Women's Volleyball | 9/21/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 3 PAC Honors (for events between Sept. 14-20)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 3 of the 2026 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Sarah Hart • Grove City • Senior outside hitter • Marriottsville, Md./Liberty
Hart totaled 67 kills while hitting .309 and averaging 3.72 kills per set across the Wolverines’ 3-2 week ... Hart recorded eight kills at No. 8 Carnegie Mellon on Tuesday before notching 17 kills against Marietta and a season-high 21 kills on .528 hitting in a four-set win over Mount St. Joseph on Friday at the Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament ... She posted eight kills against Albion before closing out the weekend with 13 kills and one error on 25 swings, hitting .480, in the sweep of Penn State Behrend ... Hart also totaled 12 blocks and nine digs across the five-match week.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Bethany junior middle blocker Ashton Thomas (Toronto, Ohio/Toronto); Chatham senior middle blocker/outside hitter Zoie Bateman (Evansville, Ind./F.J. Reitz); Franciscan sophomore outside hitter Logan Hickey (Richmond, Ohio/Homeschooled); Geneva senior right-side hitter Katie Seboe (Millersburg, Ohio/Loudonville); Hiram sophomore outside hitter Megan Chiang (Markham, Ontario/Pierre Elliot Trudeau); Saint Vincent junior outside hitter Aubrey Siwula (Monongahela, Pa./Ringgold); Thiel senior middle blocker Arin DeLattre (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield); W&J senior outside hitter/defensive specialist Rian Benz (Strongsville, Ohio/Holy Name); Waynesburg senior right-side hitter Kristina Zadrozny (McDonald, Pa./West Allegheny); 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 averaged 1.11 blocks and 1.00 digs per set across Grove City's week, including 1.26 blocks per set in the four tournament matches, to earn All-Tournament Team honors at the Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament held Friday and Saturday ... On Friday, Klusch totaled eight blocks (three solo, five assisted) and six digs along with 14 kills and an ace in the five-set contest against Marietta before adding another six blocks (one solo, five assisted), four digs, eight kills and two aces in the four-set win over Mount St. Joseph ... She added another five blocks, three digs, 15 kills and two service aces in Saturday's victories over Albion and Penn State Behrend.
PAC Defensive Honor Roll
Allegheny senior defensive specialist Duru Akbas (Ankara, Turkey/Layton Christian Academy-Utah); Bethany sophomore outside hitter 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); Hiram freshman defensive specialist/libero Jacey English (Lewisville, Ohio/Monroe Central); Saint Francis freshman defensive specialist/libero Yasmin Berres (Fort Pierce, Fla./Fort Pierce Central); Saint Vincent junior outside hitter Meegan Williams (Homer City, Pa./Homer-Center); Thiel sophomore libero Jordan Yoder (Johnstown, Pa./Westmont Hilltop); W&J sophomore middle blocker/right-side hitter Lola Jacobs (Bridgeville, Pa./South Fayette); Waynesburg freshman setter Bostyn Guinn (Dallas, Texas/Midlothian Heritage); Westminster junior libero Brooke Gecina (Aurora, Ohio/Aurora)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Marissa Rish • Allegheny • Freshman right-side hitter/setter • Burton, Ohio/Berkshire
Rish helped the Gators to a 3-0 week while averaging 4.31 assists, 3.08 kills and and 3.0 digs per set ... The freshman setter opened the Allegheny Invitational with a pair of triple-doubles against Fredonia and Adrian on Friday ... Rish recorded 24 assists, 18 digs and 16 kills (hitting .353) along with two assisted blocks in the four-set win over Fredonia before posting another 17 assists, 17 kills and 12 digs, two assisted blocks and an ace in the five-set thriller over Adrian ... She wrapped up the Gators' winning weekend with 15 assists, nine digs, seven kills, an ace and an assisted block in the 3-1 win over Houghton on Saturday.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Bethany freshman outside hitter Molly Brown (Lancaster, Ohio/Fairfield Union); Franciscan freshman middle hitter Hollyann Zitkvoch (Findlay, Ohio/St. Ursula Academy); Geneva freshman defensive specialist/libero Vanessa Crider (Auburn, Ind./Lakewood Park Christian); Grove City freshman defensive specialist Reagan Riordan (Sewickley, Pa./North Allegheny); Hiram freshman middle blocker/outside hitter Madelyn Petrulis (Medina, Ohio/Medina); Saint Francis freshman outside/middle hitter Rylan Crowell (Tyrone, Pa./Tyrone Area); Thiel freshman outside hitter Hannah Myers (Warren, Ohio/John F. Kennedy Catholic); W&J freshman outside hitter/middle blocker Morgan Gale (Strongsville, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit); Westminster freshman middle hitter Suzie Bishop (Ellwood City, Pa./Riverside)
PAC Records & Milestones
In Saturday's 3-1 win over Houghton, Allegheny's Duru Akbas recorded her 1,000th career dig ... Bethany's Ashton Thomas posted a career-high .889 hitting percentage with eight kills and zero errors on just nine swings in the 3-0 win over Penn State-Beaver on Wednesday ... Hiram's Madelyn Petrulis recorded a career-high 11 kills on Saturday against Chatham ... Saint Francis' Rylan Crowell posted a career-high 12 kills while teammate Yasmin Berres tallied a career-high seven aces in the five-set match at Notre Dame (Md.) on Saturday ... Jordan Yoder had a career-best 21 digs in Thiel's sweep of Penn on Friday at the Coaches vs Cancer Tournament ... W&J's Morgan Gale notched 10 kills in her first career start in a victory over Carlow on Wednesday ... Waynesburg's Bostyn Guinn recorded three double-doubles this week for the Yellow Jackets.