Women's Basketball

NESCAC Women's Basketball Weekly Release - Feb. 19, 2024

NESCAC Player of the Week
Sydney Jones – Bowdoin – Jr. – G – Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Jones scored a game-high 25 points, including 11 in the opening period as the Polar Bears built a 17-point first-quarter lead, en route to a 78-60 win over Tufts in the NESCAC Quarterfinals on Saturday. Jones posted a double-double, adding 10 boards, five assists, and no turnovers while shooting 66 percent (10-for-15) from the field. Additionally, with a 3-pointer three minutes into the contest, Jones became the 20th player in Bowdoin women's basketball history to surpass 1,000 career points. 

NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
AmherstMaya Cwalina (Middle Village, N.Y.) scored a team-high 16 points while grabbing six rebounds, blocking three shots, and coming up with two steals in a NESCAC Quarterfinal loss to Middlebury. The junior shot 6-of-9 from the field and 4-of-6 from the free-throw line.

BatesElsa Daulerio (Harpswell, Maine) tallied 16 points, a game-high nine rebounds, two assists, a game-high four blocks, and three steals in a 66-50 win over Hamilton in the NESCAC Quarterfinals on Saturday for the Bobcats. The sophomore ranks second in the NESCAC with 2.1 blocked shots per game, and the Bobcats (21-4) are averaging six blocks per game as a team, eighth-most in NCAA Division III this season.

Bowdoin – Junior Sydney Jones (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) scored a game-high 25 points, including 11 in the opening period as the Polar Bears built a 17-point first-quarter lead, en route to a 78-60 win over Tufts in the NESCAC Quarterfinals on Saturday. Jones posted a double-double, adding 10 boards, five assists, and no turnovers while shooting 66 percent (10-for-15) from the field. Additionally, with a 3-pointer three minutes into the contest, Jones became the 20th player in Bowdoin women's basketball history to surpass 1,000 career points. 

Colby – First-year Kate Olenik (Medfield, Mass.) completed her first season as a Mule ranked fifth in the NESCAC with 15.3 ppg. The guard scored in double-digits in all but two games and led Colby in scoring, assists, and steals.   

Hamilton – Rookie Kendall Harris (Chapel Hill, N.C.) scored a team-high 17 points and tied a season-best with three blocked shots in a 66-50 setback at Bates in a NESCAC Quarterfinal. Harris added five rebounds and three steals.

Middlebury – Junior Alexa Mustafaj (Yonkers, N.Y.) became Middlebury’s all-time leading scorer on Saturday, helping the Panthers top Amherst, 59-48, in NESCAC Quarterfinal action. With 18 points, the junior has 1,606 for her career, surpassing previous record-holder and Hall of Famer Sladja Kovijanic’s mark of 1,602 set over three decades ago (1993). Mustafaj also moved into third place in single-season points, totaling 567 this winter. 

TrinityAvery Marzo (Shrewsbury, Mass.) led Trinity with a career-high 12 points in a NESCAC Quarterfinal victory over visiting Colby, 51-35. The rookie added five rebounds and handed out one assist. Marzo shot 54 percent from the field for the game.