpster leads her team in scoring, averaging 14.5 points-per-game. She also leads the SUNYAC in steals with 4.5 per-game. The Blue Devils have won their last five contests to improve their SUNYAC standings to 6-4 (8-5 overall).

January 15, 2001

Winning the women's Player of the Week is New Paltz's Britni Bishop (Staten Island, NY, St. Peters).

Bishop, a 5'4” freshman guard, continued her solid play this past week and was a key contributor in New Paltz's wins over Oswego 65-55 and Utica/Rome 65-49. She scored a career-high 23 points twice in the Hawks win over Oswego and their 65-82 loss to Cortland. She was 11 for 20 averaging 55% from the three-point range. Bishop currently averages 14 points-per-game. New Paltz is currently 5-5 in the conference.

January 8, 2001

Sharing the women's Player of the Week honors are Oneonta's Robyn Watson (Endicott, NY/Whitney Point) and Cortland's Kate Smith (Poughkeepsie, NY/Roy C. Ketcham).

Watson, a senior guard, averaged 17 points and six assists-per-game last week. She went four-for-four from the line in Oneonta's 58-47 win against Potsdam on Friday. Watson continued her success in Saturday's 80-66 win over Plattsburgh, netting 18 points, dishing out five assists, and three steals. Oneonta is currently 7-1 in SUNYAC and 9-1 overall.

Smith, a 6'5” senior center, shot 71% from the field scoring a career-high 30 points in Cortland's 73-61 win over Geneseo on Saturday. She also blocked five shots (a season-high) and grabbed 11 boards to record her fifth double-double of the season. The Red Dragons are 9-0 on the season and are currently ranked 9^th in Division III.

December 11, 2000

Winning the women's honor is Plattsburgh's Heidi Gifford (North Central, NY/North Central).

Gifford, a 5'11" senior forward, went 18-32 from the field and grabbed 37 rebounds this past week as Plattsburgh went 2-1 in conference play. In all three contests, Gifford had double-double games. In Plattsburgh's win over Brockport (67-61), Gifford had 17 points, 13 rebounds, six assists, eight steals, and two blocks. She currently leads two of the conference's statistical categories with a .642 field-goal-percentage (34 of 53 attempts) and four steals per-game (28 in seven games). Gifford also leads her team in rebounds, grabbing 74.

December 4, 2000

Winning the women's honor is Paula Polce (Trumansburgh, NY/Charles O. Dickerson).

The 5'11” senior forward had three straight 20-plus point games last week including game-high 29 points against Cortland. She is also averaging 6.6 rebounds-per-game. Polce is currently the SUNYAC's leading scorer with 117 points in five games. Oneonta went 2-1 on the road last week defeating Geneseo 63-61 and Brockport 61-57 and losing to Cortland 61-70.

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