Offensive Player of the Week

Julia Stoliker (Red Hook, N.Y.) - Sophomore - Outside Hitter - Western Connecticut
Stoliker had 21 kills and 21 digs to lead the Wolves to a 3-2 victory over the visiting UMass Boston Beacons Saturday afternoon at Feldman Arena, their lone match of the week. She averaged 4.20 kills and 4.70 points per set.

Defensive Player of the Week

Emily Pogorelec (Wayne, N.J.) - Senior - Defensive Specialist - UMass Dartmouth
Pogorelec had another outstanding week, averaging 4.31 digs per set to help the Corsairs to a 4-0 week, notching 56 total digs. She tallied 15 digs in a 3-1 victory against Roger Williams on Wednesday before posting a match-best 15 digs in a 3-0 win at Bridgewater State on Friday.
On Saturday, Pogorelec recorded a match-best 15 digs in a 3-0 win at Vermont State Castleton and had a match-best 11 digs in a win over Massachusetts Maritime on Saturday.

Setter of the Week

Skye Peters (Albuquerque, N.M.) - Junior - UMass Dartmouth 
Peters recorded 81 assists (6.23 assists per set average) with five service aces and 24 digs in a 4-0 week for the Corsairs. She posted 24 assists with an ace and 11 digs in a 3-1 victory over Roger Williams and notched a match-high 20 assists with an ace and five digs and a kill in a 3-0 win at Bridgewater State. On Saturday to close out the week, Peters notched 14 assists with five digs in a 3-0 win versus VTSU Castleton and had a match-high 23 assists with two aces and two digs in a 3-0 neutral site win against Massachusetts Maritime.

Rookie of the Week

Ashley Serverius (Apollo Beach, Fla.) - Freshman - Outside Hitter - UMass Dartmouth
Serverius helped the Corsairs to a 4-0 overall record, totaling 20 kills and 33 total digs. She posted six kills with an assist, an ace and 15 digs in the sweep of Roger Williams on Wednesday. On Saturday, she recorded six kills with no errors on 11 swings (.545) with 11 digs in a 3-0 win over the Spartans and tallied six kills with just 2 errors on 11 swings (.364) with three digs in a 3-0 neutral site win over Mass. Maritime.

This week’s Yankee Ford LEC Women’s Volleyball Athletes of the Week are Western Connecticut’s Julia Stoliker, and UMass Dartmouth’s Skye Peters, Emily Pogorelec and Ashley Serverius.