Karli Opalka (Southbury, Conn.), senior captain of the Roger Williams University Women's Basketball team, joined Hawk Talk this week. She sat down with host Bryce Johnson and they discussed her team's start to the season, her team's culture, and what she expects from Curry College on Saturday.

https://rwuhawktalk.podbean.com/e/hawk-talk-season-2-episode-12-karli-opalka-women-s-basketball/



https://youtu.be/aKiswWznElc

As a freshman in 2018-19, Opalka earned a spot on the All-CCC Third Team netting 9.3 points per game while ranking fifth in the conference grabbing 7.5 rebounds per contest, and paced the league with a .539 field goal percentage. She followed that up by taking her game to another level as a sophomore as she saw her scoring rise to 15.3 points per game, the fifth most in the conference. In addition, she added 9.2 boards per game, the second most in the CCC, and led the league in efficiency with a .507 field goal percentage and for her efforts, she was named to the All-CCC First Team.
 
This season, Opalka leads the team in scoring (12.6) and rebounding (12.6), including 5.6 offensive rebounds per contest all while shooting at a .429 clip.
 
Opalka enters this winter with the top field goal percentage in RWU Women's Basketball team program history and is within striking distance of becoming the ninth member of the 1000-point club and breaking into the top-ten in rebounding.