#AEVB Conference Play Continues; Week #6 Awards Announced
BOSTON – This past weekend Stony Brook (3-0) and UAlbany (2-0) maintained their perfect records in #AEVB conference play. The Seawolves have now won five straight games while the Great Danes extended their winning streak to four. Hartford picked up its first conference win. Six more #AEVB games will take place this weekend.
#AEVB Results – Friday, Sept. 21
Hartford 0, at New Hampshire 3
Binghamton 1, at UAlbany 3
Stony Brook 3, at UMass Lowell 0
#AEVB Results – Sunday, Sept. 30
Stony Brook 3, at New Hampshire 1
Hartford 3, at UMass Lowell 0
UMBC 1, at UAlbany 3
#AEVB Schedule – Friday/Sunday, Oct. 5/7
Friday: UAlbany at Stony Brook, 6:30 p.m. (AE.TV)
Friday: New Hampshire at UMBC, 7 p.m. (AE.TV)
Friday: UMass Lowell at Binghamton, 7 p.m. (AE.TV)
Sunday: New Hampshire at Binghamton, 1 p.m. (AE.TV)
Sunday: UMass Lowell at UMBC, 1 p.m. (AE.TV)
Sunday: UAlbany at Hartford, 4 p.m. (AE.TV)
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Here are the conference's weekly award winners:
Player of the Week
Chloe Evering, UAlbany – Jr., OH, San Marcos, CA.
- Averaged 4.00 kills per set while adding 5 digs and 2 blocks in 2-0 week for the Great Danes.
- Had a career-high 20 kills hitting a .317 in a 3-1 victory against Binghamton.
- Helped UAlbany win their 12th consecutive regular season match.
- This is Evering’s first career #AEVB Player of the Week award.
Setter of the Week
LeAnne Sakowicz, Stony Brook – Jr., Setter, Wauconda, Ill.
- Ranked second in the conference with 10 assists per set leading the Seawolves to just its third 2-0 start in #AEVB play in program history.
- Notched 44 assists and 18 digs in 3-1 win over New Hampshire.
- Paced Stony Brook to a league-best .295 hitting percentage.
- This is Sakowicz’s seventh career #AEVB Setter of the Week award.
Defensive Specialist of the Week
Kiani Kerstetter, Stony Brook – So., L/DS, Cardiff, CA.
- Averaged 5.42 digs per set in 2-0 week for Stony brook.
- Helped the Seawolves hold opponents to a league-best .083 hitting percentage.
- This is Kerstetter’s fourth #AEVB Defensive Specialist of the Week honor.
Co-Rookie of the Week
Andersen Vaughan, UAlbany – Fr., Setter., Leesburg, VA.
- Averaged 9.87 assists per set in 2-0 week for UAlbany, the third-best mark in the league.
- Earned first double-double with a career-high 41 assists and 12 digs in 3-1 win over Binghamton.
- This is Vaughan’s first #AEVB Rookie of the Week award of her career.
Weekly Award Winners
Aug. 28 – Player of the Week: Emily Costello, Stony Brook; Setter of the Week: LeAnne Sakowicz, Stony Brook; Defensive Specialist: Emily Tanski, New Hampshire; Rookie of the Week: Paige Krenik, UMBC
Sept. 5 – Player of the Week: Jenna Bridges, Hartford; Setter of the Week: LeAnne Sakowicz, Stony Brook; Defensive Specialist of the Week: Emily Tanski, New Hampshire; Rooke of the Week: Maddie Wiedenfeld, New Hampshire
Sept. 11 – Co-Players of the Week: Jenna Bridges, Hartford; Gabri Olhava, New Hampshire; Setter: Megan Anderson, Hartford; Defensive Specialist of the Week: Nicole Otero, UAlbany; Rookie of the Week: Maddie Wiedenfeld, New Hampshire
Sept. 18 – Player of the Week: Jenna Bridges, Hartford; Co-Setters of the Week: LeAnne Sakowicz, Stony Brook; Megan Anderson, Hartford; Defensive Specialist of the Week: Kiani Kerstetter, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Kiara Adams, Binghamton
Sept. 25 – Player of the Week: Maria Poole, Stony Brook; Setter of the Week: LeAnne Sakowicz, Stony Brook; Defensive Specialist of the Week: Nicole Otero, UAlbany, Co-Rookies: Grace Cozad, UAlbany; Maddie Wiedenfeld, New Hampshire
Oct. 2 – Player of the Week: Chloe Evering, UAlbany; Setter of the Week: LeAnne Sakowicz, Stony Brook; Defensive Specialist of the Week: Kiani Kerstetter, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week Andersen Vaughan, UAlbany
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