Edil Lacayo and Nicole Caggiano were awarded weekly honors by
the East Coast Conference on Monday, November 15. Lacayo, a
junior on the men's basketball team, was named the ECC Player of
the Week and Caggiano, a freshman on the women's basketball team,
was named ECC Co-Rookie of the Week (an honor shared with Molloy's
Jessica DeNicola).
Lacayo led Queens in scoring in their Saturday season-opener
against Le Moyne College. In the 82-63 win, Lacayo scored 17 points
(15 of which were from 3-point range) and was second on the team in
rebounds with 6.
Caggiano led the team's scoring effort on Friday with 15
of the team's 60 points against Southern Connecticut State.
She was 66% from 3-point range, making 2 of 3 shots. On Saturday,
she tied for second in team scoring with 12 points. Caggiano
finished the weekend with 27 points and 4 rebounds.
The men's basketball team will play next at Pace University on
November 21 and the women will face off against Nyack on the road
on the 16th.