Women's Basketball

Stapelfeld Earns Third MWBCA Player of the Week Honor

Posted: Feb 16, 2022

STANDISH, Maine – The Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association (MWBCA) weekly accolades have been announced and Saint Joseph's College senior guard Cassandra Stapelfeld (Brookline, N.H.) has been selected as the MWBCA Player of the Week for the third time this season.

Stapelfeld averaged 21.7 points and 3.3 rebounds while shooting 57.9% (22-38) from the floor, 54.5% (12-22) from downtown, and 75% (9-12) from the free throw line in a 3-0 conference week for the Monks. The senior guard netted 29 points off a 58.8% (10-17) shooting effort - including a 6-for-10 clip from beyond the arc - in an 85-73 win at Anna Maria on Wednesday.

Through 23 games this winter, Stapelfeld is averaging 18.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists while shooting 48.1% (150-312) from the floor, 40.7% (57-140) from three-point distance, and 81.6% (62-76) from the free throw line.

She currently ranks second in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) in scoring average (18.2), points (419) and three-pointers made (57), third in field goals made (150) and three-point percentage (40.7%), and fourth in field goal percentage (48.1%).

Stapelfeld shares this week's honor with UNE senior Abby Cavallaro (South Portland, Maine), who averaged 18.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 2.7 assists in three road wins, and Husson junior Bailey Donovan (Island Falls, Maine), who notched three double-doubles in a 2-1 week for the Eagles.

Saint Joseph's (19-4, 13-2 GNAC) will host Lasell University in the 2021-22 regular-season finale 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.