Player of the Week
Grace Riddle, Mount Saint Mary
Senior, Outside Hitter; Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh
Riddle (above) paced the Knights in a 3-0 week, totaling at least 15 kills in each match while adding 23 digs, two aces and a pair of total blocks … She opened the week with 15 kills, hitting .636, and two aces against Yeshiva and then opened a non-conference tri-match against Baruch with a season-high 24 kills (.489) and 12 digs … Riddle finished off the week with 16 more winners and eight digs in a sweep of Delaware Valley … For the week, Riddle averaged 6.11 kills per set, hitting .440 and 2.56 digs per set.
Libero of the Week
Kellianne Dempsey, St. Joseph’s-Long Island
Senior; Lake Grove, N.Y./Sachem North
Dempsey (above) led the Golden Eagles with 66 total digs averaging 6.00 digs per set ... She added seven assists and two service aces and was credited with a season-high 32 digs in a 4-1 win over Pratt.
Rookie of the Week
Loren Hernandez, Manhattanville
Freshman, Outside Hitter; Toa Baja, Puerto Rico/American Military Academy
Hernandez (below) had the best game of her young collegiate career in a 3-0 sweep of Rutgers-Newark … She led the Valiants with 11 kills in her three sets of action, and added five digs and a service ace in the victory over the Scarlet Raiders.
Honor Roll
St. Joseph’s-Long Island sophomore outside
Jackie Wolf finished the week with 48 total kills, averaging 3.20 kills per set while hitting at a .214 clip over four matches … Mount Saint Mary freshman outside
Erin Lema averaged 1.67 kills, 2.67 digs and 1.22 aces per set in a perfect week for the Knights … USMMA junior outside
Brittany Breland led the Mariners with 28 kills over their two road losses … St. Joseph’s-Brooklyn senior libero
Carol Melo recorded a career-high 39 digs in a five-set battle with Brooklyn.
Previous Weekly Winners
Player of the Week
September 7 - Vianca Vital, Manhattanville
September 13 - Paige Smith, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Libero of the Week
September 7 - Kaille Ferguson, Sarah Lawrence
September 13 - Grace Ballagas, Manhattanville
Rookie of the Week
September 7 - Erin Lema, Mount Saint Mary
September 13 - Stephanie Schatzman, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy