CAA Volleyball Weekly Report - Oct. 22
CAA Volleyball Co-Offensive
Player of the Week:
Alissa Alker, Sr.,
OH, Delaware
Alker led Delaware to a 3-0 week as the Hens extended their
win streak to four. She led the team in kills and aces during the week and
ranked No. 2 in digs and No. 3 in blocks with 46 and 11. Alker recorded a
season-high 21 kills in the 3-2 win over then CAA-leading Northeastern and
added 26 digs to post her second career 20-20 match.
CAA Volleyball Co-Offensive
Player of the Week:
Katy Buck, Jr., OH,
Towson
Buck had a solid weekend to help the Tigers earn a pair of
sweeps and take a two-game lead in the CAA standings. Buck had a team-high 25
kills and averaged 4.17 kills per set for the weekend. She also hit .269 while
contributing 11 digs and seven blocks. On Sunday, Buck led the Tigers to their
first win over Northeastern since 2005 with a team-high 15 kills while adding
seven digs and two blocks in the match.
CAA Volleyball Defensive
Player of the Week:
Ariel Shonk, Fr., L,
Delaware
Shonk receives her third CAA weekly award after leading
the team in digs during the week with 83 for 6.38 per match. She recorded 24+
digs in each match during the week and her 33 digs vs. Hofstra was her third
highest total of the season. Shonk's current 5.71 digs per match mark for the
season ranks No. 2 all-time at Delaware.
CAA Volleyball Rookie
of the Week:
MacKenzie Kleespies, Fr., MB,
James Madison
Kleespies helped lead JMU to 1-1 record last week, including
a conference win over Georgia State. She had 11 kills on .205 hitting to go
with 14 digs and a career-high eight blocks against Virginia on Tuesday. She
followed up that performance with 12 kills, averaging 4.00 per set, seven digs
and a block in a 3-0 sweep over the Panthers Friday night. Overall, Kleespies
averaged 2.88 kills and 2.63 digs per set while filling in at middle blocker
for the Dukes.
Conference
Notes
Towson increased its win streak to
14 matches following victories over Hofstra and Northeastern last weekend. The
win over the Huskies was the first since 2005 and put the Tigers in sole
possession of first place in the conference.
During two matches last weekend,
Towson held its opponents to a combined .005 hitting percentage.
UNCW junior Christi Laite recorded a
match-high 15 kills and a .542 hitting percentage in the Seahawks' 3-1 victory
over William & Mary Saturday afternoon.
Delaware improved to 5-1 in five-set
matches this season following its 3-2 victory over Northeastern Friday night.
Northeastern junior Kelly Bacon
posted a season-high 20 kills in the Huskies' five set loss to Delaware Friday
night.
UNCW is 6-1 when posting an attack
percentage of .200 or higher after knocking off William & Mary Saturday and
recording a .262 attack clip.
UNCW's Natalie LaHaie and Haley Collins
moved up in the Seahawk record book in the all-time assists and digs categories
Saturday against William & Mary. LaHaie passed Bea Gerevich to move into
seventh place in the school's all-time assists category after recording 21
against the Tribe to put her at 1,486 for her career. Collins surpassed Sara
DeLair for fifth place on the program's all-time digs list following 20 digs
against W&M and putting her at 1,089 total digs at UNCW.