Women's Volleyball | 9/26/2023 11:05:43 AM
Utica University graduate student
Eleanor Cepiel was named the GameChanger/American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) National Division III Women’s Volleyball Player of the Week on Tuesday, Sept. 26 for games played Sept. 18-24, 2023.
Cepiel, who was named the Empire 8 Co-Women's Volleyball Player of the Week on Monday, was named to the Worthington Classic All-Tournament team at Catholic University after amassing 83 digs (5.2 per set) and 68 kills (4.25 per set) while setting multiple career-highs last weekend. She turned in back-to-back incredible stat lines on Saturday with a career-high 25 kills and 33 digs in a five-set win over Arcadia and followed that up with 21 kills and a career-high 36 digs in a four-set victory over Cedar Crest. Cepiel also added nine service aces and seven assists over the weekend.
The 36 digs are among the top-10 nationally in a single 4-set match this season. Cepiel is among the Empire 8 leaders in kills per set (3.69) and points per set (4.06) this season.
Cepiel is the first E8 student-athlete to earn the prestigious AVCA Division III weekly honor since
Braelyn Hornick of Hartwick on Sept. 27, 2022.
Utica (9-7) is right back in action Wednesday against SUNY Delhi and begins Empire 8 play with a pair of contests at Russell Sage College on Friday and Hartwick College Saturday.
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