Women's Volleyball | 9/29/2025 4:00:00 PM
Week 5 PAC Honors (for events between September 22-28)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 5 of the 2025 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Alayna Dorst • Grove City • Junior outside hitter • Middletown, Del./Middletown
Dorst powered Grove City to a 3-0 week, recording three double-doubles and six service aces ... In the five-set reverse sweep at Allegheny, the junior totaled 14 kills and three service aces along with 20 digs and three assisted blocks ... Dorst added another 11 kills,13 digs, two blocks and two assisted blocks to the week in Saturday's victory over Waynesburg before posting a season-high 15 kills with 12 digs and a service ace in the win over La Roche.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Allegheny junior middle hitter Skyler Fatola (Queen Creek, Ariz./Eastmark); Chatham freshman middle hitter Evelyn White (Nolensville, Tenn./Nolensville); Geneva junior middle hitter Katie Seboe (Millersburg, Ohio/Loudonville); Hiram freshman outside hitter Megan Chiang (Markham, Ontario/Pierre Elliot Trudeau); Saint Vincent sophomore outside hitter Dakota Hershberger (Belleville, Pa./Mifflin County); Thiel senior outside hitter Daisy Jenness (Pendleton, Ore./Pendleton); W&J junior setter/defensive specialist Brielle Moorhouse (East Liberty, Ohio/Benjamin Logan); Waynesburg junior right-side hitter Kristina Zadrozny (McDonald, Pa./West Allegheny); Westminster senior middle hitter Shelby Rambo (East Palestine, Ohio/Crestview)
PAC Defensive Player of the Week
Kelly Hoffman • Hiram • Senior setter • Streetsboro, Ohio/Crestwood
With 72 total digs and 121 assists, Hoffman led the Terriers to a 3-0 week, posting a double-double in each match ... The senior setter opened with 24 digs and 45 assists in a five-set thriller over Westminster on Wednesday ... She followed with 16 digs, 36 assists, and an assisted block in a three-set victory against Saint Vincent, before rounding out the weekend with a season-high 32 digs and 40 assists in a non-conference win over Mount Union on Saturday.
PAC Defensive Honor Roll
Allegheny senior libero Jacy Diaz (Barranquitas, Puerto Rico/Gallatin - Tenn.); Chatham senior libero Sierra Ricci (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shaler); Franciscan sophomore libero Kaitlan Hickey (Richmond, Ohio/Seton Home Study); Geneva senior libero/defensive specialist Heather Seubert (Camp Hill, Pa./Trinity); Grove City sophomore middle blocker Lilly Pool (Ashland, Ohio/Ashland); Thiel fifth-year libero Danielle Aulet (Lawrence, Kan./Mineral Ridge); W&J junior middle blocker Abby Oldham (Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell); Waynesburg senior setter Riley Ruffley (Bedford, Pa./Bedford); Westminster sophomore right-side hitter Morgan O'Brien (Pittsburgh, Pa./Our Lady of the Sacred Heart)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Logan Hickey • Franciscan • Freshman outside hitter • Richmond, Ohio/Seton Home Study
Hickey recorded a pair of double-doubles while averaging 5.27 kills and 3.64 digs per set this week for the Barons ... In Tuesday’s four-set match at Chatham, the freshman posted 17 kills, 16 digs, and two assisted blocks ... Hickey followed with 16 kills on just 24 swings (.542) and three service aces in a sweep over Pitt-Greensburg on Thursday ... On Saturday, she broke the program record for most kills in a four-set match, finishing with 25 kills, 18 digs, two service aces, and two assisted blocks against Allegheny ... Hickey currently leads the PAC in total kills (197) and ranks second in the conference with 4.38 kills per set.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman outside hitter Amaya Brooks (North Olmsted, Ohio/Lutheran West); Chatham freshman setter Delaney Schwind (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge); Grove City sophomore right-side hitter/setter Brooke Manfull (Wadsworth, Ohio/Wadsworth); Hiram freshman outside hitter Sofia Smotek (Independence, Ohio/Independence); 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); Waynesburg freshman right-side hitter Mallory Boyd (West Jefferson, Ohio/West Jefferson); Westminster freshman outside hitter Kylie Anthony (Harrison City, Pa./Penn-Trafford)
PAC Records & Milestones
Chatham's Delaney Schwind served a career-high seven aces against Geneva on Saturday ... Hiram's Sofia Smotek tallied a career-high 23 kills in a five-set win over Westminster on Wednesday ... Thiel's Daisy Jenness totaled 37 kills and dug 28 balls en route to recording her fourth and fifth double-double of the season, while teammate Sarah Wilson totaled a career-best 11 digs and was one of four Tomcats with at least 10 digs in Thiel's sweep of Geneva Wednesday ... W&J's Cali Dagen recorded a season-high 15 kills in Friday's victory over Thiel ... Westminster's Morgan O'Brien recorded the league's first triple-double of the season and the first of her career with 23 assists, 13 digs, and 11 kills in the five-set match against Hiram on Wednesday.