Troy, NY – For the third straight week, Vassar College First Year Lindsey Shoulders (Glen Allen, VA) has been named the Liberty League Rookie of the Week in Women's Basketball. Shoulders helped lead Vassar to a 2-1 week, including a sweep of the opening Liberty League weekend.
 
Over three games last week, Shoulders averaged 16.7 points and 8.3 rebounds while adding two assists and five steals. Shoulders shot 52.6-percent from the floor (20-for-38) and 71.4-percet (10-for-14) from the free-throw line for the Brewers.
 
To open the week, Shoulders scored 10 points, collected five rebounds and swiped a pair of steals at #14/13 Trinity (CT) on Wednesday. Shoulders went to score a career-high 21 points, on the strength of 8-for-14 shooting, and collected eight rebounds in a tight 60-58 Liberty League victory over Ithaca. Shoulders rounded out a big week with 19 points, again going 8-for-14 from the field, and nine caroms in a 66-58 win over William Smith.
 
Through six career games, Shoulders is second on the team in scoring average at 13.3 points per game and leads the team with 9.0 rebounds per game. Shoulders is shooting 52.4-percent from the floor for Vassar and an even 60-peercent from the free-throw line.
 
Among the league leaders, Shoulders is tied for eighth in the conference in scoring average and is fourth in rebounding average, including a league-high 4.7 offensive rebounds per game. Shoulders also ranks second in the Liberty League in field goal percentage.
 
At 3-3 overall and 2-0 in Liberty League play, Vassar closes out a three-game conference homestand on Wednesday against Skidmore.