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Women's Volleyball

Women's Volleyball Weekly Report - October 3

Player of the Week
 
Madison Gremli, St. Joseph’s-Long Island
Senior, Outside Hitter; Bay Shore, N.Y./Islip

 
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Gremli (above) paced the Golden Eagles with 63 kills, averaging just under four kills per set with a .231 hitting percentage over four matches ... The senior added 44 digs, 2.75 digs per set and eight total blocks ... She knocked down a season-high 20 kills with 14 digs against Western Connecticut, and capped the week with 16 kills and 15 digs against Mount Saint Mary … This is her second player of the week award this fall.
 
Libero of the Week
 
Stephanie Schatzman, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Sophomore; Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam

 
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Schatzman (above) recorded another 30-plus dig match for the Mariners with 36 digs in a five-set home win over St. Joseph's-Long Island … She finished the week with a team-best 4.88 digs per set over 16 sets in USMMA's 2-2 week en route to her second libero of the week honor this season.
  
Rookie of the Week

Alexa Tipps, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Freshman, Setter; Palmdale, Calif./Paraclete


Tipps (below) recorded 7.00 assists per set and 1.88 digs per set over the Mariners' four matches last week, garnering her first Skyline Conference Rookie of the Week award this fall.
 
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Honor Roll

Manhattanville grad student Vianca Vital led the Valiants to a 3-0 week with 67 assists, 17 digs, 11 aces and three kills … Old Westbury freshman Jonangeliz Alvarez Rodriguez totaled 17 kills and 5 digs against Purchase and followed that with 12 kills and 7 digs against CCNY … St. Joseph’s-Brooklyn junior outside hitter Martina Urgo registered 32 digs and 28 kills in four matches last week, leading the side in kills in each contest; she logged her first double-double of the season (12K, 13D) in the Bears’ Skyline-opening win over Maritime and logged a .364 hitting percentage against Pratt to close the week … U.S. Merchant Marine Academy senior right side/setter Meredith Buchanan netted a team-best 2.44 kills per set over 16 sets … Mount Saint Mary sophomore outside hitter Erin Lema totaled five kills and one ace against both Manhatanville and FDU-Florham, and had seven kills and an ace, hitting .333 vs St Joseph’s-Long Island … Maritime senior outside hitter Jessica Mele picked up her second double-double of the season against St. Joseph's-Brooklyn, finishing with a season-high 18 kills to go along with 14 digs before following up that effort with an eight-kill, eight-dig performance at Sarah Lawrence … Manhattanville junior libero Grace Ballagas spearheaded the Valiants' defensive play with 36 digs on the week, adding four assists and three aces … Manhattanville freshman setter Alana Rivera posed 16 assists, 12 digs, a pair of aces and a kill in four sets; she played a pair of sets against Mount Saint Mary, earning season-highs of 15 assists and seven digs along with her first career kill … St. Joseph’s-Brooklyn freshman opposite hitter Mireia Alba, a rookie from Spain, had a season-best 21 digs and six kills to lift the Bears past Maritime in their Skyline opener; she had a total of 10 kills and 14 digs at the Battle of Brooklyn tri-match against Pratt and Brooklyn College … Purchase freshman setter Natalia Leite recorded 52 assists this week over two matches, including a win over Mount Saint Vincent; during the win over the Dolphins, she recorded a career-high 34 assists, adding 13 digs, two kills and two aces … Maritime freshman setter/right side Ashley Pavarini distributed a career-best 28 assists in a five-set defeat to St. Joseph's-Brooklyn; she also had eight digs and contributed four kills without a hitting error against the Bears before recording 13 assists, seven digs, two blocks and a service ace at Sarah Lawrence … Mount Saint Vincent freshman outside hitter/right side Adelina Elezaj finished with a total of 17 kills against Farmingdale State and Purchase on the week as the Dolphins went 1-1 with a victory over the Panthers.
 
Previous Weekly Winners

Player of the Week

September 6 - Loren Hernandez, Manhattanville
September 12 - Madison Gremli, St. Joseph’s-Long Island
September 19 - Jessica Mele, Maritime
September 27 - Madeline Stanley, Farmingdale State

Libero of the Week

September 6 - Stephanie Schatzman, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
September 12 - April Sexton, St. Joseph’s-Long Island
September 19 - Grace Ballagas, Manhattanville
September 27 - Grace Ballagas, Manhattanville

Rookie of the Week

September 6 - Kayla Jennings, Manhattanville
September 6 - Erin Stillinger, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
September 19 - Samantha Andriola, Manhattanville
September 27 - Sarah Rende, Farmingdale State