2018-19 AMCC Women's Basketball News
Director of athletics, Mike Holmes, announced today the hiring of Sean Kirk as the head coach for the women's basketball team at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Kirk re-joins the Franciscan coaching staff after a two-year stint at Bryn Athyn College.
As the winter sports season comes to a close, Penn State Behrend holds on to their commanding lead in the Presidents Cup Standings with an .813 percentage ranking to remain in the top spot of the conference.
For the third year in a row, Hilbert College student-athletes spent a Saturday morning assisting with the WNY Special Olympics at their annual basketball clinic in Williamsville.
La Roche College men's basketball senior guard Zach Gould and women's basketball junior forward Jenna Cole have earned spots on the All-Region Team. Both were named to D3Hoop's Great Lakes All-Region Second Team.
The Penn State Altoona women's basketball team's 2018-19 season slipped away during the second half of Wednesday night's Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III Championship Tournament first round game, as the Lady Lions suffered an 89-59 defeat to Washington & Jefferson College at the Henry Memorial Center.
La Roche College junior forward Jenna Cole has been named the AMCC Player of the Year.
The Hilbert College women's basketball team will travel to Grantham, Pa. for the First Round of the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament this Friday.
Gawlak averaged 24.5 ppg in two games this championship weekend. Leading her team with a 43% range from three. Her defense and offensive ability led the Hawks to a second AMCC championship in back-to-back years. Gawlak also grabbed 14 rebounds from the guard spot on the weekend.
#2 Hilbert College earned back-to-back AMCC women's basketball titles on Sunday as they defeated #5 Penn St. Behrend 64-54, in a game that took almost six hours to complete due to a weather-related power outage.
#5 Penn St. Behrend is hitting their stride at the right time of the season as they recorded their second upset in as many games, as they defeated top-seeded La Roche College 57-56 in the AMCC women's basketball semifinals Saturday afternoon. In game two, #2 Hilbert College earned the 67-47 victory over #3 Pitt-Bradford to advance to the champioship game against Behrend on Sunday.
In first round women's basketball action, #3 Pitt-Bradford defeated #6 Mount Aloysius College 78-42 while #5 Penn St. Behrend earned the upset victory over #4 Penn St. Altoona, 67-60. Pitt-Bradford and Penn St. Behrend both advance to the AMCC semifinals at La Roche College on Saturday afternoon.
With a 15-3 conference record, the La Roche College women's basketball team won the tiebreaker against Hilbert College, which had an identical record in AMCC play, to earn the regular season title and hosting rights for the 2019 AMCC Women's Basketball Championship Tournament.
Proy led her team to a 2-0 AMCC record this week and scored her 1,000th career point. Proy's two-game total for the week included 49 points, 14 rebounds, and seven blocked shots. Proy netted a career-high 27 points, while shooting 80% from the floor, added nine rebounds, six blocks, and four assists against D'Youville. Proy again lead her team to a victory against Pitt-Greensburg on Senior Day when she finished with 22 points and four rebounds. Proy was 22 away from 1,000 points when she became just the 5th player at Hilbert to hit the milestone, shooting 64.5% from the floor.
The Penn State Behrend (9-14, 7-9 AMCC) women's basketball team hosts Medaille College (9-14, 7-9 AMCC) in their final home game of the season for the AMCC Game of the Week on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
