ANNVILLE, Pa. (Sept. 13, 2021) – Immediately after earning 5 sweeps in the initially 7 matches of the period, the Stevens Institute of Technological innovation women’s volleyball application held the trend likely into the weekly awards as 1st-calendar year Parker Adkins and senior Elizabeth Chu were named the MAC Independence Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for their impressive performances on the court docket.
Adkins had 13 kills in 3 of the 4 matches of the week to become the initial pupil-athlete to acquire Offensive Player of the Week honors considering the fact that Shelby Stewart won the award in November of 2019. Chu, in the meantime, racked up at least 17 digs in all 4 matches to make the accolade for the fourth time in her profession and 2nd as a member of the MAC Freedom.
It is the initially sweep of the awards for the Ducks given that Casey King and Sara Hain attained the feat on Sept. 23, 2019.
“I’m so proud of the way all those two dominated every single established and every single match,” head mentor Brianna Jones mentioned. “Their regularity and competitiveness has helped our group gain all through the year.”
Taking part in in her to start with collegiate meeting contest, Adkins started the 7 days by foremost the Ducks to a 3- sweep of Arcadia with a crew-high 8 destroy to go alongside with 6 digs.
The initially-yr from Euless, Texas, then turned it up a notch for the weekend match. In the initial matchup towards Swarthmore, Adkins set down a year-ideal 13 kills though including 8 digs and 3 aces.
She then followed it up with a further 13-get rid of effectiveness, this time coming up just shy of a double-double with nine digs in a 3-1 gain about Lebanon Valley Higher education. Adkins most likely saved her best general performance for previous, nevertheless, once more registering 13 kills this time on just 26 swings for a season-significant .385 assault proportion.
Chu, meanwhile, kicked off the week with 20 digs and three helps against Arcadia. The 2019 MAC Flexibility Defensive Player of the Calendar year then tallied 17 digs, eight helps and a few aces towards Swarthmore and adopted it up by location a occupation-superior with 34 digs in the victory around LVC.
In the remaining contest of the week, Chu generated 21 digs while also tying her season-best with four aces. In whole, the senior from Aged Tappan, N.J., averaged 6.58 digs and .57 aces for every set.
The Ducks return to the courtroom Tuesday as they put their ideal file on the line on the road in opposition to Misericordia in Dallas, Pa. at 7:00 p.m.
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