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Johns Hopkins' Erica Johnston Named Player of the Week

Johns Hopkins' Erica Johnston Named Player of the Week
 

 

October 20, 2014

Erica Johnston, Johns Hopkins
Freshman, OH, 5-9
Palo Alto, Calif. / Gunn 

In the Blue Jays lone match of the week, Johnston powered the offense to upset Haverford and knock the Fords from the ranks of the conference unbeaten. She finished second on the team with 13 kills while hitting .355 for the match. Defensively, the freshman made her presence felt with two block assists along with 11 digs. In the final set, Johnston hammered home four of the team's last six points en route to a deciding 25-19 victory.

 

Notebook:

Swarthmore freshman Sarah Wallace averaged 4.11 kills per set, a .274 hitting percentage , and 3.6 digs per set to lead the Garnet to a 4-1 week. She recorded double-doubles in four of the five matches, including 10 kills and 12 digs against Ursinus as Swarthmore (19-5, 7-0 CC) remains the only undefeated team in conference. She had a career-high 26 kills against Richard Stockton as Swarthmore ended the Ospreys 16 match home-winning streak, dating back to 2012.  Her performance at the Osprey Classic earned her a spot on the all-tournament team. 

Bryn Mawr junior Rachel Ofili totaled 36 kills in two matches during the week, including 20 in a thrilling five-set victory over Washington College. Ofili was key to the Owls coming back from an 0-2 deficit in that contest, recording a hitting percentage of .400 while making just two errors along the way. She also recorded five solo blocks and an assist. In their loss to Gettysburg, Ofili recorded 16 kills and a .538 hitting percentage.

 

Previous Volleyball Players of the Week for 2014:

October 13, 2014

Sarah Wallace, Swarthmore
Freshman, OH, 5-10
San Francisco, Calif. / Branson

Paving the way to Swarthmore's best conference start in program history (6-0), Wallace led the Garnet in a 3-0 week, including wins over Gettysburg and McDaniel. Wallace averaged 5.36 k/s on a .303 hitting percentage and 2.55 digs per set. She swung a season/career high 25 kills against the Green Terror and 18 against Penn State Berks to extend her double-digit kill streak to six matches. Adding to many program first's this season, Wallace recorded a double-double in Swarthmore's first ever victory at Gettysburg on October 8th.

October 6, 2014

Nina Mutty, Haverford College
Junior, OH, 5-8
Bainbridge Island, Wash. / Bainbridge

Mutty registered two double-doubles and fell just two kills shy of a third one in the Fords' 3-0 week. Against F&M, the junior recorded 12 kills and tied a team-high with 17 digs. In Haverford's 3-0 win over Gettysburg, Mutty tied the team-high with 12 kills, finished second on the team with 13 digs, and had three service aces.  She led the team with 14 digs and 8 kills against Baruch.

September 29, 2014

Meg O'Day, Haverford College
Junior, MH, 6-1
Fort Thomas, Ky. / Newport Central Catholic

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.

September 22, 2014

Allison Glass, Muhlenberg College
Sophomore, OH, 5-10
Rockville Centre, N.Y. / South Side

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.

September 15, 2014

Kristen Lee, Washington College
Junior, OH, 5-10
Dayton, Md. / River Hill

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.

September 8, 2014

Katherine Boll, Muhlenberg
Junior, M, 6-0
Naples, Fla. / Seacrest Country Day School

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.

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.