This Week in PAC Women's Volleyball

October 14-20

10/21/2024 3:00:00 PM

Offensive Honors / Defensive Honors / Newcomer Honors / Records & Milestones

Week 8 PAC Honors (for events between October 14-20)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 8 of the 2024 season.

 
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Dagney Javes • Allegheny • Senior middle hitter Frederick, Colo. | The Dawson School
Javes led the Gators to a pair of wins over Hiram and W&J with an impressive .415 hitting percentage on the week ... In the three-set sweep over Hiram, Javes posted 14 kills on just 25 attempts for a .480 hitting percentage, averaging 4.83 kills per set ... The senior totaled 12 kills on 28 attempts, hitting .357 with four digs and three blocks in a four-set win over W&J ... Javes currently sits second in the league in hitting percentage with a .336, as well as kills per set (3.58 k/s)
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Chatham senior outside hitter Alyssa Leskovac (Youngstown, Ohio | Austintown Fitch); Franciscan graduate student outside hitter Mary Jean Cadman (Whitehall, Pa. | Allentown Central Catholic); Geneva senior right-side hitter Megan Veon (New Castle, Pa. | Mohawk); Grove City sophomore outside hitter Lily Lagaras (Crofton, Md. | Crofton); Saint Vincent senior outside hitter Kaelyn Staples-Klasnic (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio | Cuyahoga Falls); Thiel junior outside hitter Daisy Jenness (Pendleton, Ore. | Pendleton); W&J junior outside hitter Faith Fetsko (Venetia, Pa. | South Park); Waynesburg junior outside hitter Paige Mortimore (Pittsburgh, Pa. | Brentwood); Westminster junior middle hitter Shelby Rambo (East Palestine, Ohio | Crestview)
 
PAC Defensive Player of the Week
Ava Plunkard • Chatham • Sophomore setter • Butler, Pa. | Butler
Plunkard posted two double-double performances in Chatham's 2-0 week, totaling 86 assists, 33 digs, and four blocks .. In a four-set win over W&J, Plunkard dished out 44 assists, while picking up 12 digs and three total blocks ... In the Cougars' win at Waynesburg on Saturday, the sophomore led the defensive charge with a career-high 21 digs while recording 42 assists, five aces and a block.
PAC Defensive Honor Roll
Allegheny sophomore outside hitter Angelee Bawek (Goodyear, Ariz. | Estrella Foothills); Franciscan senior defensive specialist/libero Sara Moore (Davis, Ill. | Durand); Grove City sophomore middle blocker Kendra Klusch (Alliance, Ohio | Homeschooled);  Saint Vincent senior libero Stacie Ramos (Chula Vista, Calif. | Olympian); Thiel senior libero Danielle Aulet (Lawrence, Kan. | Mineral Ridge); W&J junior libero Piper McFarland (West Mifflin, Pa. | Cornerstone Preparatory Academy); Waynesburg junior setter Riley Ruffley (Bedford, Pa. | Bedford); Westminster sophomore outside hitter Olivia Trent (Pittsburgh, Pa. | Brentwood)
 
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Meegan Williams Saint Vincent • Freshman outside hitterHomer City, Pa. | Homer-Center
Williams recorded her eighth double-double of the season in a 3-1 win against Westminster on Wednesday ... She recorded a game-high 21 kills, while also totaling 24 digs as well for her sixth double-double in Saint Vincent's last seven games ... She totaled a .194 hitting percentage as well on 67 attack attempts during the win against Westminster.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Chatham first-year outside hitter Annika Solfronk (Frederick, Md. | Urbana); Franciscan freshman defensive specialist Kaitlan Hickey (Richmond, Ohio | Seton Home Study); Grove City freshman middle blocker Lilly Pool (Ashland, Ohio | Ashland); Thiel freshman outside hitter Lyndzee Amory (Edinboro, Pa. | Saegertown); W&J freshman middle blocker/outside hitter Alexandra Ash (Richmond, Ohio | Edison); Westminster freshman libero Brooke Gecina (Aurora, Ohio | Aurora)
PAC Records & Milestones
Geneva's Megan Veon recorded her 1,000th career kill on Saturday against Westminster and is now 10th all-time in program history in kills ... Grove City senior setter Kennedy Kerr (East Grand Rapids, Mich. | East Grand Rapids) now has 158 aces, the most ever by a Grove City player in the rally scoring era (2001-present) ... Saint Vincent's Kaelyn Staples-Klasnic recorded her seventh straight double-double of the season on Wednesday against Westminster with 20 kills and 19 digs.