This Week in PAC Women's Volleyball

October 21-27

10/28/2024 3:00:00 PM

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

Week 9 PAC Honors (for events between October 21-27)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 9 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 Grove City and Saint Vincent with a .329 hitting percentage on the week ... In the three-set sweep over Grove City, Javes posted 18 kills on 33 attempts for a .485 hitting percentage, averaging 6.0 kills per set, while adding three digs and two total blocks ... The senior totaled 16 kills on 49 attempts, hitting .224 and adding four total blocks in a four-set win over Saint Vincent ... Javes set a new single-season career-high record for the Gators with 335 kills this fall.
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 junior outside hitter Emily Nelson (Kijabe, Kenya | Rift Valley Academy); Saint Vincent junior middle hitter Lauren Fox (Hinckley, Ohio | Highland); Thiel junior outside hitter Daisy Jenness (Pendleton, Ore. | Pendleton); W&J junior outside hitter Faith Fetsko (Venetia, Pa. | South Park); Waynesburg sophomore right-side hitter Kristina Zadrozny (McDonald, Pa. | West Allegheny); Westminster junior outside hitter Rachel Brady (Columbus, Pa. | Corry)
 
PAC Defensive Player of the Week
Sara Moore • Franciscan • Senior defensive specialist/liberoDavis, Ill. | Durand
Moore led the defensive charge, helping the Barons to a 2-0 week, totaling 52 digs for an average 7.43 digs per set ... In a four-set victory over Geneva, Moore picked up 33 digs (8.25 d/s), while adding four assists and three service aces ... In a non-conference victory over Mt. Aloysius, the senior libero totaled 19 digs with eight assists and a service ace, while charting zero reception errors on 24 attempts ... Moore is currently in second place in the conference averaging 6.18 digs per set.
PAC Defensive Honor Roll
Allegheny junior libero Jacy Diaz (Barranquitas, Puerto Rico | Gallatin (Tenn.)); Chatham sophomore setter Ava Plunkard (Butler, Pa. | Butler); Saint Vincent senior libero Stacie Ramos (Chula Vista, Calif. | Olympian); Thiel senior libero Danielle Aulet (Lawrence, Kan. | Mineral Ridge); Waynesburg senior libero Jordan Stein (Manor, Pa. | Norwin); W&J sophomore middle blocker Abby Oldham (Homer City, Pa. | Homer-Center); Westminster sophomore right-side hitter Olivia Trent (Pittsburgh, Pa. | Brentwood)
 
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Dakota Hershberger Saint Vincent • Freshman outside hitterBelleville, Pa. | Mifflin County
Hershberger totaled 20 kills on the week for the Bearcats, compiling a .203 hitting percentage on 59 attempts .... She also added 24 digs, three assists, and three service aces during Saint Vincent's 1-1 week ... In the 3-1 win against Thiel, Hershberger recorded 14 kills, good for second on the team during the match, while also totaling three blocks ... She followed that up with six kills and 17 digs in the 3-1 loss to Allegheny on Saturday.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman outside hitter Carlee Pepperman (Bellefonte, Pa. | Bellefonte Area); Chatham first-year outside hitter Annika Solfronk (Frederick, Md. | Urbana); Franciscan freshman defensive specialist Kaitlan Hickey (Richmond, Ohio | Seton Home Study); Thiel freshman outside hitter Lyndzee Amory (Edinboro, Pa. | Saegertown); W&J freshman middle blocker Emma Padovano (Richwood, Ohio | North Union); Westminster freshman setter Morgan O'Brien (Pittsburgh, Pa. | Our Lady of the Sacred Heart)
PAC Records & Milestones
W&J's Faith Fetsko posted her fifth-straight double-double in a week split against Westminster and Grove City, as she logged 13 kills and 13 digs against the Titans followed by 17 kills and 11 digs against the Wolverines ... Waynesburg's Kristina Zadrozny set a career-high 21 kills while teammate junior setter Riley Ruffley (Bedford, Pa. | Bedford) also posted a career-high 41 assists in Waynesburg's five-set win over Westminster.