NESCAC Women's Basketball All-Conference Selections Announced
Bates' Zurek Honored as
Player of the Year
HADLEY, Mass. - Bates senior forward Olivia Zurek was named NESCAC
Women’s Basketball Player of the Year in a vote by conference
coaches. A first team selection last year, Zurek led the league in
scoring and rebounding with 16.7 points and 9.8 boards per game.
Among the league leaders in steals (2.85 per game) and field goal
percentage (50.1%), the senior has led Bates to a 24-2 record and
an NCAA at-large tournament berth.
Bowdoin won their fifth consecutive
NESCAC title with two NESCAC first team selections leading the way.
Junior forward Justine Pouravelis, who was also named the NESCAC
Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight season, ranks
second in the conference averaging 1.5 blocked shots and 2.65
steals per game while hitting 52.9% of her attempts from the field.
Eileen Flaherty, last season’s Rookie of the Year, was also a
first team honoree. The sophomore forward led the 24-2 Polar Bears
with 15.6 points per game as Bowdoin advanced to their sixth
consecutive NCAA tournament.
Rounding out the first team
selections are two juniors, Williams’ Colleen Hession, and
Wesleyan’s Hannah Stubbs. Hession, who averaged 15.8 points
per game for the Ephs from her guard spot, was the league’s
best at the free throw line connecting at an 88.4% clip while
averaging over two 3-pointers made per contest. Stubbs, who ranks
fourth nationally in field goal percentage 62.0%, scored 16.4
points with 8.2 boards per game leading Wesleyan to an at-large
berth in the NCAA Tournament.
Freshman guard Sarah Barton of
Bates and freshman forward Matia Kostakis of Amherst share NESCAC
Rookie of the Year honors. Barton led the league in assists
averaging 4.58 per game while posting a 1.43 assist to turnover
ratio along with 52 steals this season. Kostakis ranked second in
the conference on both the offensive and defensive backboards
averaging 9.8 rebounds per game and ranked third in blocked shots
with 34 on the season.
Bates coach Jim Murphy was voted
NESCAC Coach of the Year by his peers. In his ten years as head
coach at Bates, he has compiled a 181-71 record. Bates, ranked
third in the nation with a 24-2 record on the season, has a first
round bye in the NCAA Tournament and will face Emmanuel on March 5
in Lewiston.
NESCAC all-conference selections
are determined in a vote by the conference coaches. Additional
players honored are due to ties in the voting.
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2004-05
NESCAC Women's Basketball All-Conference
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| First
Team
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School
| Yr.
| Hometown
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| F
| Eileen Flaherty
| Bowdoin
| So.
| Fairfield, Conn.
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| Colleen Hession
| Williams
| Jr.
| Northampton, Mass.
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| F
| Justine Pouravelis
| Bowdoin
| Jr.
| Old Orchard Beach, Maine
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| Hannah Stubbs
| Wesleyan
| Jr.
| Arlington, Va.
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| F
| Olivia Zurek
| Bates
| Sr.
| Arlington, Mass.
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| Second Team
| School
| Yr.
| Hometown
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| Wendy Bonner
| Colby
| Sr.
| Lexington, Mass.
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| Elyse Carlson
| Middlebury
| Sr.
| Braintree, Mass.
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| Meg Coffin
| Bates
| So.
| Westford, Mass.
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| Allison Love
| Tufts
| Sr.
| Duxbury, Mass.
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| Maggie Miller
| Williams
| So.
| Wellesley, Mass.
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| Player of the Year
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| Olivia Zurek
| Bates
| Sr.
| Arlington, Mass.
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| Defensive Player of the
Year
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F
| Justine Pouravelis
| Bowdoin
| Jr.
| Old Orchard Beach, Maine
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| Co-Rookies of the Year
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| Sarah Barton
| Bates
| Fy.
| Portsmouth, N.H.
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| Matia Kostakis
| Amherst
| Fy.
| Andover, Mass.
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| Coach of the Year
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| Jim Murphy
| Bates
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