2019-20 Massasoit Women's Basketball News
The sophomore guard, who set the school’s single-season record with 777 points, is headed to Adelphi University after leading the Warriors to a 24-1 record and being chosen the National Junior College Athletic Associaton’s top player.
The World Exposure Report recently announced its honors for the 2019-20 season with the Massasoit women’s basketball team capturing multiple awards at the Junior College Division III level. Ty Hawkins (Brentwood, N.Y.) earned Sophomore of the Year, Shardajah Collins (Winter Haven, Fla.) was named Freshman of the Year and Mark Leszczyk earned Coach of the Year accolades.
The women’s basketball standout, who set the school record with 777 points this season, is selected to the National Junior College Athletic Association Division 3 team.
Massasoit women’s basketball student-athletes Ty Hawkins, Shardajah Collins and Alyson Reid all earned spots on the NJCAA Region 21 All-Conference Teams, recently announced by the league office. Joining the trio with postseason accolades was Mark Leszczyk who earned All-Region 21 Coach of the Year accolades.
The Warriors, the No. 1 seed in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division 3 tourney, begin their quest for a championship Thursday afternoon in Illinois.
The top-seeded Massasoit women’s basketball team overcame a 15-point second half deficit to take the lead late in the fourth quarter, but the eight-seed Cedar Valley Suns rallied to defeat the Warriors, 73-68, in the opening round of the NJCAA National Tournament at Rock Valley College.
After attending college in Mississippi last year, the guard from Long Island is making the most out of her one season with the Warriors, averaging 31.6 points for an undefeated team.
The native of Florida is the national Division 3 leader with 5.5 steals per game, helping the Warriors go 24-0 heading into the NJCAA tournament this week.
The Warriors, the No. 1 seed in the NJCAA Division 3 tournament this week, are 44-3 in two seasons under the former Roxbury Community College coach.
The Massasoit Community College women’s basketball team earned the No. 1 seed for the 2020 NJCAA Women’s Basketball Division III National Tournament, hosted by Rock Valley Community College in Rockford, Illinois, from March 12-14.
The Warriors improve to 24-0 with a 97-85 victory over the University of Connecticut Avery Point Sunday, earning a spot in the eight-team national Division 3 tournament. Ty Hawkins scored 36 points and earned the tourney most valuable player award.
Ty Hawkins poured in 28 points and Mataya Young added 22 as the nationally-ranked and top-seeded Massasoit women’s basketball team held off a pesky Bristol Bayhawk squad, 84-56, on Saturday morning in the semifinals of the NJCAA Region 21 Tournament held at Massasoit.
The top-seeded Warriors, who are No. 2 in the national Division 3 poll, will play Bristol Community College Saturday at 11 a.m. in the semifinal round.
Freshman Shardajah Collins produced a standout effort last week against Bunker Hill Community College to help the nationally-ranked Massasoit women’s basketball team complete the regular season with a perfect record of 22-0.
Six players scored in double figures to lead the No. 2 Massasoit women’s basketball team to a 121-18 victory vs Holyoke on Saturday afternoon at the Peter Asiaf Field House.
The Massasoit women’s basketball team kept its winning streak alive and sophomore Ty Hawkins kept her scoring prowess rolling, netting a game-high 30 points, as the Warriors earned a 74-43 road victory at CCRI on Tuesday night.
