The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) announced their weekly awards and first-year forward Julia Balesteri (Pleasanton, CA) earned the SCIAC Women's Basketball Defensive Athlete of the Week for the first time in her young career.
Balesteri made a huge impact with limited minutes off the bench in a 68-65 come-from-behind victory against Pacific Lutheran University (WA). In addition to her seven points, she also matched a game-high 10 rebounds and registered four blocks and two steals in only 16 minutes of action.
Through three games, Balesteri leads the Bulldogs with 2.3 offensive rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game in only 10.3 minutes per contest.
To see all of this week's Athlete's of the Week, please refer to the SCIAC's website.
Redlands (3-0) faces a non-conference test against No. 21 Whitman College on Saturday, November 23, at 5 p.m.