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Swarthmore's Wallace Selected Player of the Week

Swarthmore's Wallace Selected Player of the Week

Player of the Week 9/19/16

Sarah Wallace, Jr, OH, Swarthmore
San Francisco, Calif./Branson

Sarah Wallace became the sixth player and first junior in program history to reach 1,000 kills in a 5-0 week for the Garnet. Wallace hit .284 while averaging 3.86 kills and 3.14 digs per set as the Garnet extended its win streak to nine matches. The junior outside hitter was also named the tournament MVP of the Neumann Knights Invitational while Swarthmore finished the weekend without dropping a set.

 

Notebook:

Ursinus freshman Kelly Piotrowicz averaged 2.63 kills per set, 5.38 assists per set, and 2.75 digs per set in a 1-1 week for the Bears, registering the first triple-double by a Bear since 2013 with a 10-kill, 15-assist, 14-dig effort in Saturday's game against Gettysburg. 

 


PREVIOUS AWARD WINNERS


Player of the Week 9/12/16

Kaitlyn Marino, Soph, OH, Washington College
Redding, Conn./Joel Barlow

Averaged 4.57 kills and 3.43 digs to go with a .244 hitting percentage in a 2-0 week for the Shorewomen with a pair of double-doubles. In a four-set victory over host Alvernia on Saturday, she had a career-high 20 kills and 12 digs as she hit .300 in the victory. She 20 of WC's 50 kills in the win and clinched the third set with a kill to give WC a 2-1 lead. In the three-set sweep of Immaculata later on Saturday at Alvernia, she had 12 kills and 12 digs.

 

Player of the Week 9/6/16

Kaitlyn Marino, Soph, OH, Washington College
Redding, Conn./Joel Barlow

Averaged 3.92 kills per set and 2.62 digs per set in addition to notching a pair of double-doubles in a 3-1 weekend for the Shorewomen. She had 17 kills, leading all players, and 10 digs in a four-set win over Rutgers-Camden on Saturday in the final match of the DeSales Invitational. On Friday in the team's opening match versus Gwynedd Mercy she had 12 kills and 11 digs in a three-set sweep. On Friday versus Baruch she had 10 kills and on Saturday at DeSales she had 12 kills.