New England Athletes of the Week

Posted: Sep 20, 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
Salve Regina - Cassidy Trablicy (Phoenix, Ariz.), So., 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	12	44	3.67	17	115	.235	3	0.25	4	0.33	44	3.67	1	3	4	0.33	50.5	4.2

Libero of the Week
Gordon - Maggie Risma (Hudson, Ohio), 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	2	8	0	0.00	1	6	-.167	3	0.38	7	0.88	46	5.75	0	0	0	0.00	7.0	0.9

Rookie of the Week
Salve Regina - Annie Donahue (Chelmsford, 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	3	8	18	2.25	4	40	.350	0	0.00	0	0.00	2	0.25	4	1	5	0.63	22.5	2.8

Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC)

Player of the Week
Anna Maria - Amari King (Lawrence, Mass.), So., 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	13	68	5.23	15	141	.376	2	0.15	2	0.15	38	2.92	0	5	5	0.38	72.5	5.6

Defensive Player of the Week
Saint Joseph's (Maine) - Jennelle Thompson (Farmington, N.H.), So., 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	19	5	0.26	1	25	.160	2	0.11	1	0.05	124	6.53	0	0	0	0.00	6.0	0.3

Rookie of the Week
Anna Maria - Tierney Clancy (Meriden, Conn.), 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	13	6	0.46	4	38	.053	143	11.00	9	0.69	24	1.85	0	0	0	0.00	15.0	1.2

Little East Conference (LEC)

Offensive Player of the Week
UMass Boston – Julia Murphy (Canton, Mass.), Sr., H

	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	6	17	2.83	0	25	.680	1	0.17	9	1.50	11	1.83	8	2	10	1.67	35.0	5.8

Defensive Player of the Week
Keene St. – Riley Bunker (Simi Valley, Calif.), So., 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	14	0	0.00	1	6	-.167	9	0.64	4	0.29	83	5.93	0	0	0	0.00	4.0	0.3

Rookie of the Week
Keene St. – Kat Carrel (Avon, Mass.), Fr., OH/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	3	8	16	2.00	9	54	.130	0	0.00	2	0.25	11	1.38	0	2	2	0.25	19.0	2.4

Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC)

Player 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	4	12	55	4.58	21	153	.222	4	0.33	4	0.33	44	3.67	3	11	14	1.17	67.5	5.6

Rookie of the Week
Westfield St. – Natasha Belardo (Springfield, Mass.), 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	29	2.42	6	76	.303	2	0.17	2	0.17	23	1.92	0	2	2	0.17	32.0	2.7

New England Collegiate Conference (NECC)

Player of the Week
Daniel Webster – Hannah Koehler (Bedford, N.H.), Jr., 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	13	51	3.92	8	108	.398	3	0.23	0	0.00	4	0.31	5	4	9	0.69	58.0	4.5

Rookie of the Week
Elms – Hannah Adams (Deerfield, Mass.), 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	15	33	2.20	15	108	.167	2	0.13	8	0.53	58	3.87	2	0	2	0.13	43.0	2.9

New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)

Player of the Week
Connecticut Col. – Jenny Kellogg (Los Altos, Calif.), So., OH/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	2	6	21	3.50	4	46	.370	5	0.83	4	0.67	23	3.83	0	1	1	0.17	25.5	4.3

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

Player of the Week
Wellesley – Yasmine Reece (New Rochelle, N.Y.), So., 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	16	67	4.19	29	184	.207	5	0.31	2	0.13	27	1.69	4	7	11	0.69	76.5	4.8

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	2	7	0	0.00	0	1	.000	3	0.43	1	0.14	50	7.14	0	0	0	0.00	1.0	0.1

North Atlantic Conference (NAC)

Player of the Week
Maine Maritime – Gillian O'Neal (Burbank, Calif.), 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	18	69	3.83	26	147	.293	1	0.06	12	0.67	50	2.78	0	3	3	0.17	82.5	4.6

Defensive Player of the Week
Colby-Sawyer – Caroline McCoy (Longmeadow, Mass.), 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	16	0	0.00	1	13	-.077	9	0.56	4	0.25	79	4.94	0	0	0	0.00	4.0	0.3

Rookie of the Week
Lyndon St. – Lauren McDonough (Glastonbury, Conn.), Fr., 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	8	22	2.75	8	68	.206	6	0.75	5	0.63	36	4.50	2	1	3	0.38	29.5	3.7