Women’s Basketball Selected Tied for Fifth in CACC South Division

11/4/2021 12:00:00 AM

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Goldey-Beacom's Women's Basketball squad was picked to end tied for fifth in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference South Division based on a vote of the league's coaches.

A key player back in the post is junior forward Alexis Harrison (Millville, NJ), who this season is expected to be a major presence. A solid player who continues to be more and more of a factor each year, Harrison ended last season 20th in the CACC with 11.6 points per game, third with a .520 field goal percentage (third-best mark in school history), eighth with 29 blocks, 12th with 6.8 rebounds per contest and 13th with 131 field goals.

Harrison, who notched six double-doubles in 2019-20, is first in team history with a .523 field goal percentage and fifth with 71 blocks.

Junior Sarah Round (Northampton, England) is a vital player at guard and will be one of the squad's top go-to players. The only returnee to start all 27 games in 2019-20, she ended that season 96th in the country with 2.26 three-pointers per game, sixth in the CACC with 61 three-pointers (seventh-best total in school history), 30th with 10.6 points per game and enters this season fifth in team history with 135 three-pointers.

Junior Lexi Weikert (Harrisburg, PA) also gives the team great play at guard, highlighted by her 27 points and seven 3-pointers December 7, 2019 at Chestnut Hill. She ended that campaign eighth in the CACC with a .376 three-point percentage, 22nd with 35 three-pointers and 49th with 24 steals.

Junior forward Alanna Speaks (Dover, DE) hopes to return in the lineup after two solid campaigns, the last of which she ended fourth in the CACC with 7.9 rebounds per game, 10th with 55 steals and 13th with 33.2 minutes per contest. Speaks in 2017 and 2018 on the soccer field was named first team all-league in addition to being the 2017 CACC Rookie of the Year.

Goldey-Beacom starts its season November 12 in Philadelphia against Saint Michael's.

2021-22 CACC Women's Basketball Preseason Poll

South Division
1. Jefferson                      79 pts. (8 first-place votes)
2. U. of the Sciences 67 pts. (2)
3. Georgian Court 60 pts. (2)
4. Holy Family     57 pts. (1)
T5. Chestnut Hill     38 pts.
T5. Goldey-Beacom 38 pts.
7. Wilmington (DE) 18 pts.

North Division
1. Dominican (NY)         64 pts. (7)
2. Post                           63 pts. (5)
3. Caldwell                    48 pts.
4. Bloomfield                 40 pts. (1)
5. Nyack                        31 pts.
6. Felician                      21 pts.

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