2019-20 AMCC Women's Basketball News

• Community Service News
• February 24, 2020

The Hilbert College women's basketball team hosted their first SIS Night February 12th, and with a total team effort, the Hawks raised over $1,000 dollars for the Rochester-based organization.

• Women's Basketball
• February 24, 2020

The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Women's Basketball Championship Tournament tips off Tuesday evening with first round games, followed by the semifinals and championship game on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

• Women's Basketball
• February 24, 2020

Gawlak had another stellar week in AMCC play. Although the Hawks went 1-1 on the week, Gawlak produced incredible numbers. Averaging 35.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, and shooting 72.7% from behind the arc. On Wednesday vs. Penn St. Behrend, Gawlak dropped a career high of 40 points in 40 minutes. On Saturday at Penn State Altoona, Gawlak dropped 31 points to go with 11 rebounds.

• Women's Basketball
• February 17, 2020

The first place La Roche University Redhawks (16-6, 16-2 AMCC) will take on the third place Bobcats from Pitt-Greensburg (16-8, 14-5 AMCC) in the AMCC Women's Basketball Game of the Week.

• Women's Basketball
• February 17, 2020

Gawlak led the Hawks to a pair of victories, one in the AMCC Game of the Week. She tossed in 22 points along with eight rebounds, four assists and four steals to become the Hawks all-time scoring leader against Pitt-Bradford on Feb 12. Gawlak closed the weekend with 20 points and five rebounds in Hilbert's victory over La Roche. For the week, she shot 41.9-percent from the floor, including an impressive 45.5-percent (5-for-11) beyond the arc and 91.7 percent (11-12) from the foul line. She was whistled for only two fouls in 74 minutes of action while sitting at the top of the league with 2.4 steals per game. She continues to lead the AMCC in scoring at 18.0 points per game.

• Women's Basketball
• February 15, 2020

Pitt-Greensburg junior G/F Nadege Durand became the 13th 1,000-point scorer in Pitt-Greensburg history on Saturday, as the Bobcat women's basketball team took down Alfred State College, 81-60, on Senior Day inside Chambers Hall.

• Women's Basketball
• February 13, 2020

Hilbert College senior guard Emily Gawlak became the Hilbert College women's basketball program's all-time scoring leader February 12.

• Women's Basketball
• February 13, 2020

Top-ranked La Roche University (16-1) travels to Hamburg, NY on Saturday afternoon to take on second place Hilbert College (14-3) in the AMCC Women's Basketball Game of the Week.

• Women's Basketball
• February 10, 2020

Pettit had two monster double-doubles this week as the Pioneers went 1-1. She scored 12 and grabbed 23 rebounds in a loss to Penn State Behrend and then scored 22 points and grabbed 19 boards in a victory over Franciscan. For the week, Pettit averaged 17 points, 21 rebounds, and 2.5 blocks per game.

• Women's Basketball
• February 04, 2020

As we enter the month of February, basketball teams are starting to set their sights on the postseason and are trying to position themselves as best they can as they head into the playoffs.

• Women's Basketball
• February 03, 2020

Baierl led the Lady Barons to a 2-0 record this week, and both wins were fourth quarter comebacks thanks to strong performances from Baierl. First in the win on Wednesday, Baeirl scored 18 points while going 40% from deep. The Lady Barons entered the 4th quarter down by 12, as Baierl scored 11 points, in the 4th to help lead the team to victory. Bairel also drained the three-pointer that put the Lady Barons up for good in the final minutes. Baierl followed it up Saturday with 21 points and five rebounds in the one point victory. The Lady Barons entered the final quarter down eight points this time, but Baierl would scored 13 points in the quarter to put the team on her back and earn a sweep this week. Baierl once again hit the game-winner, this time in the paint with nine seconds remaining in the game.

• Women's Basketball
• January 30, 2020

First place La Roche University (13-5, 13-1 AMCC) travels to Buffalo, NY on Saturday afternoon to take on third place D'Youville College (12-7, 10-4 AMCC) in the AMCC Women's Basketball Game of the Week.

• Women's Basketball
• January 27, 2020

Hore had an outstanding week for the Spartans, helping lead the women to a pair of conference victories. In the AMCC Game of the Week on Wednesday, Hore nearly recorded her second triple-double of the season in the team's 75-68 victory over Penn State-Behrend. She scored 15 points with 16 rebounds, eight assists, five steals, and a block in the win. She then followed up with her second consecutive double-double in the 62-58 win over Penn State-Altoona. Hore scored 19 points with 14 rebounds, five assists, and four steals. With the two wins, D'Youville moved into third place in the AMCC standings. She played 39 minutes in both games as she currently leads the team in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and minutes per game amongst players that have played in at least 60% of the team's games.

• Women's Basketball
• January 21, 2020

Cole helped her team remain perfect in conference play earning a 3-0 record on the week to improve to 11-0 in AMCC action. In the Redhawks first game at Franciscan, Cole dropped 14 points and nine rebounds in a 57-47 victory. In the AMCC Game of the Week against #2 seed Hilbert College, Cole recorded a team-high 21 points and a career-high 16 rebounds while shooting a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line. In the final game at Pitt-Bradford, Cole recorded her second straight double-double posting 15 points and 10 rebounds while adding three assists. On the week, Cole averaged 16.7 points per game, 11.7 rebounds per game and 2.0 assists per game, while knocking down 15-of-30 (50%) shots from the field, 5-of-9 (56%) from beyond and the arc and a near perfect 15-of-16 (94%) from the free throw line.

• Women's Basketball
• January 20, 2020

D'Youville College will travel to Erie, PA on Wednesday evening to take on Penn State Behrend in the AMCC Women's Basketball Game of the Week.

• Women's Basketball
• January 17, 2020

D'Youville College sophomore guard Danielle Hore had a record-setting game on Wednesday, January 15 with her first career triple-double.

• Women's Basketball
• January 17, 2020

D'Youville College freshman guard Sara Pfeiffer had a record evening on Wednesday, January 15 in the team’s 73-59 win over Pitt.-Bradford.

• Women's Basketball
• January 16, 2020

The AMCC women's basketball Game of the Week features the top two teams in the conference, as the 8-1 Hilbert College Hawks travel to Pittsburgh, PA to take on the 9-0 La Roche University Redhawks.

• January 15, 2020

It has been a mild January so far throughout the landscape of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC), but the the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is ready to step up to the plate as temperatures are expected to plummet over the next several weeks.

• Women's Basketball
• January 13, 2020

Gawlak led her team to two AMCC victories by averaging 21 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.5 steals, and 3.0 assists last week. Gawlak recorded 19 points, nine rebounds, five steals, and six assists in the win against Altoona. In conference play only, she leads the league with 18.9 points per game, is third in minutes per game and fifth in steals.

• Women's Basketball
• January 06, 2020

The Lady Lions from Penn State Altoona will travel to Hamburg, NY to take on the Hilbert College Hawks on Wednesday evening in the first AMCC women's basketball Game of the Week in 2020.

• Women's Basketball
• January 06, 2020

Pettit had a big double-double as Alfred State opened up 2020 with a conference victory over Mt. Aloysius. She was 10-for-18 from the floor and led all scorers with 24

• Women's Basketball
• December 23, 2019

Mazyck led the Redhawks to a 2-0 record on the week averaging 18.0 points per game and 8.5 rebounds per game while shooting 15 of 22 (68%) from the field. Mazyck recorded a double-double in the AMCC Game of the Week vs. Pitt Greensburg on Saturday (12/21) scoring a game-high 20 points and reeling in 12 rebounds in route to a 73-63 La Roche overtime victory.

• Women's Basketball
• December 19, 2019

The Pitt-Greensburg women's basketball team will travel to La Roche University on Saturday to take on the Redhawks in the AMCC Game of the Week.

• Community Service News
• December 16, 2019

This past Sunday afternoon, the Pitt-Greensburg men's and women's basketball teams came together and helped pack "chemo comfort totes."

• Women's Basketball
• December 16, 2019

Snyder had a strong week for the Lady Lions to help her team go 2-0 in AMCC games. In Wednesday night's win over Mount Aloysius, she scored a game-high 16 points to go along with five rebounds, two assists, and two steals. During Saturday afternoon's defeat of D'Youville, Snyder scored 12 points while also totaling four assists, two steals, two blocks, and one rebound. On the week, she averaged 14.0 points per game, 3.0 rebounds per game, 3.0 assists per game, 2.0 steals per game, and 1.0 block per game.

• Women's Basketball
• December 11, 2019

The D'Youville College women's basketball team travels to Altoona, PA on Saturday to take on the Penn State Altoona Lions in the AMCC Game of the Week.

• Women's Basketball
• December 09, 2019

Cannistraci had a terrific week for the Lady Lions, helping her team go 2-0 in a pair of AMCC games while averaging a double-double. In Wednesday night's win over Pitt-Greensburg, she totaled 13 points, 10 rebounds, three blocks, two steals, and two assists. In Saturday's victory against Alfred State, she grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds while scoring 15 points, recording four steals, blocking three shots, and dishing out two assists. On the week, Cannistraci averaged 14.0 points per game, 14.0 rebounds per game, 3.0 blocks per game, 3.0 steals per game, and 2.0 assists per game.

• Women's Basketball
• December 04, 2019

Penn State Behrend (5-2, 3-0 AMCC) travels to D'Youville College (4-3, 2-0 AMCC) on Wednesday evening for the AMCC women's basketball game of the week.

• Women's Basketball
• December 02, 2019

Durand posted a double-double in both of Pitt-Greensburg's games this past week against Franciscan and Penn State Behrend. Against Franciscan, Durand scored 24 points, grabbed 11 boards, and shot 71.4% (10-of-14) from the floor in 29 minutes of action. The junior then followed her double-double against the Barons with 12 points and 12 boards against Behrend. After leading the conference in rebounding last season, Durand has continued her prowess on the boards leading the conference in rebounding (11.0) and has recorded a double-double in five of the seven games so far this season.

• Women's Basketball
• November 27, 2019

The AMCC women's basketball game of the week features two of only four teams in the league without a conference loss so far in the young season. Penn State Behrend has started off 2-0 in conference play, while Pitt-Greensburg opened up with a 1-0 record.

• Women's Basketball
• November 25, 2019

Kirisits had another big week for the Spartans, helping the women earn their first conference win of the season. On Wednesday against the reigning conference champion Hilbert Hawks, Kirisits led the team with 18 points in the 60-47 victory. She shot an outstanding 8-for-12 from the field in 38 minutes to go with three rebounds, two assists, and two steals. Then on Saturday in the 75-71 overtime loss to Keuka, Kirisits recorded her second double-double of the season with 14 points and 12 rebounds to go with three steals and two assists. The freshman currently leads the team with 11.5 points per game and 7.2 rebounds per game through six career games - five of which she has started. Her 46.7 FG% leads the team as well with Kirisits scoring double-figures in four of six games this season.