Women's Basketball

Stapelfeld Named MWBCA Co-Rookie of the Week

Posted: Jan 18, 2023

STANDISH, Maine – The Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association (MWBCA) weekly accolades have been released and Saint Joseph's College freshman guard Elisabeth Stapelfeld (Brookline, N.H.) has been selected as the MWBCA Co-Rookie of the Week.

Stapelfeld averaged 13.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.5 assists while shooting 47.6% (10-21) from the floor and 83.3% (5-6) from the FT line in a pair of GNAC road wins last week. The freshman guard netted 12 points with six boards and two assists in a 71-53 win at Norwich on Wednesday and added 14 points and four caroms in a close 65-60 victory at University of Saint Joseph on Saturday.

The SJC freshman guard shares the weekly honor with Southern Maine freshman Vanessa Vaughan, who averaged 13.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists per game in contests versus Bowdoin, Eastern Connecticut, and Western Connecticut last week.

Through 15 games this season, Stapelfeld is averaging 8.2 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 2.3 assists while shooting 45.0% (45-100) from the field, 35.1% (13-37) from three-point distance, and 74.1% (20-27) from the free throw line. She currently ranks third on the team in FG% and free-throws made, fourth in assists average, and fifth in scoring average, rebounding, and three-pointers made.

Saint Joseph's (12-3, 7-0 GNAC) will host Johnson & Wales University in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) matchup on Saturday at 1:00 PM.

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.