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Women's Volleyball

NESCAC Volleyball Weekly Release - Oct. 12, 2026

Every Monday during the season, a 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
Evelyn Kunde – Colby – Fy. – RS – Miami Shores, Fla.
Kunde led Colby to back-to-back NESCAC victories last weekend, including a win over previously undefeated Wesleyan. Across seven sets, the first-year racked up 23 kills with just one attack error and posted a .524 hitting percentage for the week. Against the No. 7-ranked Cardinals, Kunde posted a team-high 15 kills without a single hitting error on 27 swings (.556 hitting percentage). In a 3-0 sweep of Amherst, the rookie had a game-high eight kills (.467 hitting percentage).
 
NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Amherst – Gabrielle Hines (Chesterfield, Va.) led the Mammoths with 19 kills in two matches last week. In a three-set loss to Colby, the sophomore posted 15 kills with a .414 hitting percentage and two digs. Hines also had four kills and six digs in a loss at Bowdoin.
 
Bates – Anais Reneaum (San Diego, Calif.) averaged 2.10 kills per set with a .415 hitting percentage over the weekend. The junior added 1.30 blocks per set against Conn. College and Trinity. Renaum's hitting percentage of .430 ranks first in the NESCAC and second in all of NCAA Division III.
 
Bowdoin – Sophomore outside hitter Zoe Ryu (Washington, D.C.) combined for a team-best 30 kills in a 2-0 NESCAC weekend with a sweep of Amherst (3-0) on Friday before toppling No. 7 Wesleyan (3-1) on Saturday. Ryu led the Polar Bears in kills in both contests with 13 kills on a .400 hitting percentage against the Mammoths, to go with three blocks, before producing 17 kills in Bowdoin’s first ranked win of the season.   
 
Conn. College – Rae Wartelle (Tacoma, Wash.) hit .333 and averaged 3.25 kills and 1.13 blocks per set last week as the Camels went 1-1 in NESCAC action. The senior finished with a match-high 15 kills, eight digs, five blocks, and three service aces as Conn. College rallied back from a 2-0 deficit to topple Bates in five sets. Wartelle also added 11 kills, four blocks, and three aces in a 3-0 setback at Tufts.
 
Hamilton – Kathryn Fox (College Station, Texas) averaged 4.50 kills per set and posted a .500 hitting percentage (18-3-30) in a 1-1 week for the Continentals. Fox hammered a career-high 16 kills, hit .609 (16-2-23) and was credited with two blocks in a three-set victory at Williams. The senior added two kills and a dig after playing one set of a three-set loss against William Smith. Fox's 17.5 points against the Ephs were seven more than any other Hamilton player in that match.
 
Middlebury – Molly Harrison (Tiburon, Calif.) recorded her 55th career double-digit kill game, with 12 successful swings against Williams. The senior also added seven digs, five total blocks, and a service ace. Harrison currently leads the conference in total kills (203) and kills per set (3.44).

Tufts – Junior right side Maiwenn Kamdje (Wellesley, Mass.) helped the Jumbos to a pair of NESCAC wins, as Tufts knocked off Trinity and Conn. College last weekend. Kamdje finished the week with 22 kills, averaging 3.14 kills per set. She finished with 10 kills, hitting .360 against Trinity Friday night, and then hit .588 Saturday against Conn. College with 12 kills on 17 attacks. Kamdje also added six total digs and five blocks on the weekend.