Week 6 - October 9, 2023

NE10 Player of the Week

Hollyn Frano, Saint Anselm
Freshman | Outside Hitter | Cave Creek, Ariz.

Frano set a new single-match record for Saint Anselm during Saturday's NE10 victory over Pace, recording a season-high 20 kills along with six digs, three aces, and two blocks. She becomes the second all-time leader in kills in a straight-set match, surpassing the previous 19-kill record set back in 2001. She averaged 6.67 kills and 8.0 points per set. 

NE10 Libero of the Week

Rilee Jessee, New Haven
Senior | Libero | Edinburgh, Ind.

Jessee led the Chargers defensive performers in a 2-0 week with 37 combined digs including a 20+ effort in a four-set win over Post where she finished with 21 for an average of 5.25 per set. She opened up the week with 16 digs in a three set win over Assumption. For the week, Jessee added six assists and three aces to her line. 

NE10 Setter of the Week

Michelle Henwood, New Haven
Senior | Setter | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

An average of 10.57 assists per set for Henwood led her team to a 2-0 week with a three-set sweep of Assumption and a four-set win over Post. All combined, Henwood racked up 74 assists, opening up with 38 in the three-set win over the Greyhounds and adding 36 against the Eagles. In addition, Henwood added eight kills, three aces, 19 digs and two total blocks.

NE10 Rookie of the Week

Hollyn Frano, Saint Anselm
Freshman | Outside Hitter | Cave Creek, Ariz.

Frano set a new single-match record for Saint Anselm during Saturday's NE10 victory over Pace, recording a season-high 20 kills along with six digs, three aces, and two blocks. She becomes the second all-time leader in kills in a straight-set match, surpassing the previous 19-kill record set back in 2001. She averaged 6.67 kills and 8.0 points per set. 

NE10 Weekly Honor Roll 

Alice Di Francesco, American Int'l (Jr., S - Pescara, Italy)
Di Francesco continued to dish in AIC's sweep of Southern Connecticut, passing out 33 assists in the three-set win. She also contributed six digs and a pair of blocks in the victory. 

Aleksandra Ivanovic, American Int'l (Jr., MB - Belgrade, Serbia)
Ivanovic put up incredible numbers in AIC's win over Southern Connecticut, collecting 10 kills on just 12 swings for an attack percentage of .833, and also aced five serves while collecting six digs in the sweep of the Owls. Her .467 A% once again leads the NE10 after she set the conference's record a year ago. 

Brandi Montoya, Assumption (Sr., LB - Aurora, Colo.)
Montoya averaged 6.00 digs per set in two matches this week for the Greyhounds. Against New Haven, she logged 14 digs and four assists at home. On Friday, the senior libero recorded 28 digs in the four-set match at Southern Connecticut. 

Ingrid Murphy, Bentley (Gr., OH/DS - Cotuit, Mass.)
Murphy had 15 kills, 20 digs and 4 aces combined in two Bentley wins last week. She had nine kills and hit .304 in Saturday's win at Saint Michael's. Murphy also added 12 digs and three aces in the win.

Macy Brown, New Haven (Jr., OH - Cadillac, Mich.)
Brown finished with double figures in both of the Chargers matches last week en route to a 2-0 record. All combined she finished with 23 kills and 28 digs while adding a pair of assists, a pair of service aces and a block. She opened up the week with 11 kills, while hitting .200 in a three-set sweep of Assumption. Brown then followed that up with a dozen kills and 21 digs to complete a double-double in a four-set win against Post. 

Grace Juergens, New Haven (Fr., OH - Lockport, Ill.)
Juergens led the Chargers hitters on the week, finishing with 28 total kills, hitting .253 combined. She also added 28 digs, tied for second most on the team while adding three aces and a block. Juergens opened up the week with 15 kills while hitting 44.4% with her average of 5.00 kills per set in a three-set conference win over Assumption. She followed that up with 13 kills in a four-set win over Post. She also added double figure digs in both matches for her second and third double-doubles of the season. 

Sam Pila, Saint Anselm (Fr., S - Melbourne, Australia)
The freshman tallied 29 helpers (9.67 assists per set) in the Hawks' 3-0 win over Pace this week. She added four service aces.

Alexandra Báez Rentas, St. Michael's (Jr., S - San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Báez Rentas averaged 10.1 assists, 4.3 digs and 0.57 aces per set during a two-match week. In a 3-1 loss to 2022 Elite 8 squad Southern New Hampshire on Tuesday, she collected 47 assists, 20 digs, six kills, four aces and one block before turning in 24 assists, 11 digs, four kills on .444 hitting, and one block during a 3-0 loss to Bentley on Saturday.

Ana Pimenta, Southern N.H. (R-Sr., OH - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Pimenta posted a double-double of 12 kills, 13 digs and six blocks in Tuesday's 3-1 victory at Saint Michael's. 

NE10 Weekly Winners

• Oct. 2 - Volleyball Report: Week 5
• Sept. 25 - Volleyball Report: Week 4
• Sept. 18 - Volleyball Report: Week 3
• Sept. 11 - Volleyball Report: Week 2
• Sept. 4 - Volleyball Report: Week 1

2023 NE10 VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS

	Conference				Overall
-	GP	W-L	PCT	GP	W-L	PCT
Adelphi	11	10-1	0.909	33	26-7	0.788
New Haven	11	10-1	0.909	33	23-10	0.697
Bentley	11	9-2	0.818	32	25-7	0.781
American Int'l	11	9-2	0.818	27	16-11	0.593
So. New Hampshire	11	6-5	0.545	26	13-13	0.500
Saint Anselm	11	5-6	0.455	25	14-11	0.560
Pace	11	4-7	0.364	24	13-11	0.542
Saint Michael's	11	4-7	0.364	19	6-13	0.316
Franklin Pierce	11	3-8	0.273	19	8-11	0.421
Saint Rose	11	3-8	0.273	26	7-19	0.269
So. Connecticut	11	2-9	0.182	31	14-17	0.452
Assumption	11	1-10	0.091	21	6-15	0.286