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
Fiona LaCamera – Wesleyan – Sr. – MH – Norton, Mass.
In wins over Tufts and Bates, LaCamera averaged 2.57 blocks per set, 2.43 kills per set, and a .432 hitting percentage. The senior started with a career-high 14 kills on 22 swings with no attack errors, hitting .636, plus eight total blocks and three digs in a four-set win over Tufts. In the third and fourth sets, LaCamera blocked a Tufts attempt on set point, paving the way for Wesleyan's first win over Tufts since 2023. Against Bates, LaCamera registered 10 blocks, four digs, and three kills for her second 10+ block game of the season and the sixth of her career.
NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Amherst – Gabrielle Hines (Chesterfield, Va.) led the Mammoths to two key conference wins last week, totaling 37 kills in eight sets, a .376 hitting percentage, four aces, five block assists, and 27 digs. In a 3-1 win over Bates, the sophomore totaled 18 kills and a .563 hitting percentage, along with two aces, four block assists, and a team-high 16 digs. Hines also led Amherst to its first win over Tufts since 2018 with a team-high 15 kills, a .189 hitting percentage, two aces, a block assist, and 11 digs.
Bates – Alice Fischer (Olympia, Wash.) dished out 16 assists and recorded seven digs at Amherst. The rookie followed up with a double-double at nationally ranked Wesleyan, again tallying 16 assists and 11 digs. She also recorded a season-high five kills and a pair of service aces against the Cardinals.
Bowdoin – Sophomore outside hitter
Zoe Ryu (Washington, D.C.) recorded a team-high 38 kills and 12 blocks in a 1-2 weekend, falling 3-2 to Middlebury and Hamilton before besting Endicot, 3-2. Ryu led the Polar Bears with 17 kills and six blocks against Hamilton and totaled a team-leading 50 points in the three contests, averaging 3.33 points per set.
Colby – One week after reaching the 1000-kill milestone,
Brady Moseley (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) hit 1000 career digs in an undefeated 3-0 week for the Mules. The senior racked up 34 kills and 40 digs across 10 sets. The senior opened the week with a double-double against Endicott, posting a game-high 17 kills on a .389 hitting percentage alongside 11 digs, then followed up with her sixth double-double of the season with a 10-kill, 12-dig sweep of Hamilton. Saturday saw another NESCAC sweep for the Mules as Moseley led Colby with 17 digs as Colby topped Middlebury.
Conn. College – Rae Wartelle (Tacoma, Wash.) racked up 32 kills and hit .483 to lead the Camels to a 2-0 record last week. The senior posted a match-high 17 kills on 28 swings (.536) and added a pair of blocks in a five-set win over Williams. Wartelle also recorded 15 kills, five blocks, and five digs in a 3-1 non-conference victory over WPI earlier in the week.
Hamilton – Ayzlinn Trefren (Simi Valley, Calif.) averaged 4.73 digs, 4.14 points, and 3.64 kills per set in three matches. Trefren smashed a career-high 17 kills, was one off a career-best for digs with 25, and also served three aces in a five-set win against Bowdoin as the Continentals won in Brunswick for the first time since at least 2001. The junior's 16 kills accounted for nearly half of Hamilton's 34 in a three-set loss to Endicott. Trefren, who hit .417 (16-1-36) against the Gulls, added 15 digs and has six double-doubles this season and 16 for her career.
Middlebury – Gabby Pribisich (Cleveland, Ohio) logged a .353 hitting percentage in a 1-1 weekend for the Panthers. The senior opened the two-game slate with four kills, two digs and a solo block as the Panthers outlasted Bowdoin, 3-2. Pribisich added three kills, two blocks and a dig in a setback at No. 6 Colby. The middle hitter leads the team with 55 blocks and sits 17 away from 250 in a Middlebury uniform.
Trinity – Senior
Catalina Hendricks (Norwalk, Conn.) powered the Bantams in a 2-0 week with 54 assists, 22 digs, six kills, and three aces. The senior setter averaged 6.75 assists, 2.75 digs, and 0.75 kills per set, including an impressive 26 assists, 13 digs, five kills, and a .625 hitting percentage in a sweep against Suffolk University. In a five-set thriller against Williams, Hendricks tallied a game-high 28 assists with two aces.
Tufts – First-year
Tessa Fergusson (Washington, D.C.) posted back-to-back career highs for the Jumbos. In total, the middle hitter finished with 22 kills on 38 opportunities, hitting .525 for the week. Fergusson tallied 11 kills in both outings against Wesleyan and Amherst and had a career-high seven digs against the Mammoths.