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September 29, 2014 Meg O'Day, Haverford College O’Day led Haverford to a 3-1 week. In the Fords' Centennial Conference win over McDaniel, O'Day tied her career-high with 22 kills. Her final two kills were the final two points in the deciding fifth set to secure the win. She also finished with a .312 attack percentage, a solo block, and five block assists. The junior continued her stellar play with 13 kills and 2 solo blocks in the Fords' 3-1 win over Widener. In a thrilling five-set victory over the #14 Eastern University Eagles, O'Day once again tied her career-high with 22 kills. She finished with a team-high .390 attack percentage and five block assists in the 3-2 win. In Haverford's 3-1 loss to Salisbury, O'Day contributed 15 kills and a .367 attack percentage. Currently, the junior is on a 27 match streak of at least 10 kills and leads the conference with 255 kills.
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Muhlenberg sophomore Allison Glass averaged 2.67 kills and 2.44 digs per set while hitting .273 as Muhlenberg extended its winning streak to eight with wins against Scranton and Johns Hopkins. She hit .357 with a team-leading 13 kills in the Mules four-set defeat of defending CC champion Johns Hopkins. In the Scranton match, she recorded back-to-back kills with the fifth set tied 14-14 to secure the win.
Swarthmore junior Sam DuBois led Swarthmore to a 2-0 conference start, including a win over Franklin & Marshall for the first time since 1989. DuBois averaged 9.0 assists, 2.20 digs, and 0.80 service aces per set and anchored the Garnet team hitting percentage of .235 for the week.
Swarthmore junior Madison Heppe recorded her 1,000 career dig in a sweep of Dickinson College to become the ninth player in program history to reach the milestone. Averaging just under four digs per set this season, Heppe finished the three-set match with 13 digs to bring her career total to 1,006.
Previous Volleyball Players of the Week for 2014:
September 22, 2014 Allison Glass, Muhlenberg College Glass hit .292 and averaged 2.45 kills and 4.00 digs per set in a 3-0 week for the Mules. She had a match-high 14 kills with only one error in 36 attempts to go along with a career-high 23 digs in a five-set win against Franklin & Marshall that broke the Diplomats 15-match CC regular-season winning streak. In a 3-2 win over McDaniel, Glass recorded another double-double with 10 kills and 21 digs. The Mules are off to their first 2-0 start in Conference play since 2002. |
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September 15, 2014 Kristen Lee, Washington College Lee averaged 4.50 kills per set, 4.00 digs per set, .83 aces per set, and hit .291 for the week as Washington College went 4-0 at the Frostburg State Tournament. In a 3-0 win against Waynesburg on Friday, Lee had 16 kills, 15 digs, and hit .273. In the fourth and final match of the tournament, Lee hit 0.324 and had a match-high 21 kills to go along with 16 digs in the team's four set victory over Eastern Mennonite. She earned the tournament's Most Valuable Player Award for her performance. |
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September 8, 2014 Katherine Boll, Muhlenberg Boll hit .484 while averaging 3.00 kills per set to lead the Mules to their first Buttermaker Tournament championship in nine years. An all-tournament selection, she also recorded six aces and 14 blocks (1.08 per set) in the four matches. In the championship round, Boll hit .538 and averaged 3.57 kills per set, recording a match-high 16 kills against Allegheny and nine kills in only 14 attempts to go along with six blocks in the title-clinching sweep of Shenandoah. |
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September 2, 2014 Caroline Hubbard Senior, Setter, 5-10 Baton Rouge, La. / Western Reserve Academy Hubbard led Franklin & Marshall to a 3-0 week as the Diplomats downed Lancaster Bible, Elizabethtown, and Penn St. - Berks at the Crosstown Crossover. Hubbard tallied 103 assists in three matches (10.3 assists per set) to go along with 13 service aces and 27 digs. |