Kirsten Platz, Pitt-Bradford

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Pitt-Bradford MH Kirsten Platz helped Pitt-Bradford get off to a 3-1 start on the season with a stellar weekend at the Moravian Greyhound Premiere Invitational. After one week of play, Platz is currently leading the conference with a .526 hitting percentage and is also tops with 1.36 blocks per set. She is tied for first in the conference with 45 kills and is third with 3.21 kills per set. Platz scored nine service aces, averaging .64 per set, good enough for fifth in the league.

BEST OF THE REST: Medaille MB Lydia Penberthy led the Mavs with 45 kills and a team-high hitting percentage of .333, she also added 10 service aces and averaged .60 blocks per set, while being named to the All-Tournament team...La Roche OH Laura Nath finished with 42 kills and 48 digs in four games last week while registering a career-high 18 kills and 24 digs against Chatham...D'Youville OH Megan Schneider had a team-high 14 kills to go with six digs to lead her team to their first victory of the season over Cazenovia, she is first on her team in kills and second in digs...PS-Behrend S Hannah Saunders recorded 4.6 assists and 2.73 digs per set to lead Behrend to a 2-2 weekend at the Scranton Invitational, while being named to the All-Tournament team...PS-Altoona OH Kelsey Bristol led her team in kills with 28 (2.00 kills per set) and was second in digs with 58 (4.14 digs per set) at the Gettysburg College Battlefield Classic...Hilbert OH Torianna Lewand opened her career with nine kills on 19 attempts during Hilbert's season opening 3-0 victory over SUNY Delhi, recording only one error the whole match...Mount Aloysius RS Jessica Bressler stepped up as an underlcassman and led the team on all aspects of the game as she collected 14 kills and five digs.