Fairfield’s Lopez-Senechal and Marist’s Weimar Named Hercules Tires MAAC Women’s Basketball Weekly Award Winners
Fairfield’s Lopez-Senechal and Marist’s Weimar Named Hercules Tires MAAC Women’s Basketball Weekly Award Winners
Player of the Week
Lou Lopez-Senechal, Fairfield
Jr., Grenoble, France/NABA Academy
Lou Lopez-Senechal led the Stags to another series sweep, averaging 21 points and shooting 61 percent from the floor against Rider. Lopez-Senechal led the Stags in scoring in each of the two victories, including tying her career-high with 27 points in the opener. She also averaged five rebounds and shot 58 percent (7-for-12) from 3-point range.
Rookie of the Week
Caitlin Weimar, Marist
Fr., Cortlandt Manor, NY/Hendrick Hudson
Weimar notched her second consecutive double-double with 11 points and a career-high tying 11 rebounds in Marist's 69-50 win over Quinnipiac on Sunday. Eight of her 11 boards came off the offensive glass as the Red Foxes scored 15 second-chance points. She also added two steals and a block to her defensive performance. This year, Weimar is averaging 12.2 points per game and 8.2 rebounds per game. Nineteen of her 41 boards are offensive rebounds as well.
About the 2021 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships:
The MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships return to New Jersey on March 9-13, 2021 at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. To stay up to date on MAAC basketball, visit
http://maacsports.com/basketball and follow
@MAACHoops on Twitter.
About Time Out for Black Lives
Time Out for Black Lives aims to inspire and educate youth, athletes, families and fans. The initiative has an interactive website where coaches and student-athletes from MAAC basketball programs contribute their time and resources to read children’s books in entertaining videos, all focusing on Black culture, history, music and myths. The program comes as part of the MAAC’s
United for Justice campaign that was announced over the summer. For more information, visit
timeoutforblacklives.com.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) celebrates its 40
th year of competition during the 2020-21 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.