LANCASTER, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the Women’s Volleyball weekly award winners on Monday as Marymount’s Harper Wolf and Natalie Bialecki earned Player and Specialty Player of the Week honors, respectively.
Player of the Week:
Name: Harper Wolf
School: Marymount
Class: Sophomore
Position: Outside Hitter
Hometown: Austin, Texas
High School: Westlake
Brief Outlook of Week: Across the Saints' 3-0 week in conference play, sophomore Harper Wolf posted 5.14 kills per set, hitting at a .282 clip, with three total digs. She racked up 36.0 total points en route to keeping the Saints perfect in the AEC.
Specialty Player of the Week:
Name: Natalie Bialecki
School: Marymount
Class: Senior
Position: Setter
Hometown: Toledo, Ohio
High School: Notre Dame Academy
Brief Outlook of Week: Senior setter Natalie Bialecki had a standout week to help the Saints remain perfect in AEC play. Posting 9.22 assists per set, 83 total through three matches, she added 17 kills for 1.89 pet set and 19 total digs, 2.11 per set. She racked up 23.0 points through three matches.
Weekly Honor Roll:
Casey Hagerstrom (Gr., Marywood): Hagerstrom finished with 22 kills, four aces, 28.5 points and a .363 attack percentage in a 1-2 week for the Pacers. In a four-set win over Centenary, Hagerstrom recorded 12 kills and a .500 hitting percentage. She added three aces, six digs and three total blocks in the win. Throughout the week, Hagerstrom averaged nine digs per match.
Bri Gautier (So., Neumann): Bri Gautier tallied 10 kills in each of the 3-0 conference wins for Neumann. The sophomore started with 10 kills and a .389 hitting percentage in a 3-0 win over Pratt. She followed with 10 kills, three digs and three block assists in a 3-0 win over Immaculata.
Kelsy Padilla (Fy., Pratt): Kelsy Padilla registered a near double-double of nine kills and nine digs while hitting .250 and adding two aces to lead Pratt to a straight-set win over Immaculata. The Cannoneers split the week falling to Neumann in the weekend tri-match.
Ayanna Gaston (Jr., Gwynedd Mercy): Gaston had her 11th straight match with an ace and her eighth match of the season with at least three aces when she spotted three aces in Gwynedd Mercy University's 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-15) loss at Marymount University (Oct. 23). She also recorded 23 assists, five digs, and a block assist to finish the match with 3.5 points.
Dinah Stabinski (Sr., Immaculata): Dinah Stabinski had a combined 32 digs, and four assists in Immaculata's two conference matches this week. Stabinski had 19 digs in Immaculata's match vs Pratt on October 26th, and 13 digs in Immaculata's match vs Neumann on October 26th.
Dani Smith (Sr., Neumann): Dani Smith handed out 69 assists in a 2-0 Atlantic East week for Neumann. The senior had 25 assists, seven digs and four service aces in a 3-0 win over Pratt. Smith followed with 34 assists, seven digs and three service aces in a 3-0 win
Previous Weekly Award Winners:
(9/2) - Player of the Week: Poppy Skjonnemand, Centenary; Specialty Player of the Week: Natalie Bialecki, Marymount
(9/9) - Player of the Week: Kate Etter, Gwynedd Mercy; Specialty Player of the Week: Ayanna Gaston, Gwynedd Mercy
(9/16) – Player of the Week: Melissa Eddy, Neumann; Specialty Player of the Week: Dani Smith, Neumann
(9/23) – Player of the Week: Harper Wolf, Marymount; Specialty Player of the Week: Dani Smith, Neumann
(9/30) – Player of the Week: Bria Purnell, Gwynedd Mercy; Specialty Player of the Week: Dani Smith, Neumann
(10/7) – Player of the Week: Bria Purnell, Gwynedd Mercy; Specialty Player of the Week: Ayanna Gaston, Gwynedd Mercy
(10/14) – Player of the Week: Nayeli Cruz, Neumann; Specialty Player of the Week: Dani Smith, Neumann
(10/21) – Player of the Week Harper Wolf, Marymount; Specialty Player of the Week: Eliza Freeman, Marymount.