This Week in PAC Women's Basketball

November 6-12

11/13/2023 3:00:00 PM

Week 1 PAC Honors (for events between Nov. 6-12)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 1 of the 2023-24 season.

 
PAC Player of the Week
Meghan Dryburgh • Washington & Jefferson • Junior guard/forward • Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin
Dryburgh helped guide the Presidents to the team title at the Hampton Inn by Hilton Tipoff Tournament ... Dryburgh was named tournament Most Valuable Player after averaging 13.5 points, 14.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game in wins over Carnegie Mellon and Ohio Wesleyan ... Dryburgh had a double-double in each game, finishing with 16 points and 18 rebounds Friday versus Carnegie Mellon before adding 11 points, 10 rebounds and four assists over defending NCAC champion Ohio Wesleyan in Saturday's title game. 
PAC Women's Basketball Honor Roll
Allegheny sophomore forward/center Sarah Santicola (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area); Bethany senior guard Bella Skobel (Charleroi, Pa./Charleroi); Chatham junior guard Ashlie Louden (Beallsville, Ohio/Beallsville); Franciscan junior center Madison Doan (San Diego, Calif./St. Joseph Academy); Geneva senior forward Mia San Nicholas (Sinajana, Guam/Academy of our Lady of Guam); Grove City junior guard Mara Polczynski (Irwin, Pa./Norwin); Thiel junior guard Lexy Wagner (Pittsburgh, Pa./Keystone Oaks); Waynesburg senior guard Marley Wolf (Ellwood City, Pa. Riverside); Westminster fifth-year guard Natalie Murro (Pittsburgh, Pa./Brentwood)
 
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Mikayla Doan • Franciscan • Freshman forward • San Diego, Calif./St. Joseph Academy
Doan had a very impressive first week of her collegiate career while helping the Barons go 2-1 ... She averaged 16.3 ppg and 7.3 rpg while shooting 73.3% from the floor ... She scored 14 points and collected six rebounds at La Roche ... Her best game came against Illinois Institute of Technology when she scored 25 points and pulled in nine rebounds and then she scored 10 points and gathered seven rebounds against Wooster in the title game win ... Doan was named to the All-Tournament Team for the Nan Nichols Classic following their pair of wins at Wooster.
PAC Women's Basketball Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman guard Analyse Rios (Orlando, Fla./Timber Creek); Bethany freshman forward Josie Stone (Wheeling, W.Va./Wheeling Park); Geneva freshman guard Aizlyn Thompson (Beaver Falls, Pa./Lincoln Park); Waynesburg freshman guard Mia Hankins (Morgantown, W.Va./Morgantown); Westminster freshman guard Arison Kennedy (Medina, Ohio/Akron Hoban); 
 
Records & Milestones
Chatham guard Ashlie Louden was named to the All-Tournament team at McDaniel after she averaged 12.5 points and 5.5 rebounds over the two games ... Franciscan junior center Madison Doan was named MVP of Wooster's Nan Nichols Tournament after she averaged 20.5 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in the two wins ... The Barons' win over Illinois Tech was the first for new head coach Iliana Spoelman ... Grove City guard Mara Polczynski earned All-Tournament honors at the York (Pa.) Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament after she averaged 11.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 3.5 steals per game in a 1-1 weekend ... Grove City interim head coach Jason Baker picked up his first win in the Wolverines' victory over Juniata.