Nov. 19, 2007

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Male Athlete Of The Week
Terry Smith, Basketball

Senior guard Terry Smith opened the 2007-08 season on fire, averaging 21.3 points in the team's first three games of the season. Smith shot 54 percent from the field and made 14-of-29 three-pointers as the Lakers won two of three games. In the season-opening win over Roberts Wesleyan, Smith scored 18 points and followed up with 25 and 21 in two games at the Davis and Elkins Tournament. He made five three-pointers in each of those two contests.

Honor roll - Brandon Coccimiglio, Hockey; Hudson Harrison, Wrestling; Matt Lundin, Hockey; Brian McTear, Basketball

Female Athlete Of The Week
Stephanie Prischak, Basketball

Junior guard Stephanie Prischak scored a career-high 23 points as Mercyhurst opened the 2007-08 season with a 67-61 victory over Mansfield. She was 9-of-12 shooting, made 2-of-3 three-pointers, and added four assists, three rebounds and three steals. Prischak followed that up with a team-high 18 points in an 80-67 loss to Le Moyne. For the week, she shot 65 percent from the field and made 4-of-5 three-pointers.

Honor roll - Amy Achesinski, Basketball; Jesse Scanzano, Hockey

Team Of The Week
Women's Basketball

The Mercyhurst women's basketball team opened the 2007-08 season with a 67-61 win over future PSAC-rival Mansfield Thursday on the road. First-year head coach Deanna Richard got her tenure started on the right foot behind 23 points from junior Stephanie Prischak and 17 points and 16 rebounds from freshman Amy Achesinski. The Lakers built a 15-point lead midway through the second half but Mansfield came back to cut the deficit to just three points with 3:12 to play. But freshman Samantha Loadman knocked down a three-pointer and the Mountaineers never got closer than four the rest of the way.