MCC Places Two Basketball Players on All-Region XXI Division III Team

MCC Places Pair on All-Region XXI Teams
Manchester Community College basketball players Elise Chase (Vernon) and Lyndsey Nash (Manchester) were named to National Junior College Athletic Association All-Region XXI Division III teams following the 2011-12 season.
Chase was first-year head coach Mary Roickle’ s lone sophomore and was named to the first team after leading her team in in scoring with 271 points (11.8 per game), rebounding (187/8.1), assists (86/3.7) and steals (63) while starting all of MCC’s 23 games.
Nash, who was named to the second team, led MCC scoring average (13.1 over 20 games), pulled down 5.5 rebounds per game and converted 58% of her team-leading 81 free-throw attempts.
Chase and Nash played in the Region XXI All Star game on March 27 at 5pm at CC Rhode Island campus in Warwick, RI.
MCC finished the season with a 15-8 record after a 58-45 first round tournament loss to Quinsigamond CC on February 28th in Worcester, MA.
It’s disappointing in many ways,” Roickle said after the final game. “But to at least make it to playoffs with so many freshmen and with the leadership of Elise was a positive.”
Roickle’s first MCC team included eight freshman and showed balance and improvement over the five month season. She called Chase “the glue that held this team together until it found its identity.”
Chase finished her two-year MCC career with 459 points, 315 rebounds, 153 assists and 105 assists. The Cougars posted a 38-10 record and qualified for post-season play in each of Chase’s two seasons at the school.