2023-24 AMCC Women's Basketball News
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BEHREND REMAINS IN PRESIDENTS CUP LEAD AFTER WINTER SPORTS SEASON
April 05, 2024After a strong winter sports season for Penn State Behrend, the Lions remain in the lead for the AMCC Presidents Cup title. -
CARLOW WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NAMED TEAM PEAK PERFORMER
April 03, 2024On Day 2 of D3 Week, we salute our Team Peak Performers of 2023-24.
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D3 WEEK DAY 1: AMCC ANNOUNCES WINTER SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM
April 01, 2024All institution sport teams which compete for an AMCC championship may select one member from their team who displays good sportsmanship throughout the season to be a member of the All-AMCC Sportsmanship Team.
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12 AMCC STUDENT-ATHLETES EARN CSC ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT HONORS
March 27, 2024The AMCC saw 12 men's and women's basketball student-athletes earn CSC Academic All-District team honors.
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KOSMCK, HAIRSTON PICK UP WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-REGION HONORS
March 13, 2024Mount Aloysius College freshman forward Molly Kosmak and La Roche University senior forward Machia Hairston each earned another postseason honor, as they were both recognized on the D3hoops.com All-Region 7 Team, announced by D3hoops.com on Tuesday.
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NO. 11 CATHOLIC HOLDS OFF BEHREND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL IN NCAA FIRST ROUND
March 01, 2024The Penn State Behrend (19-8) women's basketball team fell 71-55 to 11th-ranked Catholic University (26-2) in the first round of the NCAA Championships on Friday night.
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HAIRSTON, KOSMACK EARN TOP HONORS AS WBB ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM IS RELEASED
February 27, 2024La Roche University senior guard Machia Hairston has been named the 2024 AMCC Women's Basketball Player of the Year.
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BEHREND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TRAVELS TO W&L FOR NCAA FIRST ROUND
February 26, 2024The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team will battle No. 10 Catholic University on Friday, March 1 in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament held at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.
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BEHREND EARNS UPSET VICTORY IN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
February 24, 2024Second seed Penn State Behrend upset top-seed and defending AMCC Champion La Roche University 73-54 to earn their third overall AMCC women's basketball title, and their first in twenty years.
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#1 LA ROCHE, #2 PENN STATE BEHREND TO MEET IN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FINAL
February 23, 2024#1 La Roche University and #2 Penn State Behrend each earned semifinal victories in the AMCC women's basketball championship tournament on Friday afternoon to advance to the championship game on Saturday.
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#3 PENN STATE ALTOONA, #5 MOUNT ALOYSIUS WOMEN EARN FIRST ROUND VICTORIES
February 20, 2024#3 Penn State Altoona routed #6 Pitt-Bradford 94-50 in women's basketball first round action, while #5 Mount Aloysius College earned the 88-73 upset victory over #4 Pitt-Greensburg to advance to the semifinal round of the AMCC championship tournament, which will be played Friday afternoon at La Roche University.
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LA ROCHE WOMEN LOCK IN TOP SEED FOR WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
February 19, 2024With a 17-0 record in conference play, the La Roche University women's basketball team has once again claimed the AMCC regular season title and hosting rights for the final four slated for this weekend.
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Machia Hairston, La Roche University, Women's Basketball
February 19, 2024Hairston ended the season with another pair of quality performances, helping lead La Roche to a 2-0 mark and second consecutive perfect AMCC regular season. In Wednesday's 90-48 victory over Carlow, Hairston put together a stat line of 17 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three steals. She followed that outing in Saturday's 89-64 victory over Penn State Altoona with 19 points, 14 rebounds (10 offensive), five more assists, a steal and a block. For the week, she averaged 18 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and two steals.
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AMCC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: MOUNT ALOYSIUS @ PITT-GREENSBURG
February 13, 2024The final AMCC women's basketball Game of the Week features 8-7 Mount Aloysius College at 9-7 Pitt-Greensburg.
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Melina Maietta, Pitt-Greensburg, Women's Basketball
February 12, 2024Maietta averaged 23 points over two games with a week-high of 29 coming against first place La Roche. She also had a season-high average of 5.0 assists per game, good enough for a 1.1 assist/turnover ratio. She shot over 48 percent from the floor on the week and close to 43 percent from behind the arc.
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Morgan Altavilla, Penn State Behrend, Women's Basketball
February 05, 2024Altavilla averaged 27.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists, and 2.0 steals in two AMCC games last week. She led the Lions in scoring each game, dropping 29 vs. La Roche, while also contributing eight rebounds, six assists and one steal in that game. Altavilla then recorded 26 points, another eight rebounds, three assists, and three steals in a win over Pitt-Bradford. Altavilla went 8-for-11 (72.7%) from three-point range on the week, including a career-high six triples vs. the Panthers.
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AMCC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: PENN STATE BEHREND @ LA ROCHE
January 30, 2024The AMCC Women's Basketball Game of the Week features a showdown of the top two teams in the conference as Penn State Behrend travels to La Roche University on Wednesday evening.
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Morgan Altavilla, Penn State Behrend, Women's Basketball
January 29, 2024Altavilla shot 62.5 percent from the floor, averaging 28.5 points per game in a pair of AMCC wins this week. She went 15-for-22 against Mt. Aloysius for a new career-high 36 points. She also added nine assists and four steals against the Mounties. Altavilla also averaged 8.5 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals on the week.
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MOUNTIES' KOSMACK NAMED TO D3HOOPS.COM TEAM OF THE WEEK
January 23, 2024On Tuesday, Mount Aloysius College Women’s Basketball freshman forward Molly Kosmack was selected to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.
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AMCC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: CARLOW @ PENN STATE BEHREND
January 22, 2024The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team hosts Carlow University in the AMCC Women's Basketball Game of the Week on Wednesday in the Junker Center at 7 p.m.
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Molly Kosmack, Mount Aloysius College, Women's Basketball
January 22, 2024Kosmack led Mount Aloysius to two big AMCC victories in a 2-0 week, averaging 21.5 points and 22.0 rebounds. The freshman opened the week with a 24-point, 26-rebound double-double, while adding three assists and two blocks, giving the Mounties their first win against Pitt-Greensburg since 2018-19. She added 19 points and 18 rebounds in a victory at Pitt-Bradford to cap off the week. Kosmack shot 61.5% from the field and 91.7% from the line, to go along with seven blocks for the week.
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AMCC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: PITT-GREENSBURG @ PENN STATE BEHREND
January 18, 2024The AMCC Women's Basketball Game of the Week features the Pitt-Greensburg Bobcats traveling to Erie, PA on Saturday to take on the Lions of Penn State Behrend.
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Dasja Anderson, La Roche University, Women's Basketball
January 15, 2024Anderson was dominant in her first two games of the season with the Redhawks. In Wednesday's victory over Pitt-Greensburg, Anderson matched a team high 19 points on 9-for-12 shooting from the floor, going alongside four rebounds, six assists and three steals. Anderson followed that performance in Saturday's win over Penn State Altoona, netting 27 points on 12-for-18 shooting, while adding seven rebounds, a pair of assists and a steal. Anderson finished the week shooting a remarkable 70% from the field, while averaging 23.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists, and 2.0 steals per game.
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AMCC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: CARLOW @ PENN STATE ALTOONA
January 09, 2024The AMCC Women's Basketball Game of the Week features Carlow University traveling to Altoona, PA to take on the Penn State Altoona Lions on Wednesday evening. Penn State Altoona is tied for second place in league standings with a 5-1 record, while Carlow is right behind them wtih a 4-2 record.
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Sydney Carr, Carlow University, Women's Basketball
January 08, 2024Carr scored a career- and season-high 34 points with 11 rebounds against Pitt Bradford Saturday. She also tallied five assists, five blocks, and four steals. In the two-point win over Mount Aloysius, Carr had 14 points and three assists and tied her season-high with seven steals. For the week, Carr averaged 24.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 5.5 steals, and 2.5 blocks per game.
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AMCC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: PENN STATE ALTOONA @ PENN STATE BEHREND
January 05, 2024The AMCC Women's Basketball Game of the Week features the 5-0 Penn State Altoona Lions at 4-1 Penn State Behrend.
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Molly Kosmack, Mount Aloysius College, Women's Basketball
January 02, 2024Kosmack averaged 19.5 points on 85.7% (18-for-21) shooting across two games for the Mounties, adding 11 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game. Kosmack went 9-for-11 (81.8%) from the field for 18 points against Oberlin before connecting on 9-of-10 from the field for 21 points against Carnegie Mellon. She added 13 rebounds against Carnegie Mellon to earn the double-double. Kosmack led her team in both points and rebounds for both games in the Jim Meagle Holiday Classic, and was named to the All-Tournament team for Mount Aloysius.
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Machia Hairston, La Roche University, Women's Basketball
December 18, 2023Hairston put together a dominant performance in La Roche's 99-70 victory over Thiel in the Redhawks lone game of the week. Hairston put together her sixth double-double of the season, behind a career high 35 points, going a remarkable 16-for-18 shooting from the floor, the second most FG's made in a game across all NCAA Divisions this year. Hairston added 17 rebounds, five assists, five steals and a block for a loaded stat line. Her 17 rebounds was the fifth time this season the AMCC's leading rebounder had 15 or more in a game.
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Makayla Abram, La Roche University, Women's Basketball
December 11, 2023Abram had a dominant week for the Redhawks, helping them go 2-0 and improve to 4-0 before AMCC play resumes in the New Year. In Wednesday's AMCC Game of the Week against Penn State-Behrend, Abram scored 22 points to go alongside 14 rebounds, 10 of which were on the offensive side. She followed that performance on Saturday with a stat-filled line of 28 points, 10 rebounds, five assists, four steals and a pair of blocks, while shooting 61.1% from the floor. For the week, Abram averaged 25.0 points, 12.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.5 steals, and 1.5 blocks per game.
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AMCC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: LA ROCHE @ PENN STATE BEHREND
December 05, 2023The AMCC Women's Basketball Game of the Week features the La Roche University Redhawks taking on the Lions of Penn State Behrend, as both teams remain undefeated at 2-0 in conference play. The Redhawks edged out the Lions in the AMCC championship game last season by the final score of 71-70.
