ANNVILLE, Pa. – Lebanon Valley women's basketball junior Kate Fitzpatrick was named the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Commonwealth Player of the Week on Monday in a release by the conference office after a huge week on the court.
 
Fitzpatrick scored 49 points to lead LVC to a 1-1 week while shooting over 50 percent from the field. The junior was 19-36 on field goals including 5-14 from beyond the arc. She began the week with a game-high 27 points and five rebounds in a 62-50 defeat at Albright. The guard was 10-20 from the field, 3-9 on threes, and a perfect 4-4 at the line against the Lions. The 27 points are one point shy of her career-high and the third-most in a game in the conference this season. Fitzpatrick finished the week with 22 points and five rebounds in a 58-42 win over Stevenson in which the Dutchmen never trailed. The junior scored the first six points of the game and had 10 points in the first quarter where LVC built a 15-11 lead. The junior was 9-16 from the field and 2-3 at the line in the important win over the Mustangs.
 
The weekly award is the second for Fitzpatrick this year and in her career.
 
The Dutchmen will make the trip down to Maryland on Wednesday to take on Hood College at 8 p.m. as the look to inch closer to clinching a postseason berth.
 
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