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ECC Volleyball Report - Week Five

ECC Volleyball Report - Week Five

Player of the Week
Sam Logan, Daemen (Gr, OH - Eden, N.Y.)
Daemen University outside hitter Sam Logan played in all nine sets over three matches in last weekend's ECC games against D'Youville, Queens, and Molloy, tallying a total of 32 kills to average 3.5 kills/set for a .321 hitting percentage over the weekend. Logan added 33 digs (3.67 digs/set), finishing with a double-double on Thursday and Saturday against D'Youville and Queens. She notched a season-high .611 hitting percentage against the Knights, which also marked her second-highest hitting percentage in her career. She added four aces, four assists, and two blocks on the weekend.

Defensive Player of the Week
Vanessa Kuliga, Daemen (Jr, MB - Glenview, Ill.)
Daemen junior Vanessa Kuliga had a milestone weekend, totaling five blocks on the weekend and adding 13 kills (1.63 kills/set). In Saturday's match against Queens, Kuliga recorded her 100th career block. She continued the trek to her next 100 by adding three more blocks in Sunday's game against Molloy, totaling two solo blocks and an assisted block. In Saturday's match with the Knights, she added a season-high five aces.

Setter of the Week
Olivia Alessi, Daemen (Jr, S - East Aurora, N.Y.)
Alessi totaled 68 assists in two Daemen wins last week, good for 11.33 assists per set. She had 39 in a three-set sweep of Queens and followed with 29 more in another sweep of Molloy. Alessi also added 15 digs and three service aces on the week. 

Rookie of the Week
Nahirka Malpica, Daemen (Fr, OH/RS - Caguas, Puerto Rico)
Malpica nearly posted a double-double in her only action of the week, with eight kills and nine digs in a win over D'Youville. She also added on assist and one solo block. 


ECC Weekly Honor Roll

Yarianne Gonzalez, Mercy (Sr, S - Manati, Puerto Rico)
Gonzalez had a double-double by way of a game-high 44 assists to go along with 10 digs and four kills in the Mavericks' five-set win over Roberts Wesleyan on Saturday.

Colleen Moulder, Molloy (Jr, MH - Wantagh, N.Y.)
Moulder led the Lions with a .38 attack percentage, including double-digit kill totals against both Adelphi (10) and D'Youville (11). The junior also added six blocks on the week, including four in the matchup against Adelphi.

Tanializ Rivera, Mercy (Sr, RS - Carolina, Puerto Rico)
Rivera had a season-high 13 kills with six digs and two aces in the Mavericks' five-set win over Roberts Wesleyan on Saturday.

Julia Zalta, Molloy (So, S - Great Neck, N.Y.)
Zalta averaged 8.27 assists per set in a 2-1 week for Molloy. The sophomore had a double-double against Adelphi with 47 assists and 10 digs while adding three kills, three aces, and one block before just missing a double-double with 12 assists and nine digs against Daemen.


ECC Volleyball Players of the Week

Date     Player Defensive Setter Rookie
8/29 Larissa Schneid, Mercy Selma Vulic, Mercy           Yarianne Gonzalez, Mercy           Ryann Frontera, Queens
9/6 Larissa Schneid, Mercy (2)           Lindsay Osterhoudt, Queens           Yarianne Gonzalez, Mercy (2)           Isabelle Prentice, D'Youville
9/12 Maggie Burns, Daemen  Jasmine Brundage, Daemen  Despina Boudouris, Queens  Kendall Conrad, Queens
9/19 Christina Franco, Queens  Stephanie Lankhorst, Mercy Olivia Alessi, Daemen Sarah Munn, Queens
9/26 Sam Logan, Daemen  Vanessa Kuliga, Daemen Olivia Alessi, Daemen (2) Nahirka Malpica, Daemen

Standings

  Conference
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Overall
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GP Record Win % PF PA GP Record Win % GF GA Last 10 Streak
Daemen 1. * # 10 10-0 1.000 30 6 26 20-6 0.769 65 25 7-3 Lost 1
Mercy 4. 10 6-4 0.600 22 19 20 13-7 0.650 44 30 5-5 Lost 1
Molloy 3. 10 6-4 0.600 20 15 28 16-12 0.571 51 44 6-4 Lost 2
Queens (N.Y.) 2. 10 6-4 0.600 22 15 25 12-13 0.480 46 49 6-4 Lost 1
Roberts Wesleyan 10 2-8 0.200 13 26 23 4-19 0.174 22 62 2-8 Lost 2
D'Youville 10 0-10 0.000 4 30 27 4-23 0.148 22 74 0-10 Lost 20


Last Week's Results

Tuesday September 20, 2022
Thursday September 22, 2022
Saturday September 24, 2022
Sunday September 25, 2022
* Conference


Upcoming Games

Wednesday September 28, 2022
Friday September 30, 2022
Saturday October 01, 2022
* Conference


NCAA Statistical Rankings

Through games September 25


ECC Team Notes

Daemen: After finishing the weekend with a perfect ECC sweep over D'Youville, Queens, and Molloy, Daemen University women's volleyball has just one match this week, a Wednesday evening ECC matchup at Roberts Wesleyan.

D'Youville: No team notes submitted.

Mercy: The Mercy College volleyball team went 1-0 on the week with a five-set win over Roberts Wesleyan. The Mavericks were led by seniors Larissa Schneid and Yarianne Gonzalez who both had double-doubles. Mercy resumes action on Wednesday when they play at Molloy at 7 p.m.

Molloy: The Lions went 2-1 this week, defeating Adelphi University, 3-2, and D'Youville University, 3-0. Molloy fell to Daemen 3-0 to end the week. Molloy now sits at 7-7 on the campaign and 1-1 in league play heading into a mid-week matchup with Mercy College on Wednesday (Sept. 28) at 7:00 p.m. in Rockville Centre.

Queens: The Knights went 1-1 on the week as they earned their first conference victory of the season. Queens continues ECC play as they match up against Mercy on Saturday afternoon in Dobbs Ferry.

Roberts Wesleyan: The Roberts Wesleyan women's volleyball team dropped matches to Le Moyne and Mercy last week. The Redhawks will host Daemen and D'Youville this week.


Polls

AVCA Division II Top 25
NCAA East Region Poll (First poll released October 26) 
ECC Preseason Poll

Previously in the Polls

No ECC team has been ranked yet this season.

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