For the week ending February 26, 2007

Division III - New England

Ashley Marble - University of Southern Maine
Senior, Forward, Topsfield, Maine

Marble led Southern Maine to the 2007 Little East Conference Tournament Championship this past week, marking the Huskies' 11th consecutive championship. She was selected the Most Outstanding Player of the tourney, averaging 27.7 points and 14 rebounds per game in three games. On Feb. 20, Marble scored 19 points on seven-of-14 shooting, including five-for-five from the foul line, and collected 10 caroms in just 23 minutes as Southern Maine ousted UMass Dartmouth in the first round of the Little East Conference Tournament. Three days later, she posted season-highs in points (37) and rebounds (22) as the top-seeded Huskies defeated fifth-seeded Eastern Connecticut, 77-61, to advance to the conference championship. Marble recorded her third straight double-double to lead Southern Maine to a nine-point (68-57) win against second-seeded Keene State on Feb. 24, registering 26 points and 10 rebounds. She sits atop the conference standings in points (22.9) and rebounds (12.1) per game.
 
Honor Roll

Julia Loonin - Bowdoin College
LaTeisha Johnson - Emmanuel College
 
Division III - Upstate

Player of the Week

Erika Steele - Ithaca College
Junior, Center, Hopkinton, Mass.

Steele averaged 20.5 points, 18.5 rebounds, and 4.0 blocks per game as Ithaca won the Empire 8 championship.  She recorded the program's first 20-point/20-rebound game in 25 years in a 79-68 semifinal win over Utica.  Steele helped force Ava Thomas into a 4-for-18 shooting performance.  She followed that with 20 points, 16 rebounds, and a career-best five blocks in a 97-92 overtime win at Elmira in the title game.
 
Honor Roll

Maggie Byrne - SUNY-Cortland
Sydney Fasulo - Hamilton College
Pumla Sathula - Hamilton College
 

Division III - Metro

Player of the Week

Melissa Beyruti - Kean University
Sophomore, Guard, Union City, N.J

Beyruti averaged 18.0 points and 2.5 assists per game while leading the Cougars to the 2006-07 NJAC Championship. In the NJAC Tournament semifinals, she notched 17 points and two rebounds during Kean's 79-68 victory over TCNJ. In the league championship game, she nailed the game-winning three-point field goal at the buzzer and finished with 19 points and four assists as the Cougars claimed their 11th women's basketball conference title with a 62-59 road win at William Paterson.
 
Division III - South

Player of the Week

Marisa Clark -  Medaille College
Junior, Guard, Hilton, N.Y.

Clark led the Lady Mavericks to their second consecutive AMCC title with a dominating performance in the championship game. Against league #2 Penn St. Behrend she recorded 8 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 steals and a block.  For the tournament her numbers were 13.0 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 5.5 apg and 3.5 spg.