Sports News: Winter 2006-07
Monday, February 12, 2007

MORAVIAN’S KELLY APPLEGATE NAMED COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

ANNVILLE, PA --- Senior forward Kelly Applegate (Easton, PA/Wilson HS) of the Moravian College women’s basketball team has been named the Commonwealth Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for her performance last week.

Applegate, who was also named the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week on November 27th, helped Moravian post a 2-0 mark last week in Commonwealth Conference action to clinch the team’s sixth straight Commonwealth Conference Tournament appearance. Applegate had 17 points, seven rebounds and three assists in a 64-50 victory at Lebanon Valley College.

Applegate then lead the Greyhounds to a 66-59 win over top-ranked Messiah College to clinch a playoff berth. She had 17 points and eight rebounds in the victory. During the contest, Applegate became the sixth player in school history to reach 1,400 career points and now has a total of 1,407. She is also seventh all-time with 645 career rebounds while holding the school records for free throws made with 440 and free throws attempted with 572.

Moravian, which is 13-10 overall and 7-5 in Commonwealth Conference action this season, will return to the court in a conference game at Widener University on Tuesday, February 12th at 6:00 p.m. in Chester.