NESCAC Volleyball Player of the Week
Molly Harrison – Middlebury – Fy. – S – Tiburon, Calif.
Harrison helped Middlebury post a 2-1 record at the New England Challenge. On Friday night, Harrison tallied her eighth double-double (12 kills, 10 digs) of the season to help the Panthers hand Springfield its second loss of the year. Harrison followed up with a career-best 21 kills in a 3-1 victory over Babson, which was the Beaver’s fourth loss of the year. Harrison averaged 4.09 kills and 3.09 digs per set while totaling six blocks and four service aces for the weekend. The Panther has registered double-digit kills in 18 of 20 career matches and ranks second in the NESCAC with 3.76 kills per set. 

NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Amherst – Tiana Richardson (Pelham, N.Y.) notched a career-high 13 kills to lead the Mammoths to a four-set win over the University of Hartford on Saturday. The rookie hit .345 for the match and had two block assists as well as five digs in the victory,

Bates – Ellie Asada (Honolulu, Hawaii) notched eight digs, three service aces, and three assists in a 3-0 win over Emmanuel on Saturday. The libero followed up with a match-high 15 digs, two service aces, and four assists in a 3-0 win over Colby-Sawyer, capping off a perfect 2-0 week for the Bobcats.

Bowdoin – First-year Skye LaMendola (Farmers Branch, Texas) had 16 kills and 10 digs in a Saturday win over Wheaton.

Colby – Reanna Yadao (San Francisco, Calif.) led Colby to three more victories last week and helped push the Mules win total to 16 for the first time since 2005. The first-year defensive specialist has been the key piece in Colby’s defensive unit that leads the NESCAC in opponent-hitting percentage and ranks second in digs and opponent kills, assists, and service aces. In four matches, Yadao totaled 61 digs, eight aces, and 16 assists. The first-year ranks sixth in the conference in digs per set. 

Conn. College – Senior Emma Wheeler (Meredith, N.H.) averaged a team-high 3.75 kills per set last week as the Camels split a non-conference tri-match against WPI and Rhode Island College. The middle blocker hit .486 and finished with a career-high 19 kills and two blocks in a five-set loss to the Engineers and followed with 11 kills on 22 swings in a 3-0 victory over RIC.

Hamilton – Melissa Morelli (Lynnfield, Mass.) moved into fourth place on the team's career assists list with 1,689 after two non-conference wins. Morelli had six kills, 28 assists, three aces, and seven digs in a three-set victory against DeSales. The senior added four kills, 27 assists, two aces, and 13 digs in a three-set triumph against Hartwick. Morelli is fourth in assists per set and tied for seventh in aces per set in the conference.

Trinity – Sophomore Caroline Howell (Houston, Texas) helped orchestrate the Bantam attack in a pair of five-set non-conference battles. In a 3-2 win at Clark, Howell logged her seventh double-double with a match-high 49 assists and 12 digs and totaled a career-high 54 assists with eight digs, four blocks, and two aces in a 3-2 loss to Smith.

Tufts – Rileigh Farragher (Evanston, Ill.) had one of her best weekends as a Jumbo, posting 42 kills in three matches, averaging 3.5 kills per set while hitting .271 as Tufts finished 1-2 including a win over Springfield. Friday in a four-set loss to Babson, the senior finished with 10 kills on 24 attempts, and then tallied a career-high 18 kills and only one error on 35 attempts in the win over Springfield. Against MIT, she tallied a team-best 14 kills on 33 swings, hitting .212 for the match. 

Wesleyan – Another impressive week for Sophia Lindus (Los Angeles, Calif.) saw the sophomore total 22 kills with just two errors on 56 attempts, hitting .357 in two road sweeps for the Cardinals. The outside hitter added 17 digs in those two matches including a 14-kill, 10-dig double-double on Saturday at Emerson. That win over the Lions secured the best-ever start to a season in team history for Wesleyan as the Cardinals stand at 17-1 heading into the final week of the regular season.

Williams – Senior Celia Adams (Houston, Texas) averaged 3.83 kills per set in three matches as the Ephs participated in the New England Challenge. Adams posted a team-high 22 kills while hitting .320, in the Ephs' match against Springfield on Saturday. Adams also pitched in three aces, 3.5 blocks, and 25 total digs for the weekend.