Youngstown States's Cash and Wright State's Vogelpohl Tab Weekly Honors

INDIANAPOLIS -- Youngstown State sophomore Sarah Cash (Lordstrom, Ohio) is the Horizon League Women’s Basketball Player of the Week while Wright State’s Emily Vogelpohl (Cincinnati, Ohio) is the Freshman of the Week for the week of Dec. 7-13.

Youngstown State (7-1) played a tough Penn State team this past week on the road at the Bryce Jordan Center where the Nittany Lions handed the Penguins their first loss of the season 68-51. The contest remained close until Penn State went on a 12-0 run in the second half that sealed the victory. The game versus Penn State marked Youngstown State’s first matchup against a Big Ten opponent in eight years. The Penguins bounced back on Saturday with a dominating 91-61 win over Kent State at the Beeghly Center that was the program’s largest margin of victory over the Golden Flashes in the 41-game history of the series. Strong first and second periods that amounted to a 34-9 lead just 13 minutes into the contest setup the Penguins to a double-digit lead the remainder of the game.

Cash posted two solid performances for the Penguins over the week with two double-doubles and the top two rebounding contests thus far in her career. The sophomore posted 19 points on 9-of-13 shooting with 11 rebounds and three assists at Penn State to kick off the week. Facing Kent State, Cash tallied 10 points while going 3-for-4 from the field, grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds, dished out four assists and tabbed four blocks in the victory. For the week, she averaged 14.5 ppg, 11.5 rpg, 3.5 apg, 1.0 spg and 2.5 bpg.

Wright State (9-2) added two more wins to its resume this week as the team defeated Cincinnati Christian and Eastern Kentucky. The Raiders saw six players hit double-digit points in the 107-44 win versus Cincinnati Christian during the team’s Education and Hoops Day at the Nutter Center. Wright State then pulled out a close 71-69 victory facing Eastern Kentucky on Sunday after freshman Symone Simmons put the team ahead with a triple with 6.1 seconds remaining in the contest. The game went back and forth all afternoon with 14 lead changes and was tied 12 times during the four quarters.

Vogelpohl was a consistent presence for the Raiders as she averaged 17.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.0 apg, 3.0 spg and 1.0 bpg. Vogelpohl went for 14 points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals against Cincinnati Christian early in the week. The freshman posted a season-high of 20 points versus Eastern Kentucky with 11 of those coming in the fourth quarter as well as being 3-for-5 from the three-point range the final 10 minutes. In addition, she collected three steals and dished out two assists in the close win for the Raiders.

Youngstown State faces Salem International tonight at 7:00 p.m. ET and Lake Erie on Wednesday for an 11:00 a.m. ET tip-off. Wright State is back in action tomorrow at the Nutter Center against Mount St. Joseph at 7:00 p.m. and will go up against Georgia on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. ET. All contests will be streamed live on ESPN3.

Top Players of the Week:
Ashanti Abshaw, Cleveland State (Fr., F): Posted 18 points with nine rebounds at Toledo while recording 10 of her 18 points all in the first quarter.
Ruvanna Campbell, UIC (Sr., F): Posted a season-high 22 rebounds against Western Illinois to mark the seventh time she has recorded 20+ rebounds in a game. In addition, scored 11 points with four assists, two steals and one block.
Jessica Lindstrom, Green Bay (So., F): Scored a career-high of 16 points at Butler then tied it at Wisconsin. In addition, averaged 6.5 rpg and 1.0 spg.
Olivia Nash, Oakland (Sr., F): Matched a season-high 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting against Rochester College. Scored 14 points, all coming in the second half, with a career-high three steals versus #25/23 Michigan State.
Rosanna Reynolds, Detroit (Jr., G): Scored 20 points with seven assists and three blocks versus IPFW in addition to posting her third double-double of the year with 13 points, 11 rebounds and five assists at Western Michigan.
Christine Roush, Northern Kentucky (Sr., G): Scored a team-high 21 points versus West Virginia State with 16 of her 21 points in the first half.
Jasmyn Walker, Valparaiso (So., F): Led Valparaiso in scoring against Akron with 17 points on 7-for-12 shooting. Also scored 13 points with seven rebounds facing IU-Northwest.
Sierra Ford-Washington, Milwaukee (Jr., G): Posted a season-high of 25 points against Eastern Illinois with six rebounds, five assists and two steals.

Top Freshmen of the Week:
Meredith Hamlet, Valparaiso (G): Went 5-for-5 from the three-point range en route to a 19-point performance against IU-Northwest in addition to scoring 14 points against Akron.
Brittney Jackson, Detroit (G): Hit three three-pointers for a career-best 11 points at Western Michigan while also adding five points in the win over IPFW.
Taylor Jones, Oakland (G): Scored a season-best 14 points with a career-high eight rebounds versus Rochester College while also posting 14 points facing #25/23 Michigan State including a career-high of 8-for-10 from the charity stripe.
Alison Smolinski, Youngstown State (G): Scored nine points at Penn State and a career and game-high of 22 points versus Kent State including six three-pointers.

Players of the Week
Nov. 9: Kaili Lukan, Green Bay (Sr., G)
Nov. 16: Kim Demmings, Wright State (Sr., G)
Nov. 23: Kim Demmings, Wright State (Sr., G)
Nov. 30: Allie LeClaire, Green Bay (So., G)
Dec. 6: Sarah Cash, Youngstown State (So., F)

Freshmen of the Week
Nov. 9: Taylor Jones, Oakland (Fr., G)
Nov. 16: Molly Glick, Northern Kentucky (Fr., F)
Nov. 23: Emily Vogelpohl, Wright State (Fr., G)
Nov. 30: Ashanti Abshaw, Cleveland State (Fr., F)
Dec. 6: Emily Vogelpohl, Wright State (Fr., G)