November 10
Leanne Maloney (West Seneca/Mount Mercy), Fredonia senior
outside hitter
Maloney had 19 kills over the SUNYAC tournament and 11 digs in the title match, helping her team to their first conference title. She was named SUNAYC Tournament MVP.
November 3
Brittany Coyle (Middletown/Minisink Valley), New Paltz junior
middle hitter
Coyle had a .446 hitting percentage over four matches, one assist,
five aces, two digs and three blocks. New Paltz went 3-1 on the
weekend.
October 27
Allison Pepe (Amsterdam/Amsterdam), Potsdam senior outside
hitter
Pepe recorded a .506 hitting percentage, 13 kills, and three blocks
in the University of Rochester tri-tournament. Potsdam swept both
matches, winning 3-1 over Geneseo and 3-0 over the University
of Rochester.
October 20
Michelle Gaufman (Wantagh/MacArthur), Cortland junior outside
hitter
In the second round of SUNYAC divisional pool play, Cortland went
4-0 this weekend. Gaufman had 62 kills, an overall .326 hitting
percentage, and 32 digs in 13 games. Cortland gave New Paltz its
first conference loss. Gaufman entered the weekend ranked 18th
nationally in Division III with 3.97 kills per set.
October 13
Kaitlin Erdmann (Randolph/Randolph), Fredonia sophomore middle blocker
Erdmann had a .463 hitting percentage this weekend to help lead Fredonia to four wins and the Cortland Invitational title. She had eight kills and three block assists in the first ever victory over Cortland. Fredonia has now won 14 straight matches.
October 6
Sammie Pickering (Tupper Lake/Tupper Lake), Potsdam senior outside
hitter
In a dominant weekend for Potsdam, Pickering helped to lead the
Bears to four straight wins at the Hartwick Invitational. She
was named to the All-Tournament team and had 43 kills, an overall
.387 hitting percentage, and 26 digs. In a 2-3 loss to St. Lawrence
University earlier in the week, she had an additional 20 digs
and 20 kills.
September 29
Chelsea Senn (Hamburg/Frontier), Fredonia freshman middle blocker
Senn had eleven kills, a .435 hitting percentage, and three blocks
in a win against the University of Rochester on Friday. She was
a key player on offense and defense in the middle for Fredonia.
Her 52 blocks on the season lead Fredonia. Fredonia is now 12-6
on the season and is currently on an 8 straight win streak.
September 22
Brittany Coyle (Middletown/Minisink Valley), New Paltz junior
middle hitter
In five matches last week, Coyle played 14 games and recorded
a .464 hitting percentage, with 36 kills, 69 attacks, four blocks
and only four errors. New Paltz is 13-0 on the season.
September
15
Alyssa Torpy (Henrietta/Rush-Henrietta), Fredonia senior setter
Torpy
received All-Tournament team honors at the RIT tournament. She averaged 9.4 assists
per set. Her best match of the weekend was a 3-0 victory over Clarkson in which
Torpy had 39 assists and 3 blocks.
September
8
Alyssa Fitchette (Watertown/Watertown), Brockport senior middle blocker
Fitchette
recorded double-digit kills in three of the four matches and recorded her first
double-double of her Brockport career with 20 kills and 14 digs against St. John
Fisher. For the four matches, her average hitting percentage was .514.
September
2
Michelle Gaufman (Wantagh/MacArthur), Cortland junior outside hitter
After
four matches in the Cortland Red Dragon Classic, the Red Dragons finished second
in the tournament out of 12 teams. Gaufman had 27 kills vs. Rochester, which are
a career high. Gaufman had a total of 56 kills, three aces and 47 digs in the
15 games she played.
