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 Feb. 16, 2014. Lia, a fifth year Arts student from Moncton, NB helped lead the X-Women to two weekend wins, both worth 4 points in the AUS standings. In Saturday’s 67-46 victory over Dalhousie, Lia scored a game-high 22 points and had a double-double night with 13 rebounds as she received player of the game honors. She also added 2 assists, 7 steals and 2 blocks. In Friday’s 69-65 victory over Acadia, Lia scored 9 points and had a team-high 7 rebounds, along with 5 assists and 4 steals. In earlier action on Tuesday in a 60-49 loss at Cape Breton, Lia scored 8 points and had 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 block. She leads the AUS in rebounding (10.1 rpg) and is 8th in scoring (15.0 ppg).