Women's Volleyball | 10/12/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 6 PAC Honors (for events between Oct. 5-11)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 6 of the 2026 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Logan Hickey • Franciscan • Sophomore outside hitter • Richmond, Ohio/Homeschooled
Hickey helped Franciscan go 2-0 in PAC play last week, hitting .388 and totaling 36 kills ... In Wednesday’s sweep of Waynesburg, the sophomore recorded 20 kills with just one error on 30 attempts for a .633 hitting percentage, along with four digs, a service ace and a solo block ... Hickey followed that performance with 16 kills, four service aces, nine digs and an assisted block in Saturday’s four-set win over Thiel ... She currently leads the PAC with 4.67 kills per set.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman setter/right-side hitter Marissa Rish (Burton, Ohio/Berkshire); Bethany sophomore outside hitter Presley Stokes (Wellsville, Ohio/Wellsville); Chatham senior middle blocker/outside hitter Zoie Bateman (Evansville, Ind./F.J. Reitz); Geneva senior middle hitter Daphne Alexander (Millersburg, Ohio/West Holmes); Grove City senior outside hitter Sarah Hart (Marriottsville, Md./Liberty); Hiram senior outside hitter Maggie Riley (Elyria, Ohio/Midview); Saint Francis senior middle hitter Ava Holden (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus); Thiel senior middle blocker Arin DeLattre (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield); W&J sophomore outside hitter/defensive specialist Cali Dagen (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan); Waynesburg senior middle/right-side hitter Audrey Work (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin); Westminster junior setter Morgan O'Brien (Pittsburgh, Pa./Our Lady of the Sacred Heart)
PAC Defensive Player of the Week
Kendra Klusch • Grove City • Senior middle blocker • Alliance, Ohio/Homeschooled
Klusch helped Grove City go 2-0 in conference play last week, averaging 1.44 blocks per set ... She recorded nine total blocks and eight digs in Wednesday’s 3-2 win over Westminster before adding four blocks in Friday’s 3-1 victory over W&J ... Klusch also averaged 2.33 kills per set while hitting .333 across the two wins ... With 296 career blocks, Klusch has moved into ninth place in program history and ranks fourth in the rally-scoring era.
PAC Defensive Honor Roll
Allegheny senior libero Duru Akbas (Ankara, Turkey/Layton Christian Academy-Utah); Bethany sophomore defensive specialist Isabella Poppelriter (Wellsville, Ohio/Wellsville); Chatham junior defensive specialist/libero Kelly Dougherty (Pittsburgh, Pa./Chartiers Valley); Franciscan junior libero Kaitlan Hickey (Richmond, Ohio/Seton Home Study); Geneva sophomore defensive specialist/setter Ruthie Land (Anchorage, Ala./Mountain City Christian Academy); Saint Francis freshman setter Aleya Talmadge (Shelocta, Pa./West Shamokin); Thiel sophomore libero Jordan Yoder (Johnstown, Pa./Westmont Hilltop); W&J sophomore defensive specialist/outside hitter Sydney Allen (Washington, Pa./Trinity); Waynesburg senior defensive specialist Peyton Kuhns (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan); Westminster junior libero Brooke Gecina (Aurora, Ohio/Aurora)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Addi Vagi • Thiel • Freshman setter/right-side hitter • Marysville, Mich./Marysville
Vagi turned in a career-best week for Thiel with 42 assists, 26 digs, 12 kills, four service aces and two blocks ... In the Tomcats' four-set win over Hiram on Wednesday, Vagi recorded the program’s first triple-double since Alex Hall on Oct. 31, 2013 ... She finished with career highs of 21 assists, 16 digs and 10 kills, while also setting a career best with four service aces against the Terriers ... Vagi added her third double-double of the season Saturday, totaling 21 assists and 10 digs against Franciscan.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Chatham freshman setter Kate Giannetta (Pittsburgh, Pa./Saint Joseph); Franciscan freshman setter Reese Anderson (Center, Col./Queen of Heaven Academy); Geneva freshman setter Kyla Kephart (Morrisdale, Pa./West Branch); Grove City freshman defensive specialist Reagan Riordan (Sewickley, Pa./North Allegheny); Waynesburg freshman setter Bostyn Guinn (Dallas, Texas/Midlothian Heritage); Westminster freshman middle hitter Violet Seaman (Hartville, Ohio/Lake)
PAC Records & Milestones
Allegheny's Marissa Rish posted her fifth triple-double of the season on Wednesday against Geneva with 18 assists, 13 kills and 11 digs, while teammate Duru Akbas recorded the second most aces in a three-set match in program history against Waynesburg with eight on Friday ... Bethany's Isabella Poppelriter led the Bison defense with 47 digs on the week and had a career-high 26 in Bethany's 3-1 victory over Olivet on Saturday ... Geneva's Kyla Kephart finished with a career-high 37 assists in four sets against Allegheny on Wednesday ... Thiel's Jordan Yoder posted her first career double-double with career highs in digs (29) and assists (11) in the Tomcats' 3-1 win over Hiram on Wednesday ... Westminster's Morgan O'Brien posted her fourth straight triple-double in a five-set loss at Grove City Wednesday, finishing with 17 kills, a career-high 31 assists, 17 digs and two service aces, while teammate Brooke Gecina recorded a season-high 40 digs.