ECC Women's Volleyball Report - Week 11

Player of the Week Senior | OH | Rzeszow, Poland  Bieniek had a team-high 37 kills and 4.63 kills per set with 12 digs, seven aces, and two blocks as Mercy went 2-0 on the week to secure its first ECC Regular Season Championship since 2001. The senior opened the week with 14 kills, eight digs and six aces in Mercy's win over Queens on Wednesday. The outside hitter ended the week with a match-high 23 kills with four digs and two blocks in the Mavericks' five-set win over Molloy on Saturday.  Defensive Player of the Week Freshman | L | Caguas, Puerto Rico  Colon had a team-high 37 digs and 4.63 digs per set with 15 assists and three aces as Mercy went 2-0 on the week to secure its first ECC Regular Season Championship since 2001. The libero opened the week with 14 digs, seven assists, and one ace in the win over Queens on Wednesday. Colon ended the week with 23 digs, eight assists and two aces in the five-set win over Molloy on Saturday. Setter of the Week Junior | S | Humacao, Puerto Rico  Rivera Rodriguez had a team-high 81 assists and 10.13 assists per set to go with 35 digs, eight blocks, two aces, and four kills as Mercy went 2-0 on the week to earn its first ECC Regular Season Championship since 2001. The junior opened the week with a match-high 35 assists to go with 12 digs, five blocks, two aces and two kills in the win over Queens on Wednesday. The setter ended the week with a match-high 46 assists and 23 digs to go with three blocks and two kills in the five-set win over Molloy on Saturday.  Rookie of the Week Freshman | S | Chicago, Ill. White closed her freshman campaign with 16 kills, 24 assists, 15 digs, and three blocks on the week. The QC rookie earned her 10th career double-double against Mercy, posting 14 assists, 10 digs, seven kills, two blocks, and one service ace. In Saturday’s 3–0 season finale, White delivered nine kills on a .412 hitting percentage along with 10 assists, five digs, and one block. ECC Weekly Honor Roll Junior | S | Santiago De Chile, Chile Bertens Deckart turned in a near-perfect performance of the season, directing the Saints’ offense with 31 assists without a setting error while adding production in nearly every statistical category in the sweep to send the Saints to the upcoming ECC Women’s Volleyball Championship. Bertens Deckart kept the attack balanced, enabling four different hitters to finish with six or more kills. She also contributed four service aces, including a three-point run in the third set that broke the match open, and added three kills and two block assists. Sophomore | OH | New York, N.Y. Dilena had 33 kills (4.13 kills per set), 15 digs, two aces, and two blocks as Mercy went 2-0 to secure its first ECC Regular Season Championship since 2001. The sophomore opened the week with a match-high 15 kills to go with three digs, one block and one ace in the win over Queens on Wednesday. The outside hitter ended the week with 18 kills, 12 digs, one block and one ace in the five-set win over Molloy on Saturday.  Freshman | S | Newark, N.Y.  George led Roberts Wesleyan with 40 assists, averaging 6.7 assists per set, and 10 digs in RWU’s final two matches of the season. Junior | MB | Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico González accounted for a team-high 12.0 points, her second highest total of the season, to lead Daemen to a 3-0 defeat of Roberts Wesleyan in the regular season finale this past Saturday. It marked Daemen's 22nd straight win over the Redhawks. González tallied five kills on a .500 hitting percentage, had two blocks and contributed a career-high six service aces.  Junior | MB | Lake Worth, Fla.  Illes-Hair had nine blocks (three solo, six assisted) with 15 kills as Mercy went 2-0 on the week to secure its first ECC Regular Season Championship since 2001. The junior opened the week with five kills, and three blocks in the win over Queens on Wednesday. The middle blocker ended the week with 10 kills and six blocks in the five-set win over Molloy on Saturday.  Senior | L | Miliani, Hawaii Miller totaled 40 digs in a 1-1 week for the Lions, averaging 5.0 per set. In a five-setter against Mercy, she led the team with 24 digs, topping 20 for the eighth time this season. The senior also added three aces and four assists on the week.  Freshman | MB | Columbus, Ohio Rancy racked up six total blocks in Daemen's 3-0 sweep of Roberts Wesleyan on Saturday - the Wildcats' 22nd straight win in the series - and surpassed 100 blocks on the season, becoming the first Daemen player to do so since Ye Wang in 2012. Rancy has already established a new benchmark for total blocks in a season during Daemen's NCAA Division II era (2015-present), and she finished the regular season as the ECC leader in blocks per set at 1.18. Junior | OH | Parkland, Fla. Ulinski led her team to the final spot for the upcoming ECC Women’s Volleyball Championship with a dominant performance; in just three sets, she finished with a team-high 13 kills on .458 hitting in a win over Roberts Wesleyan. Ulinski was the Saints’ highest and most effective scorer throughout the night, adding five digs and a block assist while totaling 13.5 points.  Graduate Student | S/RS | Great Neck, N.Y. Zalta averaged nearly five assists per set in a 1-1 week for the Lions. The graduate student reached double digits in both contests on the week, including 28 assists against Mercy to go with 12 digs for a double-double. She also totaled eight service aces on the week, averaging one per set, including five in a win over St. Thomas Aquinas College. Zalta's total stat line for the week included 39 assists, 15 digs, eight aces, nine kills, and four blocks.  Freshman | OH | Oviedo Asturias, SpainZarceno recorded 21 kills and 20 digs across six total sets against Molloy and Queens last week. ECC Women's Volleyball Weekly Award Winners PLAYER OF THE WEEK Sept. 8 - Kendall Conrad, Queens Sept. 15 - Isabella Rios, Molloy Sept. 22 - Kylynn White, Queens Sept. 29 - Kylynn White, Queens (2x) Oct. 6 - Mia Illes-Hair, Mercy Oct. 13 - Gabriela Bieniek, Mercy Oct. 20 - Adriana Rivera Rodriguez, Mercy Oct. 27 - Madeline O'Brien, D’Youville Nov. 3 - Nahirka Malpica, Daemen Nov. 10 - Gabriela Bieniek, Mercy (2x) and Madeline O'Brien, D'Youville (2x) Nov. 17 - Gabriela Bieniek, Mercy (3x) DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Sept. 8 - Aria Miller, Molloy Sept. 15 - Aria Miller, Molloy (2x) Sept. 22 - Maya Angelova, Queens Sept. 29 - Cameron Ulinski, D’Youville Oct. 6 - Grace Dilena, Mercy Oct. 13 - Mia Illes-Hair, Mercy Oct. 20 - Kamila Colon, Mercy Oct. 27 - Nahirka Malpica, Daemen Nov. 3 - Aria Miller, Molloy (3x) Nov. 10 - Angelyn Jaramillo, D'Youville  Nov. 17 - Kamila Colon (2x) SETTER OF THE WEEK Sept. 8 - Julia Zalta, Molloy Sept. 15 - Adriana Rivera Rodriguez, Mercy Sept. 22 - Alina Bertens Deckart, D’Youville Sept. 29 - Alina Bertens Deckart, D’Youville (2x) Oct. 6 - Adriana Rivera Rodriguez, Mercy (2x) Oct. 13 - Anna Gazzerro, St. Thomas Aquinas  Oct. 20 - Julia Zalta, Molloy (2x) Oct. 27 - Alina Bertens Deckart, D’Youville (3x) Nov. 3 - Adriana Rivera Rodriguez, Mercy (3x) Nov. 10 - Adriana Rivera Rodriguez, Mercy (4x) Nov. 17 - Adriana Rivera Rodriguez, Mercy (5x) ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Sept. 8 - Kylynn White, Queens Sept. 15 - Kylynn White, Queens (2x) Sept. 22 - Keira Mullen, Daemen Sept. 29 - Keira Mullen, Daemen (2x) Oct. 6 - Haven Trechter, Molloy Oct. 13 - Adriana Zarceno, St. Thomas Aquinas Oct. 20 - Kylynn White, Queens (3x) Oct. 27 - Keira Mullen, Daemen (3x) Nov. 3 - Kylynn White, Queens (4x) Nov. 10 - Kamila Colon, Mercy Nov. 17 - Kylynn White, Queens (5x) ECC PRESEASON POLL 1. Mercy - 40 points (2 first-place votes) 2. D'Youville - 38 points (3 first-place votes) 3. Daemen - 37 points 4. Queens - 36 points (2 first-place votes) T-5. Molloy - 19 points T-5. Roberts Wesleyan - 19 points 7. St. Thomas Aquinas - 7 points
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