Lia St. Pierre, Boston Pizza Female Athlete of the Week

Lia St. Pierre, Boston Pizza Female Athlete of the Week

X-Women basketball forward Lia St. Pierre was named the StFX Female Athlete of the Week for the week ending Nov. 10, 2013 for the second consecutive week. Lia, a fifth year Arts student from Moncton, NB continued her consistent play for the X-Women in two close games against SMU this week. In Wednesday’s 81-69 loss in Halifax, Lia led the X-Women in scoring (24pts), rebounding (12) and assists (6). At home on Saturday the X-Women fell 71-64 but Lia posted strong numbers with a rare triple-double game. She scored 18 points, had 12 rebounds and 10 assists while also adding 1 steal and 1 block. Lia currently leads the AUS conference in rebounding (13.0/game) and assists (6.8/game) and is third overall in scoring (18.5 ppg).