Fields Named Athlete of the Week

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Senior Averee Fields of the women’s basketball team has been named the VSR Student-Athlete of the Week following her performance in two wins last week.

Fields averaged 21.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and went a perfect 9-of-9 from the charity stripe, as the Mountaineers picked up wins over Duquesne and IPFW.

Fields scored 20 points, reeled in five rebounds, dished out two assists, collected two steals and blocked a shot in the 79-60 win over the Dukes. The senior went 8-of-8 from the free throw line.

She followed up that performance against IPFW, netting a personal-best 11 made field goals and matched a career-high 23 points. Fields grabbed a team-leading seven rebounds, handed out four assists and snatched three steals in the win.

This season, Fields is averaging 17.1 points and 6.9 rebounds per game.

This Week in Track and Field: The Mountaineers are idle this week and will return to competition on January 10, at the PSU Relays.

Last Week in Track and Field: West Virginia was idle last week.

Notes & Quotes: West Virginia opened its season with the annual Marty Pushkin Track Classic on Dec. 6, at the WVU Shell Building … WVU had four first-place finishes, led by Katlyn Shelar and Tori Bertrand who tied for first in the pole vault … Bertrand’s career-best vault of 3.75 meters shattered her previous personal-best mark of 3.33 meters set last season … in the 500-meter run, Christa D’Egidio took first place with a personal-best run of 1:21.09 … the women’s one-mile run saw three Mountaineers finish in the top three with Shannen Dalyplacing first (5:30.06), Lydia Martinelli finishing second (5:31.56) and Allie Diehl taking third (5:34.49).

This Week in Women’s Basketball: No. 23/20 West Virginia partakes in the annual Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic versus Marshall in Charleston on Saturday, Dec. 20 at 4 p.m. The Mountaineers then travel to Big Ten foe Ohio State on Monday, Dec. 22 in a 2 p.m. matchup, wrapping up play before the Holiday break.

Last Week in Women’s Basketball: WVU (8-1) extended its win streak to six games with victories over Duquesne (79-60) and IPFW (82-48). Bria Holmes scored a game-high 27 points in the win over the Dukes. Against IPFW, Averee Fields matched a career-high with 23 points. Linda Stepney inked her first career double-double with 13 points and a career-high 11 assists against the Mastodons.

Notes and Quotes: West Virginia has won 15 consecutive games in the WVU Coliseum, which is fifth longest in the NCAA. The Mountaineers are second nationally with 2.1 blocks per game. Lanay Montgomery leads WVU with 3.4 blocks shots per contest, ranking 12th nationally. Bria Holmes’ 23.7 points per game leads the Big 12 and is eighth in the NCAA. Linda Stepney is 11th in the country with 6.2 blocks per game.

Coach Mike Carey: “Our starters are going to play a lot of minutes. The way I look at it is we need to get them in shape now. We need to get them used to it now. When we get into league play, they’re going to have play a lot of minutes, so we need to just get them in shape now.”

This Week in Tennis: The Mountaineers are idle this week ... WVU begins its spring semester competition in Pittsburgh at the Pitt Hidden Duel from January 16-18 at 9 a.m.

Last Week in Tennis: WVU was idle last week.

Notes & Quotes: The Mountaineers collected a combined overall record of 68-40 this fall ... freshman Carolina Lewis stood at a team-best with a record of 11-3 in singles play ... freshman Lyn Yuen Choo had a combined record of 16-7 this fall season ... senior Ikttesh Chahal and junior Hailey Barrett are undefeated in doubles play (4-0).

This Week in Swimming and Diving: The Mountaineers are idle this week and return to competition at the Orange Bowl Classic in Key Largo, Florida, on January 3.

Last Week in Swimming and Diving: WVU was idle last week.

Notes & Quotes: West Virginia competed at the 2014 AT&T U.S. Winter National Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina in its most recent competition on Dec. 4-6 … junior swimmer Andrew Marsh, the reigning Big 12 Men’s Swimmer of the Week, became the first Mountaineer to qualify for the A final at the Winter Nationals … Marsh placed fifth overall in the A final of the 100-yard backstroke with a season-best mark of 46.58 … Marsh also placed third in the B final and 11th overall in the men’s 100-yard butterfly, tying a season-best mark of 47.49 … on Thursday, the women’s 50-yard freestyle prelims featured two Mountaineer swimmers ... Jaimee Gillmore touched the wall in 23.33, placing 37th overall, and Courtney Parenti followed close behind in 38th overall with a mark of 23.34 … other notable WVU performances included a 48th place finish by Nate Carr in the men’s 200-yard individual medley, a 47th place finish by Jenelle Zee in the women’s 100-yard breaststroke and a 51st place result by Max Spencer in the men’s 100-yard breaststroke.

This Week in Rowing: The Mountaineers are idle until the start of its spring season.

Last Week in Rowing: WVU was idle last week.

This Week in Rifle: The No. 1-ranked Mountaineers (8-0, 6-0 GARC) begins spring semester competition against Great American Rifle Conference (GARC) foe No. 15 NC State, Jan. 17, at the WVU Rifle Range.

Last Week in Rifle: WVU rifle was idle last week.

This Week in Wrestling: The Mountaineers return to competition this week with a match at Lock Haven on December 19 at 7 p.m.

Last Week in Wrestling: WVU was idle last week.

Notes and Quotes: West Virginia competed at the 2014 Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas in its most recent competition from Dec. 5-6 ... the Mountaineers took 16th overall at the 2014 Cliff Keen Invitational as a trio of wrestlers earned spots on the podium ... Michael Morales downed No. 8/9 Joe Spisak of Virginia and No. 11 Todd Preston of Harvard on his way to a 6-3 record and a sixth place finish ... Zeke Moisey went 4-3 to take eighth place at 125 pounds and Jake A. Smith went 4-3 to take eighth place at 197 pounds ... Bubba Scheffel upset No. 2 seed Kenny Courts of Ohio State who is ranked No. 6/8 in the nation at 184 pounds ... it marked the best WVU finish in seven years and the most Mountaineers on the podium at the event since 2006 ... Morales is ranked 10th by Flo Wrestling and 12th by Intermat at 141 pounds.

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