NESCAC Volleyball Player of the Week
Annette Schlunk - Trinity - Fy. - OH – Hollis, N.H.
Schlunk helped power the Bantams to a three wins last week, including a 3-2 NESCAC victory at Connecticut College. The rookie totaled 28 kills, 37 digs, and five service aces. In the five-set victory over the Camels, Schlunk posted her first career double-double with a career-high 11 kills and 12 digs and matched a career-high with three service aces. In a tri-match at Western Connecticut, Schlunk notched her second double-double with 10 kills and a career-high 18 digs in a 3-1 win against the host Wolves, along with a seven-kill, seven-dig effort in a 3-1 victory over Keene State.

NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Amherst – Charlotte Rasmussen (Los Angeles, Calif.) helped the Mammoths to a 2-0 week with three-set sweeps of conference foe Hamilton and Westfield State. In a three-set win over the Continentals, Rasmussen led the Mammoths with eight kills with a .467 hitting percentage and contributed four digs. Against the Owls, the junior had 10 kills with a .200 hitting percentage, two aces, two block assists, and 14 digs. 

Bates – Sofia Castiglioni (Berkeley, Calif.) continued her strong start to the season for the Bobcats, tallying six kills, with just one error, and three blocks Friday against Tufts.
The sophomore recorded a match-high 10 kills in a 3-0 win Saturday over Westfield State. Castiglioni capped off the week with a season-highs in kills (13), aces (2), digs (4), and blocks (4) against the University of New England.
 
Bowdoin - Senior Ashley Jazbec (San Jose, Calif.) posted a career-high 13 kills in a balanced effort as the Polar Bears dropped a five-set decision to Colby on Friday.
 
Colby - Sydney Bopp (Austin, Texas) led Colby to an exciting 3-2 win at Bowdoin Friday night as the Mules remain undefeated in conference play.  The junior recorded seven solo blocks (two shy of the Colby record). After two conference matches, Bopp leads the NESCAC in hitting percentage with .500 across eight sets of conference play.  
 
Connecticut College – Mila Chan (San Francisco, Calif.) averaged a team-high 5.0 kills per set and hit .282 last week as the Camels went 1-1 last week. The rookie posted a career- and match-high 23 kills in a five-set thriller against Trinity and added 11 digs, four service aces, and five total blocks. Against Bard, Chan finished with seven kills in one set and hit .545 in a 3-0 victory.
 
Hamilton – Rookie Ayzlinn Trefren (Simi Valley, Calif.) recorded a team-high 15 digs in the Continentals' three-set loss at Amherst. Trefren has reached double figures in digs in nine of 10 matches this season.

Middlebury - Sophomore Molly Harrison (Tiburon, Calif.) led the Panthers to a 3-0 week, pushing the Panthers’ win streak to seven consecutive matches. Harrison tallied 39 kills (3.55 kills per set) including 16 kills alongside matching her career-high in digs (20) and service aces (3) to help snap a four-match losing streak to Williams. Harrison’s performance also kept the Panthers at the top of the NESCAC standings. The outside hitter leads the team and ranks second in the conference with 165 kills and 4.14 points per contest.

Tufts – Sophomore Emma Heckman (San Diego, Calif.) helped lead the Jumbos to their third straight win on Friday evening, moving to 3-0 in NESCAC play with a four-set win at Bates. Heckman totaled a season-high 12 kills, hitting .321 with eight total blocks. 
 
Williams - Annaliese Fricke (Colorado Springs, Colo.) averaged 3.92 kills per set in three matches for the Ephs last week. The junior posted two double-double performances (digs and kills) against Middlebury and UMass Dartmouth, including a 19-kill, 15-dig performance in the Ephs' five-set win against UMass Dartmouth.