Posted: Nov 04, 2014
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Senior outside hitter Maggie Emodi of Trinity University, sophomore defensive specialist Andie Alford of Southwestern University, and sophomore middle blocker Carlie Childres of Texas Lutheran University were named Players of the Week for their performance in Week 10 of the SCAC Volleyball season.
ANDIE ALFORD OF SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, a sophomore defensive specialist from Mansfield, Texas, and CARLIE CHILDRES OF TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY, a sophomore middle blocker from Leander, Texas, have been named SCAC Volleyball Co-Defensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, October 27th through Sunday, November 2nd.
Alford led the Pirates to another huge weekend, going 3-0 at their home tournament to increase their winning streak to 11 games.
Alford finished with 67 digs in three games over the weekend, averaging 5.58 digs/set and adding six service aces. Against regionally ranked Millsaps, Alford came up huge with 28 digs in the contest. She followed that up with an 19 dig performance against Our Lady of the Lake and finished the weekend with 20 digs against Texas-Dallas.
Alford led the Pirates to another huge weekend, going 3-0 at their home tournament to increase their winning streak to 11 games.
Alford finished with 67 digs in three games over the weekend, averaging 5.58 digs/set and adding six service aces. Against regionally ranked Millsaps, Alford came up huge with 28 digs in the contest. She followed that up with an 19 dig performance against Our Lady of the Lake and finished the weekend with 20 digs against Texas-Dallas.
For the season, Alford is fifth on the Pirates with 240 digs, averaging 2.58 digs/set throughout the season.
Childres led the Bulldogs to a 2-1 record over the weekend as they wrapped up the regular season at the Southwestern Halloween Invitational.
Childres finished the weekend with 15 blocks over the weekend, averaging 1.25 blocks/set. She began the weekend with four blocks in a five set loss to Millsaps while adding eight kills on the offensive side. She followed that up with a career-high eight blocks against Texas-Tyler as they swept the Patriots. It was the most blocks for any Bulldogs in 2014. Finally, against Our Lady of the Lake, Childres added three more blocks and eight kills in a four set victory.
For the season, Childres lead the team with 0.68 blocks/set and 76 total blocks on the year. She is seventh in the SCAC in total blocks.
MAGGIE EMODI OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a senior outside hitter from Omaha, Neb., has been named SCAC Volleyball Offensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, October 27th through Sunday, November 2nd.
Emodi led the 21st-ranked Trinity Tigers to a 2-1 mark at the Trinity National Invitational over the weekend.
In their contest against 4th-ranked Wittenberg, Emodi led all players with 21 kills (4.20 kills/set). She finished the weekend with 39 kills (3.25 kills/set). Against Randolph-Macon, a regionally ranked opponent, she compiled a .364 attack percentage (.205 on the weekend). She also had 43 digs in all matches.
For the season, Emodi is averaging 3.66 kills/set and .254 hitting percentage in 34 matches.
Emodi led the 21st-ranked Trinity Tigers to a 2-1 mark at the Trinity National Invitational over the weekend.
In their contest against 4th-ranked Wittenberg, Emodi led all players with 21 kills (4.20 kills/set). She finished the weekend with 39 kills (3.25 kills/set). Against Randolph-Macon, a regionally ranked opponent, she compiled a .364 attack percentage (.205 on the weekend). She also had 43 digs in all matches.
For the season, Emodi is averaging 3.66 kills/set and .254 hitting percentage in 34 matches.
Southwestern extended their win streak to 11 with three wins over the weekend and closed the regular season at 25-8 on the year. This is the 14th consecutive 20+ win season for the Pirates and the tenth for Coach Hannah Long. Southwestern enters the SCAC Conference Tournament as the #2 seed after a 12-2 conference record this season. They face the winner of Austin/Colorado College at 6 pm Friday.