BOSTON – Amanda DeAngelis and Katie Kirsch will share the leadership role as the junior and graduate student have been named co-captains of the 2022-23 Suffolk women's basketball team, head coach Ed Leyden announced Thursday.  

The twosome is the second pair to lead the Rams together following in the footsteps of Gabriella DeComo and Jenni-Rose DiCecco, who handled the role a year ago. Both DeAngelis and Kirsch began their first term as captain of the blue-and-gold squad this season.  

DeAngelis is coming off a standout sophomore campaign in which she contributed on both ends of the hardwood. The guard from Londonderry, New Hampshire, was second on the team in scoring with 10.7 points per game and led the effort on the glass with 7.0 boards per outing. She racked up career-best in nearly every statistically category and compiled three double-double performances highlighted by a 29-point, 22-rebound effort in an 87-68 pouncing of Nichols Jan. 4, 2022. 

Kirsh is one of nine newcomers to done a blue-and-gold jersey this season. The transfer brought her talents to Beacon Hill after beginning her collegiate career at Trinity. As a Bantam, the Pelham, New Hampshire, product, recorded 202 points, 150 rebounds and 30 assists over 42 games.  

The pair has their work cut out as the Rams roster features seven true freshmen and brings back just four players from last season's team that went 18-8 overall and 12-6 in its first year in the CCC.  

Ram Nation will get its first look at the 40th edition of Suffolk women's basketball on opening day, Thursday, Nov. 10 when it welcomes Bridgewater State to Larry E. and Michael S. Smith Court for a 7 p.m. Bay State battle.