ANNVILLE, Pa.– Stevenson University women's basketball senior Sara Tarbert was named the MAC Commonwealth Player of the Week, it was announced Monday morning. For Tarbert, it marks the fifth time this season that she has won the award.
Tarbert recorded three double-doubles in a 3-0 week to push her NCAA Division III-leading total to 18, as she has notched 19 in a row dating back to last season. She averaged 23.0 points, 13.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.7 steals per game while shooting 58% (28-48) from the floor and 5-8 from three-point land. Tarbert started the week with 14 points and 11 rebounds in a non-league win at Virginia Wesleyan, then posted 33 points and 16 rebounds in a home victory over Hood, her third 30-plus point performance of the season. She closed out the week with 22 points and 12 boards in a triumph at Arcadia.
Through last Friday, Tarbert ranks sixth nationally in scoring (23.3 ppg) and 11th in rebounding (12.9 rpg) to go along with her national lead in double-doubles. Her 19 straight double-doubles are the sixth-longest streak in NCAA Division III history.
Winners of six straight, Stevenson returns to action Wednesday night when it hosts Lebanon Valley College in a 6:00 contest at Owings Mills Gymnasium.