SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – With the release of the Women's Basketball All-Commonwealth Coast Conference team, Roger Williams' Karli Opalka (Southbury, Conn.) and Sam Leone (Ashland, Mass.) have been selected to the All-CCC team.
 
Opalka was honored as an All-CCC First Team selection while Leone was selected to the All-CCC Second Team.
 
Opalka made her mark in the CCC in her second season as a Hawk. The sophomore forward led the team and ranks fifth in the conference in scoring, averaging 15.6 points per game. In addition, she leads the conference in field goal percentage at 51.8 percent while her 9.4 rebounds per game place her second in the CCC. Over the course of the season, she has been named CCC Player of the Week four times and to the NEWBA Honor Roll twice. She has collected nine double-doubles this year including a career-best 27-point, 17-rebound performance against Springfield back on January 2.
 
Leone continued to show why she is one of the top players in the CCC with her performance this season. She averaged 11.7 points per game, second-best on the team. Her 91 assists are second-best on Roger Williams and ranks her third in the CCC. She is also sixth in the conference with a 1.4 assist-to-turnover ratio. A strong defender as well, her 42 steals leads RWU and ranks her fifth in the conference. One of her best games of the year came against Nichols on February 19, where she finished with 21 points, five rebounds, and seven assists.