Tufts Athletics

Women's Volleyball

NESCAC Volleyball Weekly Release - Sept. 29, 2025

Every Monday during the season, one NESCAC Player of the Week will be selected based on information submitted by the athletic communications offices at member institutions.

NESCAC Volleyball Player of the Week
Rianna Liu - Tufts - Jr. - Setter - Foster City, Calif.

Liu helped the Jumbos continue their longest win streak since 2021, as Tufts ran its winning stretch to 10 matches with a 3-0 week including a victory over No. 6 Johns Hopkins on Saturday. For the week, Liu posted 70 assists including a 6-2 offense mark of 5.83 assists per set. The junior saw 42.9 percent of her sets converted for kills and recorded five aces and 23 digs. In a four-set win over Brandeis, Liu posted 22 assists, an ace, and five digs. In a 3-1 win over Bates, the setter added 28 assists, three aces, and 10 digs for the fifth double-double of the season. In Saturday's 3-1 win over Johns Hopkins, Liu had 20 assists, eight digs, and one ace. 
 
NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Amherst
Allie McLauglin (Gulf Breeze, Fla.) led the Mammoths to a sweep of Hamilton in what was a 1-0 week for the Mammoths. The junior hit .458 for the match with a match-high 13 kills, 11 digs, and three aces.
Bates – Sofia Castiglioni (Oakland, Calif.) tallied 13 kills with a hitting percentage of .500 on Friday versus Tufts. The junior also registered eight total blocks and a pair of service aces. Castiglioni’s 13 kills and eight blocks matched her career-highs in both categories. The middle blocker followed up with 12 kills, a career-high four service aces, and three digs at the University of New England on Saturday. 
Bowdoin - Junior setter Cameron Shelly (Austin, Texas) posted a career-high 43 assists in a five-set match at Colby on Friday.
 
Colby - Brady Moseley (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) led the Mules to a five-set victory over Bowdoin in Colby's lone match of the week. The junior never came off the floor and collected a season-high 18 kills, 19 points, and 16 digs. Moseley has averaged almost 16 points per game over her last four matches and leads the NESCAC in kills per set (3.47). 
 
Conn. CollegeRiley Lord (Exeter, N.H.) led the Camels with eight kills in a 3-0 loss at Trinity last week. The senior also tallied a service ace and two blocks in the setback.
Hamilton – Junior Kathryn Fox (College Station, Texas) recorded a career-best 11 kills and tied a season-high with four blocks in a three-set loss against Amherst. Classmate Elodie McGeiver (Brooklyn, N.Y.) tied a season high with 12 kills.
 
Middlebury - Molly Harrison (Tiburon, Calif.) led the Panthers to a 3-0 week, logging 41 total kills and 38 digs. In Middlebury’s 3-1 win over Skidmore, the junior tied for the team lead with 14 successful attacks alongside 14 digs. Harrison contributed 17 kills and 11 digs in a five-set marathon victory over Williams, snapping the Ephs' 10-game winning streak to begin the season. The right-side hitter wrapped up the weekend with 10 kills and 13 digs in a sweep of Maine Maritime, extending her double-double streak to five consecutive matches. Harrison also surpassed both the 1,000 career points and 900 kills plateaus. 
 
Trinity Maggie Barnes (Fayetteville, N.C.) paced the Bantams attack in a 2-1 week, tallying 34 kills, four blocks, and three digs, and posted double-digit kill totals across all three matches. In a 3-0 sweep of Conn. College, Barnes slammed 10 kills with a block, followed by a career-high 13 kills with three blocks in a four set victory with Southern Maine. Barnes added 11 kills and two assists in a five-set battle with UMass-Dartmouth.
 
Williams - Eve Kaplan (New York, N.Y.) recorded a career-high and match-leading 31 digs against Middlebury on Saturday. The rookie posted career highs of eight assists against Middlebury and in a 3-0 victory over visiting Vassar on Wednesday, while also contributing with 11 digs against the Brewers. Kaplan averaged 4.55 digs per set this past week for the Ephs.