CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Conference play got started in America East volleyball on Friday and Stony Brook, New Hampshire and Binghamton all earned conference-opening victories. The Seawolves knocked-off Hartford in a battle between the two teams who had posted the best records in conference play. Stony Brook took home a four-set win and earned a pair of weekly awards in the process. Here are the weekly award winners:
Player of the Week
Kathy Fletcher, Stony Brook, Jr., OH, West Chicago, Ill.
- Led the conference in kills (4.50 per set) and aces (0.75 per set) while ranking fifth in hitting percentage at .304.
- Helped Stony Brook to a conference-opening win over Hartford on the road with her first double-double of the year, posting 18 kills and 12 digs.
- Led the match with three ervice aces and also assisted on three blocks.
Setter of the Week
Nicole Vogel, Stony Brook, Jr., Setter, Costa Mesa, Calif.
- Led the conference with 12.25 assists per set while also ranking third in digs with 5.50 digs per set.
- Quarterbacked the Stony Brook offense to a .253 hitting percentage, the highest in the conference last week.
- Registered 49 assists and 22 digs in Stony Brook's four-set win over Hartford to open America East play.
Rookie of the Week
Alexis LaGoy, Binghamton, Fr., MH, Baldwinsville, N.Y.
- Led the conference with a .441 hitting percentage over two matches last week.
- Helped Binghamton to a pair of victories over Cornell and conference foe Albany.
- Averaged 2.12 kills per set and 1.00 blocks per set.
- Had six kills on eight swings with five blocks against Cornell.
- Registered 11 kills on 26 swings with three blocks against Albany.
Notes
- Binghamton snapped a seven-match losing streak with a win over Cornell and posted back-to-back wins for the first time this year after beating Albany.
- Stony Brook improved to 2-0 in America East openers under Coley Pawlikowski.
- UMass Lowell recorded its first Division I home victory in the team's home opener vs. NJIT on Saturday.
Weekly Awards
Sept. 2 - Player of the Week: Sherrele Walker, UMBC; Setter of the Week: Taylor Dunklau, New Hampshire; Rookie of the Week: Abbie Mirabella, UMBC
Sept. 8 - Player of the Week: Brenna Buckwalter, New Hampshire; Setter of the Week: Jackie Tamburri, Hartford; Rookie of the Week: Katy Henchy, Hartford
Sept. 15 - Player of the Week: Sareeta Nethersole, Hartford; Setter of the Week: Jackie Tamburri, Hartford; Rookie of the Week: Masha Yelsukova, UMass Lowell
Sept. 22 - Player of the Week: Taylor Gillie, Stony Brook; Setter of the Week: Nicole Vogel, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Katy Henchy, Hartford
Sept. 29 - Player fo the Week: Kathy Fletcher, Stony Brook; Setter of the Week: Nicole Vogel, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Alexis LaGoy, Binghamton