Player of the Week
 
Jessica Mele, Maritime
Senior, Outside Hitter; Southold, N.Y./Southold
 
Mele (above) nearly had a triple-double in the five-set loss to CCNY, finishing with 15 kills, 19 digs and a career-high eight service aces … She served four consecutive aces during a 6-0 run in the first set that saw the Privateers trim an eight-point deficit to two … Prior to that matchup, she hit .424 in a 3-0 victory at Lehman, smashing 16 kills, while committing just two errors in 33 attempts ... She also tallied five aces in that match and averaged 2.7 kills, 2.7 digs and 0.9 aces per set across four matches on the week on her way to her first conference player of the week nod this fall.
 
Libero of the Week
 
Grace Ballagas, Manhattanville
Junior; Carolina, Puerto Rico/Robinson School
 
Ballagas (above) totaled 61 digs and 14 assists in a three-match week … She had 11 digs and five assists with a pair of aces in a three-set sweep of Morrisville ... Ballagas followed that with a season-high 35 digs and six assists in the team’s loss to Hunter … She collected another 15 digs and three assists in Manhattanville’s finale against WestConn.
  
Rookie of the Week
 
Samantha Andriola, Manhattanville
Sophomore, Setter; Garden City South, N.Y./Sacred Heart Academy

Andriola (below) totaled 25 kills and 15 digs in three matches for the Valiants … She notched nine kills with a pair of digs in the team’s victory over Morrisville and then collected her first career double-double to open up the Valiants’ tri-match with 11 kills and 11 digs against Hunter … She added five more kills and two final digs against WestConn.
 
Honor Roll

Manhattanville sophomore outside hitter Loren Hernandez posted 37 kills, 32 digs, five aces and four assists across three matches; she put away eight balls and earned six digs against Morrisville before closing the week with a 17 kill, 19 dig double-double with three aces and two assists against Hunter and another 12 kills and seven digs against WestConn in the tri-match … Mount Saint Mary sophomore Jonaiya Williams is leading the team in kills (58) after 29 on the week for the Knights … St. Joseph’s-Brooklyn junior outside hitter Martina Urgo averaged 1.9 kills per set in the Bears' first three matches of the season, totaling 19 kills, while bringing up 31 digs in the stretch … St. Joseph’s-Long Island senior outside hitter Madison Gremli paced the Golden Eagles with 24 kills averaging 3.09 kills per set; she added 26 digs and three service aces … Mount Saint Vincent freshman setter Nicole Sullivan compiled 64 assists, 20 digs, 14 service aces and six kills in a week that saw the Dolphins beat Medgar Evers and York … Old Westbury freshman Gianna Bowe recorded 13 digs in match against Brooklyn … Maritime freshman setter/right side Ashley Pavarini recorded her first career triple-double and also notched career-highs with 10 kills, 18 digs and 20 assists while also matching her career-best with five service aces against CCNY; she averaged 2.7 assists and 2.4 digs per set across four matches … Maritime junior libero Victoria Cordero averaged 2.9 digs per set in matches against Lehman, CCNY, William Paterson and Vassar … Sarah Lawrence senior libero Kaille Ferguson led the Gryphons defensively, headlined by a 24-dig effort against Centenary.

Previous Weekly Winners

Player of the Week

September 6 - Loren Hernandez, Manhattanville
September 12 - Madison Gremli, St. Joseph’s-Long Island

Libero of the Week

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

Rookie of the Week

September 6 - Kayla Jennings, Manhattanville
September 6 - Erin Stillinger, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy