Women's Basketball

NEWMAC Women's Basketball Weekly Report #1 - November 9

November 9, 2026 

The NEWMAC has announced its Women's Basketball Athletes of the Week for the week ending November 8, 2026: Ava Shane of Wellelsey and Sofia Francisco of Mount Holyoke. The NEWMAC's weekly awards program is presented by SKYBOKX109 Sports Bar & Grill in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Weekly Honors

Women's Basketball Athletes of the Week

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Offensive Athlete of the Week

Ava Shane

Wellesley

Junior • Forward • Plano, Texas

37total points in 84-34 season opening win over rivier

Shane broke the Wellesley College single game program record for points 

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Ava Shane was electric in the Blue's 84-34 win over Rivier. The junior had a program single-game record 37 points on 15-of-20 shooting. Shane pulled down 11 boards for the double-double while dishing out three assists with one steal.

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Defensive Athlete of the Week

Sofia Francisco

Mount Holyoke

Senior • Forward • Boston, Mass.

32total rebounds in Two games for mount holyoke

Francisco had a career-high 20 rebounds and five blocked shots against Gordon

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Mount Holyoke senior forward Sofia Francisco had a career-high 20 rebounds to go with five blocked shots, two steals and 10 points in the Lyons' season opener at Gordon. On the week, Francisco averaged 16.0 rebounds, 3.5 blocks and 1.5 steals per game.

Around the League

Results From November 6-8

Matchup Final Game Details
November 6
Wheaton at Brandeis Brandeis 61, Wheaton 45 Box Score
Roger Williams at Babson Babson 72, Roger Williams 52 Box Score
Mount Holyoke at Gordon Gordon 75, Mount Holyoke 46 Box Score
Worcester State at WPI WPI 76, Worcester State 38 Box Score
Western New England at Springfield Western NE 44, Springfield 41 Box Score
Rivier at Wellesley Wellesley 84, Rivier 34 Box Score
Hartwick at Emerson Emerson 69, Hartwick 64 Box Score
Nichols vs. Clark Clark 64, Nichols 44 Box Score
November 7
Salve Regina at Framingham State Framingham State 76, Salve Regina 51 Box Score
Wheaton vs. Gallaudet Wheaton 97, Gallaudet 62 Box Score
Baruch at Coast Guard Coast Guard 84, Baruch 44 Box Score
Immaculata at #5 Smith #5 Smith 56, Immaculata 53 Box Score
Suffolk vs. MIT MIT 73, Suffolk 64 Box Score
Clark at WPI Clark 63, WPI 56 (OT) Box Score
Elmira at Emerson Emerson 63, Elmira 42 Box Score
November 8
Thomas at Mount Holyoke Thomas 56, Mount Holyoke 43 Box Score
Stevens at Babson Babson 87, Stevens 43 Box Score
MIT at UMass Dartmouth MIT 67, UMass Dartmouth 54 Box Score
St. Lawrence at #5 Smith #5 Smith 71, St. Lawrence 54 Box Score

Through November 9

NEWMAC Women's Basketball Statistical Leaders

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Points
  1. Atiya WatsonClark59
  2. Rylie RosenbergBabson47
  3. Jessie Silk
    Emerson    38
  4. Ava ShaneWellesley37
  5. Riley O'SullivanMIT36
Rebounds
  1. Sofia FranciscoMount Holyoke32
  2. Mary Kate FlynnBabson21
  3. Cyriah ColemanClark20
  4. Addie MeyerEmerson19
  5. Leilani Benson
    Clark    19
Assists
  1. Atyia Watson
    Clark    10
  2. Cheyenne Colbert
    Wheaton    9
  3. April Chan
    MIT    9
  4. Alessa Mendoza
    Babson    7
  5. Coleman & Nakamura
    Clark & Smith    7
Field Goals Percentage
  1. Ava ShaneWellesley.750
  2. Samantha Reale
    Babson    .611
  3. Ava Hyams
    WPI    .556
  4. Rylie Rosenberg
    Babson    .552
  5. Emma TorielloWheaton.545
Blocks
  1. Sofia Francisco
    Mount Holyoke    7
  2. Olivia ShipleyClark6
  3. Lucy WalkerEmerson3
  4. Ava Giansiracusa
    WPI    3
  5. Three Others TiedRobinson (Mount Holyoke), McGovern (Emerson), Fleming (Smith)3
Steals
  1. Uta NakamuraSmith9
  2. Samantha RealeBabson7
  3. Addie Meyer
    Emerson    7
  4. Hannah MartinSmith7
  5. Four TiedBarrow (Wellesley), Rosenberg (Babson), Coleman (Clark), Shipley (Clark)6

Through November 9

NEWMAC Women's Basketball Standings

Team Overall NEWMAC
Babson 2-0 0-0
Clark 2-0 0-0
Coast Guard 1-0 0-0
Emerson 2-0 0-0
MIT 2-0 0-0
#5 Smith 2-0 0-0
Wellesley 1-0 0-0
Wheaton 1-1 0-0
WPI 1-1 0-0
Salve Regina 0-1 0-0
Springfield 0-1 0-0
Mount Holyoke 0-2 0-0

2026-27 Athletes of the Week

Season Archive

November 9

Offensive: Ava Shane, Wellesley

Defensive: Sofia Francisco, Mount Holyoke