UAlbany Shereesha Richards Named to WBCA All-Region 1 Team, Nominated for All-America

2015-16 WBCA All-Region Honorees

ATLANTA – UAlbany senior forward Shereesha Richards has been honored on the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-Region 1 Team and has been nominated for the Coaches’ All-America Team.

Richards is the first-ever UAlbany player to be selected as an All-Region honoree.  She is the lone representative from the America East Conference and one of three players selected from a school that plays in the state of New York.

Richards earned her third straight America East Player of the Year honor after finishing first in the conference in scoring and second in rebounding.  After leading UAlbany to the America East Tournament title and the program’s first-ever victory in the NCAA Tournament in DI play, the Naismith Trophy Midseason 30 Team member forward finished shooting 55.8% with 23.4 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game.

The senior forward also earned a place on the America East All-Conference First Team and was the league’s player of the week five times.

Region 1 is made up of seven conferences that primarily play in the Eastern U.S.  The conferences are the America East, ACC, Atlantic 10, Ivy League, MAAC, Northeast and Patriot League.

In all, 52 student-athletes were selected as All-Region players among the five regions.  The 52 are now eligible to be on the 2016 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches’ All-America Team, which will be announced on April 2^nd during the NCAA Final Four in Indianapolis.

Sage College Softball Drops Florida Openers

CLERMONT, FL – Sophomore Alexa Silk (Freehold, NY/Greenville) went 4-7 with two doubles and three runs, but it wouldn't be enough as Sage softball dropped their season openers to SUNY-Potsdam and Saint Joseph's (Me.) 10-9 and 6-0 respectively.

The Gators got off to an early start in game one with Potsdam when Katy Rimawi (Ballston Spa, NY/Ballston Spa) hit a one out double down the left-field line in the top of the second for Sage's first hit of the game. Rimawi was hit home on a Jen Onwe (Tarrytown, NY/Sleepy Hollow) double to left center to put Sage up 1-0 going into the bottom of the second.

The Bears responded immediately in the bottom of the second with a leadoff solo homer by Katie Marsman to right center to tie the game 1-1. With a runner on second and one out on the board, left fielder Allison Ford (Mechanicville, NY/Mechanicville) made the throw to home to get Alexis Lerman out at the plate and prevent the go-ahead run for Potsdam.

In the top of the third, Ford hit a single to right center to bring Silk home and put the Gators up 2-1.