Milos, Acker, Ripley Named #SummitVB Players of the Week
Milos, Acker, Ripley Named #SummitVB Players of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Oral Roberts' Laura Milos was named The Summit League's Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week, while Denver's Kate Acker and Fort Wayne's Hailie Ripley received the Defensive honors for their performances during the season opening weekend, Aug. 29-30. The awards mark the initial Player of the Week honors of the season.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Laura Milos, Oral Roberts
Fr. // OH // Porec, Croatia
Milos garners her first career Offensive Player of the Week honor after recording a tournament-best 63 kills at the Asics Classic, including back-to-back matches of 25-plus kills. In the Golden Eagles' 3-1 victory against South Alabama, the freshman tallied a .463 hitting percentage with 29 kills and four errors in 54 attempts. She followed that up with another 29-kill performance and a .312 clip in a 3-1 win over Pepperdine. The Asics Classic All-Tournament honoree recorded the most kills by a Golden Eagle in single match since 2006 and became the first ORU player to record consecutive 20-kill matches since 2007. For the weekend, Milos posted a .324 hitting percentage with 63 kills, averaging a league-best 5.73 kills per set. She also added 13 digs, four blocks, four service aces and three assists.
Also nominated: Moni Corrujedo, Denver; Emily Spencer, Fort Wayne; Kelly Wachtel, IUPUI; Jenni Fassbender, North Dakota State; Kelley Wollak, Omaha; Kendall Kritenbrink, South Dakota; Ashley Beaner, South Dakota State; Jordan Jackson, Western Illinois.
DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Kate Acker, Denver
Sr. // DS // Waukesha, Wis.
Acker claims her second career Defensive Player of the Week after helping Denver to the College Park Maverick Classic Tournament title with an undefeated (3-0) record. The defensive specialist tied for league-best 31 digs in a single match opening weekend in DU's the five-set win over UT Arlington. She also recorded 19 digs in the Pioneers victory against Incarnate Word. On the weekend, Acker tallied 57 digs, averaging a league-leading 4.75 digs per set to go with 13 assists and six service aces.
Hailie Ripley, Fort Wayne
Jr. // MH // Waunakee, Wis.
Ripley earns Defensive Player of the Week for the second time of her career after helping the Mastodons go undefeated (3-0) opening weekend to win the Bronco Classic. The junior middle hitter tied a career-high with eight blocks in the five-set victory over Western Michigan. For the weekend, Ripley totaled 13 blocks (11 block assists, 2 solo blocks) to average 1.18 blocks per set, along with 19 kills, a. 341 hitting percentage, three digs and an assist.
Also nominated: Beth Howard, IUPUI; Emily Milligan, North Dakota State; Kylie Johnson, Oral Roberts; Riley Haug, South Dakota; Alanna Pengilly, South Dakota State; Molly Murphy; Western Illinois.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at nine institutions, including four located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), Oral Roberts University, the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced eight NCAA Champions along with over 65 All-Americans, 60 Academic All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org, follow on Twitter @thesummitleague, download The Summit League's Front Row app, and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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