ECC Women's Volleyball Report - Week One

Player of the Week Senior | Outside Hitter | Carrolltown, PA Hosting the Aline Pascale Lubin Invitational, senior outside hitter Kendall Conrad led the team with 51 kills, 12 digs, and seven blocks. Conrad recorded double-digit kills in all four matches, including a season-best 16 kills and two blocks in the five-set victory over Wilmington. Defensive Player of the Week Senior | Libero | Miliani, Hawaii Miller led the East Coast Conference in digs per set (4.77) to open the season. The senior reached double digits in three of Molloy's four matches, including having 28 against Belmont Abbey in the season opener. The Hawaii native also added a career-high eight assists in the contest.  Setter of the Week Graduate Student | Setter | Great Neck, NY Zalta led the conference with 80 assists to open the week, averaging 6.15 per set. The graduate student reached double digits in all four contests, including two matches of over 20. She added a career-high 11 kills in the season-opener against Belmont Abbey for a double-double and just missed a triple-double against Wilmington with 18 assists, 10 digs, and nine kills. The setter also ranked second in the conference with eight aces on the week, five of which came in the match against Wilmington.  Rookie of the Week Freshman | Setter | Chicago, IL Hosting the Aline Pascale Lubin Invitational, rookie setter Kylynn White had an impressive debut weekend, recording 34 kills, 65 helpers, 11 service aces, 24 digs, and four blocks. She notched her first career triple-double with a career-best 14 kills on a .306 hitting percentage, along with 19 assists and 11 digs in the five-set victory over Wilmington. White also set a career-high with 22 assists against Post and matched her career-best with four service aces on two separate occasions. ECC Weekly Honor Roll Junior | Outside Hitter | Rochester, NY Junior outside hitter Camryn Karelus was the bright spot for the Roberts Wesleyan University Volleyball team as the Redhawks opened the season on the road in a tough tournament hosted by Clarion University in Pennsylvania. Karelus led the Redhawks with 43 kills in the four matches (3.07 k/s) and was named to the All-Tournament team. Her weekend high was a career-best 21 kills in a five-set loss to Goldey-Beacom College. She added five aces and 22 digs (1.57/set) for the weekend. Junior | Setter | Humacao, Puerto Rico Rivera Rodriguez had a match-high 35 assists and 11.67 assists per set with one kill, one ace, four digs, and a block assist in Mercy's straight-set win over Caldwell on Thursday.  Alina Bertens Deckart, D’Youville Junior | Setter | Santiago de Chile, Chile Alina Bertens Deckart had an honorable performance this week as she proved a catalyst for the D'Youville offense when she recorded 38 assists over the weekend. D'Youville would look out of sorts at times, but not when Alina was on the floor. She also recorded 3 service aces and 12 digs, qualifying her performance as an option for the prime performer of the week.  Solé Rancy, Daemen Freshman | Middle Blocker | Columbus, Ohio Rancy made quite a debut in her first collegiate weekend, leading the team with 16 total blocks (1.43 blocks/set) over four matches at the Ashland University Invitational. Playing in 13 of Daemen's 15 total sets over the weekend, Rancy was the only Daemen player to record a block in all four matches, recording a career-high five blocks twice (vs. West Liberty on 9/5 and vs. Ursuline on 9/6). Rancy added five kills over the weekend. Gabriela Bieniek, Mercy Senior | Outside Hitter | Rzeszow, Poland Bieniek had a match-high 15 kills on .480 hitting with two aces, five digs, and one block in Mercy's season-opening win over Caldwell on Thursday.  ECC Women's Volleyball Weekly Award Winners PLAYER OF THE WEEK Sept. 8 - Kendall Conrad, Queens DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Sept. 8 - Aria Miller, Molloy SETTER OF THE WEEK Sept. 8 - Julia Zalta, Molloy ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Sept. 8 - Kylynn White, Queens 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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