Kristi Rhead, Johns Hopkins
Sophomore, Setter, 5-11
Morgan, Utah / Morgan
Rhead filled the stat sheet this week, leading Hopkins to three wins in four matches. The sophomore averaged 8.87 assists and 3.47 digs per set this week and also added 11 service aces and six blocks. Her best match of the week came in a four-set victory over Gettysburg when she totaled a career-high 41 assists, 14 digs, and four blocks. Rhead's performances were critical as the wins helped the Blue Jays earn the right to host the 2015 Centennial Conference Tournament.
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October 26, 2015
Kloe Martin, McDaniel
Senior, Outside Hitter, 5-9
Littleton, Colo. / Heritage
Martin led the Green Terror to a 3-0 week with three sweeps, including a pair of conference matches. She hit .271 on the week, knocking down 44 total kills (4.89 kps). She also added 34 digs (3.78 dps) and recorded a double-double in all three matches.
Martin Highlights from McDaniel vs. Gettysburg on 10/21
October 19, 2015
Kloe Martin, McDaniel
Senior, Outside Hitter, 5-9
Littleton, Colo. / Heritage
Martin led the Green Terror to a 3-1 week, averaging 3.93 kills per set and 4.43 digs per set. She recorded a pair of double-doubles in two conference matches on the week, tallying 18 kills and 24 digs in a 3-1 loss to F&M on Wednesday before notching 20 kills and 25 digs in a 3-2 win over Swarthmore on Saturday. In the first set on Saturday, she reached the 1,000-dig milestone to become the third player in program history to join the 1,000-kill and 1,000-dig clubs. In addition to her 55 kills and 62 digs, she had seven blocks and two aces.
October 12, 2015
Sarah Wallace, Swarthmore
Sophomore, Outside Hitter, 5-10
San Francisco, Calif. / Branson
Wallace averaged 5.14 kills and 4.57 digs per set as Swarthmore picked up two more conference wins and extended its unbeaten streak to a program-best 14 matches. In a 3-1 win over Washington College, the sophomore outside hitter swung a match-high 22 kills. Against Gettysburg, Wallace followed up with 14 kills and no errors for a .292 hitting percentage and completed the double-double behind 17 digs.
October 5, 2015
Sarah Wallace, Swarthmore
Sophomore, Outside Hitter, 5-10
San Francisco, Calif. / Branson
Wallace helped lead the Garnet to a 2-0 week in Centennial competition with 3-1 wins over Franklin & Marshall and Johns Hopkins. The sophomore outside hitter averaged 4.50 kills and 3.63 digs per set as Swarthmore extended its unbeaten streak to 12 matches. After recording a huge double-double on 21 kills and 23 digs against the Diplomats, she hit .389 with 15 kills and just one error at Hopkins.
Wallace Highlights from Swarthmore vs. F&M on 9/30
September 28, 2015
Ellie Ezekiel, Franklin & Marshall
Junior, Outside Hitter, 5-8
Chadds Ford, Pa. / Garnet Valley
On the week Ezekiel had 54 kills with just eight errors on 118 swings, good for a .389 hitting percentage. She averaged 4.91 kills per set, and collected 24 digs, two service aces, and two block assists in a 3-0 week for the Diplomats. Against Muhlenberg on Wednesday, she had 28 kills and just one error on 54 attempts, a .500 hitting percentage.
Ezekiel Highlights from F&M vs. Muhlenberg on 9/23
September 21, 2015
Shannon Hubert, Muhlenberg
Freshman, Setter, 5-8
Wyckoff, N.J. / Ramapo
Hubert averaged 6.55 assists and 2.36 digs per set while hitting .348 in a 3-0 week for the Mules. Serving as the primary setter for the entire match for the first time in her career, she recorded 44 assists in Muhlenberg's key 3-1 CC win at McDaniel. She also had five kills and 11 digs in the match. Splitting time at setter for two non-conference matches, she totaled 28 assists and seven service aces. In a 3-1 defeat of 2014 NCAA Tournament qualifier Hunter, she recorded five kills in only seven attempts.
September 21, 2015
Sarah Wallace, Swarthmore
Sophomore, Outside Hitter, 5-10
San Francisco, Calif. / Branson
Wallace helped lead the Garnet to a 4-0 weekend and the title at the Neumann Knights' Invitational. The outside hitter, who was named tournament MVP for the second consecutive weekend, hit .247 and averaged 4.60 kills and 2.40 digs per set. In Swarthmore's 3-1 win over Lebanon Valley, which was head coach Harleigh Chwastyk's 200th career victory, Wallace recorded a season-high 19 kills and nearly completed the double-double with nine digs.
September 14, 2014
Sarah Wallace, Swarthmore
Sophomore, Outside Hitter, 5-10
San Francisco, Calif. / Branson
Wallace averaged 4.15 kills and 2.85 digs per set, hit .438 in four matches, and was named the MVP of the Greensboro Invitational as the Garnet went 4-0 over the weekend. In Swarthmore's 3-0 sweep of Emory & Henry, she had a career-high .600 hitting percentage with 15 kills and no errors in 25 attempts. The sophomore also recorded double-doubles with digs and kills in wins over West Virginia Wesley and Oglethorpe.
September 8, 2015
Jess Daunoras, Washington College
Senior, Middle Hitter, 6-1
Shamong, N.J. / Seneca
Daunoras averaged 2.73 kills per set, 1.33 blocks per set and 1.07 digs per set, while hitting .466 in a 5-0 week for the Shorewomen. Daunoras, who was named the MVP of the DeSales Invitational, had a career-best seven assisted blocks and tied her career-high with seven blocks and added seven kills in a three-set win over Rutgers-Camden in the final match of the invitational on Saturday. Earlier in the day against host DeSales, she had 11 kills, seven digs and four blocks, while hitting .529. On Friday in a 3-0 win over Gwynedd Mercy, she hit .500 with nine kills and four total blocks, two solo and two assisted, while notching five digs. In a three-set win over Baruch later on Friday, she had seven kills and three blocks. On September 1st in a three-set win at Salisbury, the team's first in 21 years, she had seven kills as she hit .500 and had two blocks in the victory. Daunoras had 41 kills and just seven errors en route to her .466 hitting percentage.