Teams: Women's Volleyball: Press Releases

Monday, September 15, 2008

DENNISTON EARNS NESCAC CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONOR FOR ROLE IN 5-0 WEEK

MEDFORD -- The Tufts University volleyball team had a very successful first week of the 2008 season, and senior tri-captain Kate Denniston (Tarzana, CA/Chaminade) was stellar offensively to lead the way. She has earned New England Small College Athletic Conference Conference (NESCAC) Co-Player of the Week for her performance.

Tufts went 5-0 for the week, defeating Stonehill at home 3-1 on Tuesday before making a perfect 4-0 run through the Brandeis Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Their first tournament appearance of the season was capped by a 3-0 victory against defending NESCAC champion Williams College.

After putting down four kills with a .309 percentage against Stonehill, Denniston was a force at Brandeis and was named to the All-Tournament team. She hit at a .465 clip with 21 kills and just one error in 43 attempts. She had seven kills with no errors in the tournament opener against Rhode Island College and then nine kills with no errors versus Williams. She also had six service aces in Friday's two matches against RIC and Babson, and was in on three blocks against Smith on Saturday. She finished the week with eight blocks total (two solo).

Denniston currently leads the NESCAC in hitting percentage with a .429 mark. She has 25 kills and just one error in 56 total attempts.

She shares this week's NESCAC Volleyball Player of the Week award with Kristin Hanczor of Bowdoin, who had 38 kills and 14 blocks in three matches last week.

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