Women's Basketball

Stapelfeld Earns Fourth MWBCA Rookie of the Week Honor

Posted: Feb 14, 2023

STANDISH, Maine – The Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association (MWBCA) weekly awards have been released and Saint Joseph's College freshman guard Elisabeth Stapelfeld (Brookline, N.H.) has been tabbed as the MWBCA Rookie of the Week for the fourth time this winter.

Stapelfeld averaged 15.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 1.7 steals while shooting 17-35 (48.6) from the field, 38.5% (5-13) from downtown, and 87.5% (7-8) from the FT line in a 2-1 week for Saint Joseph's. The freshman guard netted a career-high 20 points and was 4-for-6 from three-point land in a win at Colby-Sawyer College on Monday.

In 24 games – including 18 starts – this season, Stapelfeld is averaging 10.0 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 2.2 assists while shooting 48.4% (89-184) from the floor, 35.9% (23-64) from three-point land, and 82.6% (38-46) from the charity stripe. She ranks second on the team in FG%, FT%, and field goals made, third in scoring average, steals average (1.3), and points.

Saint Joseph's will close out the regular season on Saturday with a 1:00 PM GNAC home game versus Elms College.

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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.