CANTON, Ga. – Berry and Trinity split Week 6 Athlete of the Week honors as McCarthy brings in her second overall for the season.
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Athletes of the Week
Offense:
Keira Kruk | Berry | SR | Naples, FL – Senior OH Keira Kruk led the Vikings to a 3-0 SAA weekend on the road. Keira recorded three double digit offensive performances in the Vikings’ balanced offense, contributing an SAA-high 4.3 Kills/Set and hitting an impressive .459 as an OH, including hitting .500 and .560 on Saturday. Additionally, Keira recorded an ace, 2 blocks and 29 digs.
Defense:
Lauren McCarthy | Trinity | SR | Corrales, N.M. – McCarthy led the 15th-ranked Trinity volleyball team to a perfect 3-0 record at the Georgetown pod in SAA action last week, defeating Sewanee 3-1, rallying for a 3-2 win over Southwestern, and then finishing in style with a sweep against Maryville. McCarthy finished with a team-best 17 blocks (1.42) in just three matches, adding 25 kills and six digs to her weekend stat line. She opened the weekend with six blocks against Sewanee before piling up seven blocks and 13 digs (as well as a .346 hitting percentage) against Southwestern. McCarthy wrapped up the weekend with four blocks against Maryville, setting a new career-high with three solo blocks.
Notable Performances
Offense
- Elle B Smith | Centre | FR | St. Petersburg, FL – Elle B Smith had another excellent week setting up her teammates for points as she racked up 36 assists in Centre's win on Friday and followed that up with 40 assists in a win over Millsaps the next day. The Millsaps game represented the eighth time through the first 16 games that Smith has recorded 40 or more assists, and the second time in a three-set match. For the weekend, Smith averaged just over 15 assists per set while also recording an ace in both wins.
- Lucy Riggar | Southwestern | FR | Nashville, TN – True freshman Lucy Riggar put on a showing this week and recorded multiple career-highs while leading the Pirates to a 3-1 record across four matches. The Nashville native registered 60 kills and hit .392 over the four matches. She averaged 3.53 kills per set and posted a career-high 19 kills against Trinity on Saturday. Riggar finished with 16 kills versus Concordia and finished the weekend with 17 against Sewanee on Sunday. She had a .583 hitting percentage against Maryville and a .516 hitting percentage against Trinity.
Defense
- Cambell Miles | Centre | FR | Louisville, KY – Centre enjoyed a pair of massive advantages in digs across two weekend matches and Campbell Miles was a big reason why. The first-year libero finished with 14 digs in both contests, helping the Colonels complete sweeps against Millsaps and Rhodes. Miles, who averaged just under five digs per set this week, has finished with double digit digs in all but two games thus far in the season
- Izzy Rodriguez | Southwestern | SR | Houston, TX – Senior libero Izzy Rodriguez helped lead Southwestern to a 3-1 mark last week and recorded 63 digs in the process. Rodriguez registered 15 or more digs in three of the four matches and finished with 20 against Trinity. She recorded a .946 reception percentage and had two matches with a 1.000 reception rate.
2026 Volleyball Report Archive (AOW Offense/Defense)
Week One - Sept. 8: (Lauren McCarthy, Trinity/Cali Armstead, Berry)
Week Two - Sept. 14: (Lily Long, Trinity/Sandy Bourgeois, Millsaps)
Week Three - Sept. 21: (Lily Long, Trinity/Annabelle Lanik, Trinity)
Week Four - Sept. 28: (Madie Whitehead, Berry/Andrea Hurt, Berry)
Week Five - Oct. 5: (Kendra Christopher, Centre/Tatum Ahrens, Southwestern)
Week Six - Oct. 12: (Keira Kruk, Berry/Lauren McCarthy, Trinity)
Week Seven - Oct. 19: (
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