Yankee Ford LEC Women’s Volleyball Athletes of the Week: October 13, 2025

10/13/2025 2:51:52 PM

Offensive Player of the Week

Allison Pate (Sebring, Fla.) - Junior - Outside Hitter - UMass Dartmouth
Pate led the Corsairs offense a 3-0 week, recording a team-high 37 kills, six blocks (three solo) and four service aces, averaging 4.11 kills and 5.06 points per set. She also added 48 digs (5.33 per set) for the week. She recorded a match-high 10 kills with two aces, three blocks and 18 digs sweep win at Rhode Island College on Wednesday. On Saturday, Pate posted a match-high 16 kills with 21 digs in a 3-0 win over Western Connecticut and notched a match-best 11 kills with no errors on 31 swings (.355), adding two aces and nine digs in a 3-0 non-league victory over Simmons.

Defensive Player of the Week

Emily Pogorelec (Wayne, N.J.) - Defensive Specialist - UMass Dartmouth
Pogorelec helped the Corsairs sweep three matches last week, averaging 6.22 digs per set. She notched 16 digs in a 3-0 LEC victory at Rhode Island College on Wednesday. On Saturday, Pogorelec posted 23 digs in a 3-0 win over Western Connecticut and added 17 digs in a 3-0 non-league win against Simmons.

Setter of the Week

Skye Peters (Albuquerque, N.M.) - Junior - UMass Dartmouth
Peters helped the Corsairs go 3-0 on the week, averaging 5.78 assists per set in a 6-2 offense while reaching the 1,500 career assists milestone on Saturday. She recorded a match-high 16 assists with an ace and eight digs in a 3-0 win at RIC on Wednesday. Peters notched 21 assists, including the 1,500th of her career, with 12 digs in a 3-0 win over WestConn on Saturday and tied for a match-high of 15 assists in a 3-0 non-league victory over Simmons.

Rookie of the Week

Allegra Copeland (Beaumont, Calif) - Freshman - Pin - Eastern Connecticut
In a 2-0 week which included a Little East Conference home sweep of Western Connecticut, Copeland averaged 3.92 points per set with a .283 attack percentage, and also contributed 14 digs (2.33 per set) and had a .933 reception percentage. Against WestConn, she totaled a match-high nine kills while committing only one error on 12 reception attempts, and seven digs. In a road sweep of Mitchell, she had a career-high 12 kills with a .375 attack percentage and seven digs.