2015 Volleyball Players of the Week

Nov. 2
(Offensive) Allyson Mitchell, Greenville College
Mitchell, a sophomore from Gurnee, Ill., picked up weekly honors after helping her team notch two conference wins last week. Mitchell led the Panther attack, averaging 3.67 kills per set. She totaled 15 kills in a sweep of MacMurray, adding five service aces. She followed with seven kills and two more aces in a sweep of Fontbonne. On the week she finished with 22 kills and averaged 5.3 points per set with seven service aces.

(Defensive) Lexi Collier, Westminster College
Collier, a senior from Weston, Mo., is the SLIAC Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week after a strong performance at the net last week. Collier finished with 18 total blocks last week. In addition she hit .372 with 56 kills in five matches. Collier helped her team pick up a key win over Webster and followed with seven blocks against Dubuque. She then added three more blocks against Coe and Augustana and four blocks against North Park. Collier currently ranks fourth in the league in blocks per set this season.

Oct. 26
(Offensive) Allyson Mitchell, Greenville College
Mitchell, a sophomore from Gurnee, Ill., is this week's SLIAC Offensive Player of the Week. Mitchell helped her team to three wins on the week including two conference wins. Mitchell recorded double digit kills in all three matches, starting with 13 in a sweep of Fontbonne. She followed with a weekly high of 16 kills in a win over Lincoln Christian and concluded the week with 15 kills in a sweep of Blackburn. On the week she averaged 4.4 kills per set, hitting .268 with a total of 44 kills and 14 errors on 112 total attacks.

(Defensive) Cierra Howard, Iowa Wesleyan University
Howard, a junior from San Clemente, Calif., is this week's SLIAC Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week. Howard was all over the court in her team's two conference matches, totaling over 30 digs in each match. Against MacMurray Howard finished with 33 digs. She followed with 35 digs against Principia, giving her six 30 dig performances this season. She averaged 6.8 digs on the week and currently leads the conference in digs per set. This is the second time this season Howard has won the weekly award.

Oct. 19
(Offensive) Morgan Hauser, MacMurray College
Hauser, a senior from Moline, Ill., was impressive in her two matches last week, averaging 4.4 kills per set. She finished with 19 kills and just five errors against Principia, adding 21 digs. Against Spalding Hauser put down a season high 21 kills with just two errors on 39 swings, hitting .487 during the match while adding two total blocks. On the week she hit .330 with 40 kills and only seven errors; accounting for 4.8 points per set.

(Defensive) Marlee Lindstrom, Blackburn College
Lindstrom, a junior from Maquoketa, Iowa, helped the Beavers to a pair of wins last week including a conference win over Eureka. Lindstrom started the week with 53 digs in a five set win over North Central. She followed with 22 digs against Dubuque and closed out her week with 32 digs against Eureka. On the week Lindstrom averaged 8.92 digs per set, finishing with 107 digs in 12 sets.

Oct. 12
(Offensive) Allyson Mitchell, Greenville College
Mitchell, a sophomore from Gurnee, Ill., picks up SLIAC Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week honors after helping her team to three conference wins and a match against #1 ranked Washington-St. Louis. Mitchell started the week with 11 kills in her match against her ranked foe. She then led her team to three straight conference wins, starting with 20 kills in a 3-1 win over Spalding. She added five kills and three service aces in a sweep of Iowa Wesleyan and closed out the week with 10 kills and five aces in a win over MacMurray. On the week Mitchell finished with 46 kills in 13 sets, averaging 3.54 per set while hitting .252 and recording 10 aces.

(Defensive) Katie O'Toole, Webster University
O'Toole, a junior from St. Louis, Mo., helped Webster to three conference wins last week from her libero position. O'Toole recorded three 20 dig performances including a high of 27 digs against Principia. O'Toole averaged 6.07 digs per set over her team's four matches. She finished with 85 digs in 14 sets and became just the 12th player in school history to reach the 1,000 dig mark for her career. She now has 1,068 career digs; good for 10th in Webster program history.

Oct. 5
(Offensive) Savannah Sells, Greenville College
Sells, a junior from Highland, Ill., led the Panthers to a 3-1 win over Webster in a SLIAC show down. Sells tied for the lead with 13 kills in the match, committing just three errors. She also added six digs and four total blocks including three block assists. Sells accounted for 15.5 points in the four sets, averaging 3.9 points per set. Sells and Grenville remain undefeated in conference play and have won 11 straight matches.

(Defensive) Cierra Howard, Iowa Wesleyan University
Howard, a junior from San Clemente, Calif., is this week's SLIAC Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week after her efforts in four matches last week. Howard finished with at least 20 digs in all four matches, totaling 106 digs through 15 sets; an average of 7.07 digs per set. She had a high of 30 digs in a five set loss to Fontbonne and helped her team to a 3-1 win over Blackburn by adding 28 digs. Howard currently leads the SLIAC in digs this season.

Sept. 28
(Offensive) Hannah Marshall, Westminster College
Marshall, a sophomore from Wildwood, Mo., was dominant in her team's only match on the week, a 3-0 win over Eureka College. Marshall finished the match with 12 kills, six digs, and three total blocks. Marshall put down her 12 kills on just 22 attempts, with just one error for a .500 hitting percentage. She added three service aces in the match and accounted for 17.5 total points in the match.

(Defensive) Erin Downs, Spalding University
Downs, a senior from Decatur, Ill., was a force at the net for Spalding as they picked up three conference wins on the week. Downs finished the week with 14 total blocks, including 10 during her three conference matches. She started with two solo blocks and two block assists against Franklin. After two solo blocks against MacMurray and two total blocks against MacMurray she put together her best outing with three solo blocks and three block assists against Fontbonne. Downs currently leads the conference in both total blocks and blocks per set.

Sept. 21
(Offensive) Kersten McDonough, Fontbonne University
McDonough, a junior outside hitter from Pacific, Mo., powered her team to three wins in four matches last week. McDonough averaged 4.4 kills per set with three matches of at least 19 kills. She began the week with 19 kills and three total blocks against Iowa Wesleyan, accounting for 23 points in the match. She followed with 20 kills in a five set loss to Lincoln Christian while finishing with eight kills and just two errors in a sweep of Blackburn. She closed out the week with 19 kills in a sweep of MacMurray. On the week McDonough hit .263 with 66 kills and seven total blocks; averaging 4.9 points per set.

(Defensive) Maddie Stadler, Fontbonne University
Stadler, a junior from St. Louis, Mo., was an effective defensive stopper for Fontbonne last week in helping her team notch three conference wins. Stadler recorded at least 20 digs in three of her four matches, missing a fourth by just one dig. She had a week high of 28 digs in a win over Iowa Wesleyan, adding four service aces. On the week Stadler averaged 6.27 digs per set, totaling 94 digs in 15 sets.

Sept. 14
(Offensive) Sophia Hathaway, Principia College
Hathaway, a freshman from South Pasadena, Calif., was active on the courst last week in her three matches. Hathaway picked up a triple double in a win over Spalding, finishing with 16 kills, 13 assists, and 10 digs while hitting .419 in the match. She finished with another 16 kills against Lincoln Christian, also tallying four blocks and hitting .382 in the match. Hathway averaged 3.25 kills per set on the week while hitting .318 and added 2.75 assists and 0.5 blocks per set.

(Defensive) Sierra Sprague, Principia College
Sprague, a senior from Elsah, Ill., put together three straight 20 dig performances last week. In three matches, 12 total sets, Sprague recorded 60 digs. She also added six service aces on the week and finished with a team high 11 kills in a win over Blackburn. Sprague currently leads the SLIAC in digs per set this season at 4.75 per set.

Sept. 7
(Offensive) Alexa Boyer, MacMurray College
Alexa Boyer, a senior from Fairfield, Ill., helped the Highlanders pick up two wins in the Monmouth Tournament, and earned All-Tournament honors. Boyer averaged 7.91 assists per set through three matches, currently tops in the SLIAC. She piled up 38 assists in a 3-1 win over Principia. In the season opener Boyer not only set up the attack with 22 assists but finished with 11 kills of her own. She also added 27 digs on the week.

(Defensive) Jamie Schollenbruch, Greenville College
Jamie Schollenbruch, a senior from Decatur, Ill., was rolling at the end of the week, finishing two of her last three matches with 20 or more digs and missing a third by one dig. She had a high of 29 digs in a five set loss to MSOE. On the week she averaged 4.84 digs per set, totaling 121 digs in seven matches. Schollenbruch added 21 assists and three service aces on the week.