Top seed Mount Aloysius College and No. 3 seed Penn State Behrend each earned victories in the semifinal round, advancing to the AMCC women’s volleyball championship match slated for Sunday afternoon.
Sasuga collected 45 digs and successfully received 42-of-43 service attempts in a pair of must-win matches for Pitt-Bradford over the weekend. In the five-set win over Alfred State, she collected 25 digs and successfully received 27 service attempts. Sasuga averaged 5.63 digs per set on the week.
Madigan had another strong week for the Hawks, leading her team to a 2-0 record. Madigan finished with 24 kills, hitting .212 with 40 assists, nine aces, and 22 digs. She also recorded another career triple-double in the Hawks' win over Carlow, as she recorded 12 digs, 23 assists, and 17 digs to go along with seven service aces in the five-set victory. The victory over Carlow helped the Hawks clinch the No. 4 seed in the AMCC championship tournament and the right to host a first round playoff game.
Ulmer had a huge week at the net for the Lions, helping her team go 2-0 in AMCC play. In Wednesday night's 3-1 win at La Roche, she finished with eight total blocks, notching one solo and seven assists. On Saturday, in a home sweep of Penn State Behrend, she tallied eight more total blocks with two solos and six assists. On the week, Ulmer recorded 16 total blocks (2.29 blocks per set), having three solo blocks and 13 block assists.
Richards powered Mount Aloysius to a pair of conference road wins including a reverse sweep vs Hilbert. Richards tallied 35 kills, 37 digs, and six aces across the two matches, while averaging 5.0 points per set. She hit .142 for the week while averaging 4.38 kills and 5.75 digs per set, helping the Mounties go 2-0 in conference play this week and locking up the #1 seed.
McKinnon held strong for the Hawks on defense with 42 digs, six total blocks, and 26 receptions at .962, while adding 19 kills and an assist.
Richards collected 32 points in two Mountie wins this past week. She recorded two double-doubles, including an 11 kill-14 dig performance in a 3-0 sweep of La Roche and followed that up with 16 kills and 11 digs in another 3-0 sweep, this time over Pitt-Bradford. For the week, Richards had 27 kills (4.50 kills per set) and 25 digs (4.17 digs per set), to go along with five service aces and 5.3 points per set.
DePalma continued to impress in her freshman campaign, as she helped the Redhawks to a 2-0 record on the week. In Wednesday's victory over Pitt-Greensburg, DePalma collected 29 digs, averaging 5.8 per set, had a .917 reception percentage and added a kill. In Saturday's 3-0 victory over Penn State Behrend, she contributed another 17 digs, averaging 5.67 per set, helped with five assists and added a service ace. On the week, she recorded 46 total digs, averaging 5.75 digs per set. For the season, DePalma leads the AMCC in digs per set (5.28) and is third in total digs (354).
Bentley recorded 31 kills and averaged 4.43 kills per set in a 1-1 week for the Panthers. Bentley had 15 kills and 11 digs in a 3-1 loss to Behrend, then recorded 16 kills, four digs and four blocks in a 3-0 win over Carlow. For the week she totaled 31 kills, four aces, 15 digs and seven total blocks, averaging 5.6 points per set for the Panthers.
Hargather led the Pioneers to victory against the Mounties as she tallied two of the three goals, with one of the goals counting as the game-winner.
Barr led the Mounties to a 2-0 record in conference play last week with wins over Penn State Altoona and Alfred Sate. Barr recorded 39 digs (5.57 digs per set) and collected 25 receives without committing an error.
Jones hit .500 in a pair of AMCC wins, averaging 6.00 kills per set. She tallied a match-high 22 kills and added 13 digs for her seventh double-double of the season. Jones then knocked down 14 kills with eight digs vs. Pitt-Greensburg.
Woodring totaled 43 digs for an average of 4.78 digs per set in a 2-1 week of non-conference play on the road. In a 3-0 win at Penn State Berks last Tuedsay night, she had 10 digs. On Saturday, in another three-set victory over Penn State Hazleton, the sophomore tallied 13 digs. Later that afternoon, in a 3-0 loss to Elizabethtown, she recorded 20 digs.