Alyssa Samarco, Penn State Behrend
Samarco was named to the All-Tournament Team for the second week in a row. Her performance led the Lions to four straight wins. She posted three double-doubles, averaging 3.71 kills and 3.0 digs per set. Samarco only committed 10 errors in 14 sets played and also added six aces and three blocks.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: PS-Behrend OH Alyssa Samarco was named to the All-Tournament Team for the second week in a row. Her performance led the Lions to four straight wins. She posted three double-doubles, averaging 3.71 kills and 3.0 digs per set. Samarco only committed 10 errors in 14 sets played and also added six aces and three blocks.
BEST OF THE REST: La Roche MH Tori Pernell had 29 kills in three matches (9.6 per match) and added six aces in a 2-1 week for the Redhawks…Francicsan S Amy O’Keefe totaled 59 assists this past week for the Lady Barons, averaging 5.3 sets a game, while also contributing with 30 digs, as well as a 1.18 k/s and a 0.178 hitting percentage…Pitt-Bradford MH Taylor McMillen had 53 kills in five matches (5.3 kills per set) and was named to the All-Tournament team for the second straight week…Medaille S Simmone Talford logged 133 assists on the week, to bring her career total to 2,044, and recently broke the school record of 1,868 which was held by Mary Helak…Mt. Aloysius OH Lakyn Fornari had nine kills and helped the Mounties to 1-0 week…PS-Altoona OH Becky Britton tallied 62 kills (3.26 kills per set), 48 digs (2.53 digs per set), and seven aces (0.37 aces per set)...Erica Bosh had a career high 22 digs in a loss to Waynesburg and also had 18 digs in a loss to Washington and Jefferson.