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FDU's Livermore Earns Second NEC Co-Player of the Week Honor
Senior Erika Livermore earned her second straight NEC Co-Player of the Week Award.
SOMERSET, N.J. – For the second straight week Erika Livermore (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area) has been named NEC Co-Player of the Week. The redshirt-senior shares the award with Jasmine Nwajei of Wagner.
Livermore averaged 23.5 points, 15 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 52-percent from the field in Fairleigh Dickinson’s 1-1 week. Livermore recorded double-doubles in both games for the Knights, she now has 46 in her career, which is the most among active leader in the NEC and fourth in Division I.
Against Saint Peter’s the Nazareth, Pennsylvania native had 19 points, 15 rebounds—11 offensive—and two blocks. In the Knights’ 81-75 win over Monmouth Livermore had 28 points, 15 rebounds and three blocks—tied a season-high.
The Knights have now earned four NEC Player of the Week awards. Livermore has been named Co-Player of the Week twice and Kelsey has earned Player of the Week twice. They are the only team with more than two.
Fairleigh Dickinson returns to action on Tuesday, December 29 when they host Brown at 2 p.m. at the Stratis Arena inside the Rothman Center.
