Spalding Player of the Week: Albany junior outside hitter Alissa Gibbs (Ballston Lake, N.Y./Shenendehowa) averaged 7.00 kills per game in two matches this weekend, including Albany’s first-ever America East Conference victory. She totaled 27 kills and 11 digs in leading Albany past Stony Brook on Saturday for the first time in 17 meetings between the schools. Gibbs came back the following day with career-high totals of 36 kills and six service aces to help the Great Danes dig out of an 0-2 hole and take Hartford to a fifth game. In three conference matches last week, Gibbs totaled 81 kills and averaged 6.23 per game. On the season, she averages 5.37 kills and 2.29 digs per game in conference matches.
Spalding Rookie of the Week: Towson first-year outside hitter Liz Goubeaux (Lockport, N.Y./Lockport) has led the Tigers to a 10-0 conference record so far this season. She hit .340 in matches this week with 42 kills on 88 attempts. She had 15 total blocks including 3 solo and 12 assisted. Goubeaux averaged 3.82 kills per game this week and leads the team in hitting percentage with .382 and blocks with 1.24 per game. She had 15 kills and four solo blocks against Drexel last Wednesday and added 15 kills against New Hampshire with four block assists. She hit .500 against the Black Bears with 12 kills on 20 attempts and had an outstanding 3 solo blocks and four block assists in the three-game match.
Spalding Setter of the Week: Towson senior setter Andrea LaBlanc (Brookfield, Wis./Pius XI) had 144 assists in three games with an average of 13.09 assists per matches. She had five blocks in three matches. She collected 29 digs in three matches averaging 2.63 digs per game. LaBlanc had 52 assists in four-game win over Drexel, with five kills, seven digs and one block assist. She added 54 assists in the win over New Hampshire along with 13 digs, two block assists and two kills. She had three kills, 38 assists and eight digs in the win over the Black Bears and has 1044 assists this season, averaging 12.00 assists per game.