New England Athletes of the Week

Posted: Sep 13, 2016

BEVERLY, Mass. – September 13, 2016 — Tufts senior middle hitter Elizabeth Ahrens has the Jumbos off to a perfect 5-0 start in the NESCAC and MIT (NEWMAC) and Maine Maritime (NAC) players swept awards in their resepective conferences to highlight this week's NEWVA Players of the Week recap.

Check out the entire list of New England women's volleyball conference player, defensive/libero, and rookies of the week below.

Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC)

Player of the Week
Roger Williams - Kristen Boyer (Ephrata, Pa.), Sr., OH

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Overall	4	15	44	2.93	21	132	.174	0	0.00	4	0.27	21	1.40	2	12	14	0.93	56.0	3.7

Libero/Rookie of the Week
Endicott - Mackenzie Kennedy (Andover, Mass.), Fr., DS

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Overall	5	17	0	0.00	1	6	-.167	1	0.06	8	0.47	67	3.94	0	0	0	0.00	8.0	0.5

Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC)

Player of the Week
Rivier - Lauren Silverman (Chelmsford, Mass.), Sr., MH

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Overall	4	14	46	3.29	7	79	.494	0	0.00	1	0.07	11	0.79	15	9	24	1.71	66.5	4.8

Defensive Player of the Week
Lasell - Caitlyn Garcia (Moreno Valley, Calif.), Jr., L/DS

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Overall	3	13	2	0.15	1	13	.077	5	0.38	12	0.92	63	4.85	0	0	0	0.00	14.0	1.1

Rookie of the Week
Johnson & Wales (R.I.) - Brylee Frank (Palm City, Fla.), Fr., S

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Overall	4	12	18	1.50	1	30	.567	118	9.83	4	0.33	33	2.75	0	9	9	0.75	26.5	2.2

Little East Conference (LEC)

Offensive Player of the Week
Plymouth St. – Megan Bailey (Canterbury, N.H.), Jr., S

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Overall	5	19	2	0.11	1	12	.083	175	9.21	9	0.47	47	2.47	0	2	2	0.11	12.0	0.6

Defensive Player of the Week
UMass Boston – Elizabeth Glavan (Edina, Minn.), Sr., DS

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Overall	3	8	0	0.00	0	0	-	10	1.25	7	0.88	42	5.25	0	0	0	0.00	7.0	0.9

Rookie of the Week
UMass Dartmouth – Anita Sengara (Vancouver, B.C., Canada.), Fr., OH

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Overall	3	13	44	3.38	11	113	.292	2	0.15	5	0.38	38	2.92	1	3	4	0.31	51.5	4.0

Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC)

Rookie of the Week
Framingham St. – Alycia Rackliffe (Feeding Hills, Mass.), Sr., RS

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Overall	3	10	46	4.60	19	122	.221	4	0.40	2	0.20	22	2.20	3	7	10	1.00	54.5	5.5

Rookie of the Week
Worcester St. – Sarah Powers (Hopkinton, Mass.), Fr., MB

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Overall	4	14	28	2.00	11	79	.215	3	0.21	4	0.29	7	0.50	5	4	9	0.64	39.0	2.8

New England Collegiate Conference (NECC)

Player of the Week
Lesley – Kaylee Deluga (Dennis, Mass.), Jr., MH

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Overall	2	7	30	4.29	10	75	.267	0	0.00	0	0.00	38	5.43	2	1	3	0.43	32.5	4.6

Rookie of the Week
Southern Vt. – Sarah Billow (South Glens Falls, N.Y.), Fr., OH

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Overall	4	12	18	1.50	13	56	.089	0	0.00	15	1.25	17	1.42	0	2	2	0.17	34.0	2.8

New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)

Player of the Week
Tufts – Elizabeth Ahrens (Richmond, Va.), Sr., MH

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Overall	4	15	32	2.13	12	78	.256	1	0.07	3	0.20	13	0.87	2	13	15	1.00	43.5	2.9

New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC)

Player of the Week
MIT – Megan Gebhard (Howell, Mich.), Sr., OH

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Overall	5	14	49	3.50	6	141	.305	0	0.00	0	0.00	6	0.43	1	6	7	0.50	53.0	3.8

Defensive Player of the Week
MIT – Tori Wuthrich (Grosse Point Woods, Mich.), Sr., L

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Overall	5	15	0	0.00	0	0	-	13	0.87	6	0.40	83	5.53	0	0	0	0.00	6.0	0.4

North Atlantic Conference (NAC)

Player of the Week
Colby-Sawyer – Gabrielle Rodriguez (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.), Jr., RS

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Overall	6	12	39	3.25	18	124	.169	3	0.25	5	0.42	35	2.92	0	2	2	0.17	45.0	3.8

Defensive Player of the Week
Maine Maritime – Maria Perez (San Juan, Puerto Rico), Fr., L

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Overall	4	15	0	0.00	0	1	.000	5	0.33	5	0.33	78	5.20	0	0	0	0.00	5.0	0.3

Rookie of the Week
Maine Maritime – Sydney Adams (Trumbull, Conn.), Fr., S/RS

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Overall	4	14	27	1.93	10	76	.224	64	4.57	7	0.50	26	1.86	1	9	10	0.71	39.5	2.8