Big South Volleyball Players of the Week - Sept. 28

Big South Volleyball Players of the Week - Sept. 28

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – High Point outside hitter Élodie Lalonde (Ottawa, Ontario) has been selected the Big South Volleyball Player of the Week for matches played Sept. 21-27, it was announced today.  In addition, UNC Asheville teammates Olivia Callipo (Orange Park, Fla.) and Elise Jensen (Nashville, Tenn.) are the Setters of the Week, Winthrop’s Addison Torain (Aurora, Ill.) was voted the Libero of the Week and Charleston Southern outside hitter Brynn Minter (Seal Beach, Calif.) is the Freshman of the Week honoree. 
 
Lalonde led the Panthers to a Big South season-opening sweep of Radford last Friday on 15 kills with zero hitting errors for a career-best .652 percentage.  She added five digs, posted a 1.000 reception percentage and added a service ace in the victory. 
 
Callipo and Jensen combined for 93 assists and 46 digs in the Bulldogs’ two matches last week, which included a five-set win over USC Upstate in the conference opener on Friday.  Callipo recorded 52 assists and 29 digs over the two matches.  She had 22 assists and 13 digs against Queens on Tuesday, then posted 30 assists, a career-high 16 digs plus four aces against Upstate, with the four aces tying her career high.  Jensen helped run Asheville’s offense alongside Callipo, finishing the two-match stretch with 41 assists and 17 digs.  She recorded 15 assists, nine digs and two aces against Queens, then followed with 26 assists and eight digs against the Spartans.
 
Torain contributed to the Eagles four-set win at Gardner-Webb on Saturday with 24 digs for a 6.00 per set clip, while being perfect on her 23 serve receive attempts, in addition to recording three service aces.
 
Minter recorded a double-double of 16 kills and 14 digs in the Buccaneers’ four-set defeat at Presbyterian on Friday.  She finished with 18.0 points, totaled two blocks and one service ace.  Her 14 digs were a career-high.
 
Also Nominated for Player of the Week: Brynn Minter (Charleston Southern), Julia Yurkovich (Presbyterian), Lydia Pate (UNC Asheville) and Paige Bennett (Winthrop).
 
Also Nominated for Setter of the Week: Remy Catojo (High Point), Anisa Dorlouis (Presbyterian) and Lexi Thatcher (Winthrop).
 
Also Nominated for Libero of the Week: Sydney McKay (High Point), Celimar Hoyos (Presbyterian) and Izzy Perkins (UNC Asheville)
 
Also Nominated for Freshman of the Week: Ashley Dienes (Presbyterian), Elise Jensen (UNC Asheville) and Sophia Spivey (USC Upstate).