Bascetta Tabbed NEWMAC Field Hockey Player Of The Week
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., - Sept. 8, 2004 - Springfield College junior midfielder
Meghan Bascetta (Granby, Conn.) was named the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Player of the Week after leading the No. 12 Pride to a pair of wins last week.
Bascetta tallied the Pride’s first goal and assisted on the second in a 2-0 win over Amherst College on Wednesday (Sept. 22). She then scored the game-winning goal with six seconds remaining in regulation as the Pride came back from a 2-1 deficit in the last three minutes to win, 3-2, versus Wheaton in its NEWMAC opener on Saturday (Sept. 25).
Bascetta ranks fifth in the conference in assists per game (.50) while the Pride (7-1, 1-0 NEWMAC) ranks second in scoring offense (3.12 goals per game) under first-year head coach
Melissa Rogers.
SC travels to Trinity College on Wednesday (Sept. 29) for a 4:00 p.m. match with the Bantams.
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Head Coach Melissa Sharpe
After eight years as head coach of the Pride, Melissa Sharpe, has continued the SC tradition of winning on the field hockey turf, posting an impressive 120-58 record, good for a winning percentage of .674 at the helm of her alma mater.
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E-Mail | Phone: 413.748.3167
