Each week during the academic year, the NE10 honors
Athletes of the Week for all of its 24 sponsored sports while they are in season. Faces in the Crowd shines a spotlight on outstanding on-field performances that didn't earn Athlete of the Week recognition, while also highlighting academic or community efforts from student-athletes across the league.
Below are this week's
NE10 Faces in the Crowd.
ABBY ROMAN AND MELANIE WINTERS
School: Saint Michael's
Sport: Soccer & Lacrosse
Researchers from Saint Michael's College and the University of Vermont made a groundbreaking new discovery that provides a better understanding of how Alzheimer's disease develops in the human brain.
Guided by previous research of spider brains, the scientists uncovered evidence of a "waste canal system" in the human brain that internalizes waste from healthy neurons. They discovered that this system can undergo catastrophic swelling, which leads to the degeneration of brain tissue, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.
Supported by the Vermont Biomedical Research Network (VBRN), the research was carried out in collaboration among Dr. Ruth Fabian-Fine (Saint Michael's College, UVM Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine), Dr. John DeWitt (UVM Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, UVM Medical Center), Dr. Adam Weaver (Saint Michael's College), women's lacrosse senior Abby Roman, and women's soccer senior Melanie Winters.
CASSIDY YEOMANS
School: Bentley
Sport: Basketball
Position: Guard
Class: Junior
Hometown: Marion, Mass.
In her last three games, Yeomans has twice recorded career-highs in assists (9 vs. Post, 10 vs. Chestnut Hill), scored a career-best 16 points against American International and posted her first career double-double in the Post game. In the three games, the Falcon tri-captain has averaged 9.3 points, 8 assists and 1.7 steals while shooting 50 percent overall for the nation's No. 5 team.
EMILIE FOX
School: Franklin Pierce
Sport: Soccer
Position: Goalie
Class: Senior
Hometown: Bridgewater, Mass.
Fox helped push the Ravens into the Elite Eight on Sunday, standing in net for four PK attempts in a critical shootout. Fox sealed the deal for FPU, saving the final Jefferson attempt in the fourth round after the Rams had shot the previous two off the post.
JUJU RAMIREZ
School: Saint Anselm
Sport: Basketball
Position: Forward
Class: Junior
Hometown: Lawrence, Kan.
Ramirez posted back to back games with a career-high in scoring, dropping 20 points at Franklin Pierce last Tuesday and 25 points at Post on Sunday. He also grabbed 11 rebounds during those two games. Ramriez is playing his first season in the NE10 after playing at Northern Colorado.
RUBY CONROY
School: Franklin Pierce
Sport: Soccer
Position: Midfield
Class: Junior
Hometown: Hawthorne, N.J.
Conroy picked a heck of a time for her first goal of the season. With the Ravens trailing, 1-0, and only three minutes remaining in the NCAA Championship's third round, Conroy scored the equalizing regulation goal. FPU would go on to win in a shootout, claiming the region title.
SCSU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
School: Southern Connecticut
Sport: Basketball
Hometown: New Haven, Conn.
Southern Connecticut women's basketball is off to a strong start at 7-0 (3-0 in the NE10). It is the longest season-opening win streak since their 2006-07 Division II National Championship season. Recently, however, the Owls held two teams to a combined 78 points and exploded in a 112-39 win against Bloomfield. The 112 points set a new program record for single-game scoring.
Delaney Haines scored 36 vs Bloomfield, including eight made threes. Katie Williamson came away with two blocks in the win, pushing her to 100 in her career and third in the SCSU record book.
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