BOSTON – Just one weekend stands between four teams and the 2021 America East Volleyball Championship.
Last weekend, UAlbany (7-4) and UNH (6-4) locked up the final postseason bids. The Great Danes did so with their second straight-set victory over Stony Brook this season. Entering the final weekend of the regular season, seeds two-through-four are still to be determined.
Regular-season champion UMBC (11-0) has secured the top seed and remained perfect in league matches with a four-set win over the Great Danes on Sunday. Visit #AEVB Championship Central for full details.
The preseason poll was released on Aug. 12.
Fans will once again be able to watch the majority of #AEVB this season. Select games will air on The AE on ESPN while others will air on AmericaEast.TV. Those games will be available on computers, OTT devices and the brand new America East app, which is available on all IOS and Android devices and can be found by searching ‘America East Conference’ in app stores.
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#AEVB Weekly Award Winners – Nov. 9
Player & Rookie of the Week
Mia Bilusic, UMBC – Fr., Outside Hitter, Zagreb, Croatia
- Averaged 4.86 kills per set in 1-1 week.
- Career-high 23 kills in four-set win over UAlbany, the team's lone league match.
- Also averaged 3.0 digs per set in two matches.
- This is Bilusic’s second Player of the Week honor and fourth Rookie of the Week nod.
Setter of the Week
Andjelija Draskovic, UMBC – Jr., Setter, Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia
- Averaged 12.14 assists per set including 53 against the Great Danes.
- UMBC hit .421 on her sets in the team's eleventh league win.
- This is her league-high fifth Setter of the Week award of the season.
Defensive Specialist of the Week
Kiani Kerstetter, Stony Brook – Gr., Libero, Cardiff, Calif.
- Averaged a league-high 5.33 digs per set in 1-1 weekend.
- Helped the Seawolves defense hold NJIT to a .095 hitting percentage in the win.
- Kerstetter has been named Defensive Specialist of the Week twice this season and 11 times in her career.
2021 #AEVB Weekly Awards
Aug. 31 – Player & Rookie of the Week: Camryn Luginbuhl, Hartford; Setter of the Week: Torri Henry, Stony Brook; Defensive Specialist of the Week: Loren Teter, UMBC
Sept. 7 – Player of the Week: Enitan Omolewa, Stony Brook; Setter of the Week: Wren Macaulay, New Hampshire; Defensive Specialist of the Week: Charlotte Macken, UAlbany; Rookie of the Week: Camryn Luginbuhl, Hartford
Sept. 14 – Player of the Week: Leoni Kunz, Stony Brook; Setter of the Week: Wren Macaulay, New Hampshire; Defensive Specialist of the Week: Loren Teter, UMBC; Rookie of the Week: Camryn Luginbuhl, Hartford
Sept. 21 – Player & Rookie of the Week: Mia Bilusic, UMBC; Setter of the Week: Torri Henry, Stony Brook; Defensive Specialist of the Week: Mia Pagliarini, New Hampshire
Sept. 28 – Player of the Week: Anna Sprys, Binghamton; Setter of the Week: Wren Macaulay, New Hampshire; Defensive Specialist of the Week: Mia Pagliarini, New Hampshire; Rookie of the Week: Mia Bilusic, UMBC
Oct. 5 – Player of the Week: Kamara Kelly, UAlbany; Setter of the Week: Andjelija Draskovic, UMBC; Defensive Specialist of the Week: Loren Teter, UMBC; Rookie of the Week: Mia Bilusic, UMBC
Oct. 12 – Player of the Week: Danielle Tedesco, UAlbany; Setter of the Week: Andjelija Draskovic, UMBC; Defensive Specialist of the Week: Loren Teter, UMBC; Rookie of the Week: Camryn Luginbuhl, Hartford
Oct. 19 – Player of the Week: Abby Sullivan, New Hampshire; Setter of the Week: Andjelija Draskovic, UMBC; Defensive Specialist of the Week: Kiani Kerstetter, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Oren Abutbul, UAlbany
Oct. 26 – Player of the Week: Grace Rigsbee, UMBC; Setter of the Week: Wren Macaulay, New Hampshire; Defensive Specialist of the Week: Alex Lucero, Hartford; Rookie of the Week: Camryn Luginbuhl, Hartford
Nov. 2 – Player of the Week: Amiyah De’Long, Stony Brook; Setter of the Week: Andjelija Draskovic, UMBC; Defensive Specialist of the Week: Loren Teter, UMBC; Rookie of the Week: Lilou Stegeman, UAlbany
Nov. 9 - Player & Rookie of the Week: Mia Bilusic, UMBC; Setter of the Week: Andjelija Draskovic, UMBC; Defensive Specialist of the Week: Kiani Kerstetter, Stony Brook
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