Women's Volleyball | 10/13/2025 4:55:00 PM
Week 7 PAC Honors (for events between October 6-12)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 7 of the 2025 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Daisy Jenness • Thiel • Senior outside hitter • Pendleton, Ore./Pendleton
Jenness led the Tomcats with 33 kills, averaging 8.23 kills per set during Thiel’s 2-0 week, as the team improved to 7-1 in PAC play and 5-0 at home, their best home start since 1984 ... On Wednesday, the senior outside hitter tallied a match-high 18 kills along with two digs and a block in a four-set win over Allegheny ... Jenness followed with 15 kills, two aces, and two digs in a sweep of Waynesburg on Friday ... She currently ranks 15th in NCAA Division III, averaging 4.31 kills per set.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Allegheny junior middle hitter Skyler Fatola (Queen Creek, Ariz./Eastmark); Chatham junior right-side hitter Becca Gesner (San Diego, Calif./Valley Center); Geneva junior middle hitter Daphne Alexander (Millersburg, Ohio/West Holmes); Grove City junior outside hitter Sarah Hart (Marriotsville, Md./Liberty); Hiram junior outside hitter Maggie Riley (Elyria, Ohio/Midview); Saint Vincent sophomore outside hitter Meegan Williams (Homer City, Pa./Homer-Center); W&J senior outside hitter/defensive specialist Faith Fetsko (Venetia, Pa./South Park); Waynesburg junior right-side hitter Kristina Zadrozny (McDonald, Pa./West Allegheny); Westminster senior setter Morgan O'Brien (Pittsburgh, Pa./Our Lady of the Sacred Heart)
PAC Defensive Player of the Week
Sierra Ricci • Chatham • Senior libero • Pittsburgh, Pa./Shaler Area
Ricci anchored the Cougars’ defense in Chatham’s 2-0 week, averaging 8.38 digs per set ... The senior libero opened with 18 digs and six service aces in Wednesday’s win at Bethany ... Her week was highlighted by a career-high 49-dig performance in Saturday’s five-set victory over Westminster, the most by any PAC player this season and the ninth-most in a single match in PAC history ... The total also ranks as the second-highest in Chatham program history, just one shy of Meghan Dominek’s record of 50 set on Nov. 1, 2022 ... Ricci currently leads the PAC with 7.48 digs per set.
PAC Defensive Honor Roll
Allegheny senior libero Jacy Diaz (Barranquitas, Puerto Rico/Gallatin - Tenn.); Bethany senior libero Andie Clark (Columbus, Ind./Hauser); Franciscan sophomore libero Kaitlan Hickey (Richmond, Ohio/Seton Home Study); Geneva senior defensive specialist Heather Seubert (Camp Hill, Pa./Trinity); Grove City junior right-side hitter Lilly Lagaras (Crofton, Md./Crofton); Hiram senior libero Brooke Fishback (Aurora, Ohio/Aurora); Saint Vincent senior middle hitter Lauren Fox (Hinckley, Ohio/Highland); Thiel sophomore middle blocker Caitlin Stephens (West Middlesex, Pa./West Middlesex); W&J senior libero/defensive specialist Piper McFarland (West Mifflin, Pa./Cornerstone Preparatory Academy)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Sofia Smotek • Hiram • Freshman outside hitter • Independence, Ohio/Independence
Smotek led Hiram to a pair of PAC victories, averaging 3.71 kills and 4.57 digs per set for the week ... In Wednesday’s sweep at Geneva, the freshman posted 10 kills, eight digs, an ace, and a block ... She followed with her sixth double-double of the season, recording 16 kills, a career-high 24 digs, and another service ace ... Smotek currently ranks third in the PAC with 3.98 kills per set and 4.57 points per set.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman setter Joanna Miller (Pittsburgh, Pa./Gateway); Bethany freshman outside hitter Isabella Poppelriter (Wellsville, Ohio/Wellsville); Chatham freshman setter Delaney Schwind (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge); Franciscan freshman outside hitter Logan Hickey (Richmond, Ohio/Seton Home Study); Grove City sophomore right-side hitter/setter Brooke Manfull (Wadsworth, Ohio/Wadsworth); Saint Vincent freshman setter Bailey Green (York, Pa./York Catholic); Thiel freshman outside hitter/defensive specialist Sarah Wilson (Rural Valley, Pa./West Shamokin); W&J freshman outside hitter/defensive specialist Cali Dagen (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan); Westminster freshman outside hitter Kylie Anthony (Harrison City, Pa./Penn-Trafford)
PAC Records & Milestones
Bethany's Andie Clark eclipsed her 250th dig of the season after tallying a total of 27 in Bethany's two games against Chatham and Allegheny ... With 45 digs at Hiram, Franciscan's Kaitlan Hickey set the program record for digs in a four-set match ... In Saturday's four-set victory over Franciscan, Hiram posted a season-high 135 digs, which also was the program's third-most digs in a single match all-time. Maggie Riley recorded a career-high 18 kills and 24 digs in the match ... Saint Vincent Head Women's Volleyball Coach Sue Hozak earned her 700th career win on Saturday in a home sweep of Geneva. Hozak, who is in her 41st year leading the women's volleyball program, is the ninth active Division III coach and 28th in Division III history to reach 700 career wins ... Thiel's Caitlin Stephens set career highs in total blocks (six) and solo blocks (two) in Friday's sweep of Waynesburg. Junior middle blocker Arin DeLattre (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield) became the 11th Tomcat to total 200 career blocks with her match-clinching block against Allegheny Wednesday ... With a three-set victory over Grove City, Westminster Head Women's Volleyball Coach Tammy Swearingen earned her 700th career win. Swearingen is in her 33rd year leading the women's volleyball program, and is the eighth active Division III coach and 27th in Division III history to reach 700 career wins.