SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- The West Coast Conference announced this morning that USF forward Claudia Langarita was selected as the WCC's Freshman of the Week following her stellar play this week in the Dons' wins over Portland and Pepperdine. This is the third time this season Claudia has won Freshman of the Week, and it's the second time in three weeks she's been bestowed this honor. 

Langarita and teammate Ioanna Krimili helped the Dons sweep the awards this week as Krimili was named WCC Player of the Week. USF becomes the first team to sweep the weekly awards during the 2021-22 season, and dating back to last season USF leads the WCC with four weeks of winning both player and freshman of the week.

Pressed into a starting role in the Dons Thursday night matchup with Portland, Claudia played a career-high 37 minutes and scored 15 points while grabbing four rebounds to go along with a an assist, block and a steal in the USF victory. Battling hard with the tall Portland team, Langarita found a way to be productive including knocking down a wide-open three late in the fourth quarter to put the game to bed.

Returning to customary bench role against the Waves, Langarita was a highly efficient 8-for-12 from the field as she scored 16 points and secured five rebounds in the road victory over Pepperdine. The win helped catapult to Dons to third place in the WCC standings all by themselves heading into the final week of the regular season. 

2021-22 #WCCSPORTS Women's Basketball Freshman of the Week
Nov. 15: Ally Steadman, Pepperdine
Nov. 22: Anaya James, Pacific
Nov. 29: Elizabeth Elliott, Pacific
Dec. 6: Anaya James, Pacific and Ally Steadman, Pepperdine
Dec. 13: Anaya James, Pacific
Dec. 20: Anaya James, Pacific
Dec. 27: Claudia Langarita, San Francisco
Jan. 12: Emme Shearer, Portland
Jan. 17: Bree Salenbien, Gonzaga
Jan. 24: Anaya James, Pacific
Jan. 31: Elizabeth Elliott, Pacific
Feb. 7: Claudia Langarita, San Francisco
Feb. 14: Anaya James, Pacific
Feb. 21: Claudia Langarita, San Francisco

USF now will prepare for the final week of the regular season as they will travel back to Los Angeles for a Thursday night matchup with the Loyola Marymount Lions at 7:00 p.m., followed by a return trip home for the Saturday afternoon home finale against the Saint Mary's Gaels at 2:00 p.m. Before Saturday's game we will be honoring our senior student athletes who have given their all to our program. 

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