Week Ten Women Release

PRESTOSPORTS/MBWA WOMEN'S PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Chambers Dominates for Dominican

WHITE PLAINS, NY (16 February 2009) – Althea Chambers (Yonkers, NY/Cardinal Spellman) earns this week’s PrestoSports/MBWA Player of the Week for leading the Dominican College women’s basketball team with 35.0 points and 11.0 rebounds per game as the Chargers split a pair of contests. Dominican (14-10; 11-3 CACC) beat Bloomfield 76-57 before falling to Philadelphia University 114-104 in triple overtime.
The senior guard netted her 1,000th point against Bloomfield. At Philadelphia, she scored a career-high 43 points in the triple overtime loss. For the week, she shot 58.8% from the floor, 80.0% from behind the arc and 92.9% from the charity stripe.
Dominican will travel to Post University on Thursday before celebrating Think Pink Day on Saturday, as they host Chestnut Hill.

This Week's Honor Roll
Kimberly Blakney, Farmingdale State, Junior, Guard, 5’11”, Brooklyn, NY/Benjamin Banneker
Rachele Fitz, Marist College, Junior, Forward, 6’0”, Seven Hills, OH/Trinity
Amanda Bartlett, Queens College, Sophomore, Guard, 5'6", Mesa, AZ/Red Mountain
Da'Shena Stevens, St. John's University, Freshman, Forward, 6’1”, Stamford, CT/Trinity Catholic
Erin Anthony, U.S. Military Academy, Sophomore, Forward, 6’2”, Allentown, PA/Parkland

About the PrestoSports/MBWA Weekly Player of the Week Award
Celebrating its fifth season, the Player of the Week Award is granted on a weekly basis by the New York Area Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association. Each week, each of the nearly 75 schools that play college basketball in the Tri-state area have the ability to nominate one male and one female student-athlete, based upon their on-court accomplishments over the previous seven days. An esteemed panel of media members votes to select the winners from the nominations. All players who receive votes, but are not named the Player of the Week, are then named to the Honor Roll.

About PrestoSports
PrestoSports is proud to sponsor the college basketball in the New York area, and specifically the MBWA. We are pleased to recognize the best athletic achievements in the Tri-state area. A Maryland-based company, PrestoSports is a leading provider of athletic content management software to colleges and conference offices used for designing, building and maintaining official athletic websites. With clients across the country, PrestoSports focuses on smaller schools and conferences in NCAA Divisions II and III.

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Home About Men's Nomination Form Women's Nomination Form 2004-05 Winners 2005-06 Winners 2006-07 Winners 2007-08 Winners 2008-09 Winners	Week Ten Women Release PRESTOSPORTS/MBWA WOMEN'S PLAYER OF THE WEEK Chambers Dominates for Dominican WHITE PLAINS, NY (16 February 2009) – Althea Chambers (Yonkers, NY/Cardinal Spellman) earns this week’s PrestoSports/MBWA Player of the Week for leading the Dominican College women’s basketball team with 35.0 points and 11.0 rebounds per game as the Chargers split a pair of contests. Dominican (14-10; 11-3 CACC) beat Bloomfield 76-57 before falling to Philadelphia University 114-104 in triple overtime. The senior guard netted her 1,000th point against Bloomfield. At Philadelphia, she scored a career-high 43 points in the triple overtime loss. For the week, she shot 58.8% from the floor, 80.0% from behind the arc and 92.9% from the charity stripe. Dominican will travel to Post University on Thursday before celebrating Think Pink Day on Saturday, as they host Chestnut Hill. This Week's Honor Roll Kimberly Blakney, Farmingdale State, Junior, Guard, 5’11”, Brooklyn, NY/Benjamin Banneker Rachele Fitz, Marist College, Junior, Forward, 6’0”, Seven Hills, OH/Trinity Amanda Bartlett, Queens College, Sophomore, Guard, 5'6", Mesa, AZ/Red Mountain Da'Shena Stevens, St. John's University, Freshman, Forward, 6’1”, Stamford, CT/Trinity Catholic Erin Anthony, U.S. Military Academy, Sophomore, Forward, 6’2”, Allentown, PA/Parkland About the PrestoSports/MBWA Weekly Player of the Week Award Celebrating its fifth season, the Player of the Week Award is granted on a weekly basis by the New York Area Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association. Each week, each of the nearly 75 schools that play college basketball in the Tri-state area have the ability to nominate one male and one female student-athlete, based upon their on-court accomplishments over the previous seven days. An esteemed panel of media members votes to select the winners from the nominations. All players who receive votes, but are not named the Player of the Week, are then named to the Honor Roll. About PrestoSports PrestoSports is proud to sponsor the college basketball in the New York area, and specifically the MBWA. We are pleased to recognize the best athletic achievements in the Tri-state area. A Maryland-based company, PrestoSports is a leading provider of athletic content management software to colleges and conference offices used for designing, building and maintaining official athletic websites. With clients across the country, PrestoSports focuses on smaller schools and conferences in NCAA Divisions II and III. --MBWA--