October 12, 2009
Eagles Sweep NECC Weekly Awards For Second Straight Week
- Crawford Nets Fourth Consecutive Award -
 

Rieger

Nashua - For the second consecutive week, the Daniel Webster College women’s volleyball team has swept the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) weekly awards.

Senior middle block Kristina Rieger of Concord, N.H. and freshman Chelsey Crawford of Westfield, Mass. have been named Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively by the NECC office after guiding the Eagles to a 3-1 record last week including a 2-0 mark in NECC play.

Rieger averaged 2.21 kills per game over a 14 games and hit .244 overall (31 k, 9 e, 90 att) and added eight serving aces, a team best 30 digs (2.14 pg) and chipped in with four total blocks.

Rieger opened the week with six kills and hit .208 adding 12 digs and two blocks in a 3-1 loss at Mount Ida College on October 6th. She followed with 11 kills, hit .150, and added 12 more kills with one ace in a 3-2 road victory over Saint Joseph’s College of Maine on October 8th.

Rieger closed the week with an 11-kill, four-ace, four dig effort in a 3-0 sweep of Mitchell College and finished with a three-kill, two dig effort in a NECC sweep of Southern Vermont College as part of a NECC tri-match on October 10th.

On the season, Rieger is averaging 1.66 kills per game and is hitting .218 overall (68 k, 25 e, 197 att) with a team high 40 aces and is adding 97 digs (2.37 pg) and 13 total blocks.
 

Crawford

For Crawford, her award marks the fourth straight week she has been honored by the NECC, as she was named Player of the Week last week, preceded by two straight Rookie of the Week awards.

Crawford led the Eagles with 2.53 kills per game over 15 games, hit .258 overall (38 k, 13 e, 97 att) and added six service aces, 22 digs (1.47 pg) and added 12 total blocks.

She opened her week with a match high 11 kills and hit .212 along with two aces, eight digs and six block in the loss to Mount Ida, and followed with another match high of 15 kills, hit .361, and added 10 digs and four blocks in the victory over Saint Joseph’s of Maine.

Crawford closed the week with seven kills, three aces, two blocks and two digs in the victory over Mitchell and a match high five kills along with two digs in the win over Southern Vermont.

On the year, Crawford leads the Eagles in total kills (106), kills per game (2.52), hitting percentage (.279) and total blocks (33). She has added 19 aces and 43 digs.

Under the guidance of second year Head Coach Braden Zamore, the Eagles stand 8-4 overall (4-0 NECC) and return to action on Tuesday, October 13th as they host Johnson State College in a regional matchup tipping off at 7:00 p.m.