DENVER – Missouri-Kansas City U junior rightside hitter Sydney Crimmins has been named Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 6-12. This is her first WAC Player of the Week honor of the season and the second of her career.
The Clay Center, Kan., native averaged 3.75 kills on .338 hitting, 2.12 digs, 0.75 blocks and 0.50 assists per set as the Kangaroos went 2-0 last week to extend their win streak to a school-record 11 matches. Crimmins opened the week with a season-high-tying 17 kills on 40 attempts with just one error for a .400 hitting percentage, her second highest of the season, to go along with seven digs and three blocks in a four-set win over Utah Valley. She followed it up with 13 kills, 10 digs and four assists in a four-set win over Seattle U on Saturday. It was her eighth double-double of the season. Crimmins now ranks fourth in the WAC in conference matches in points (3.85) and fifth in kills (3.22).
Other nominees included: Luiza Martins of Bakersfield finished with 41 assists, eight digs and two kills in a sweep of Grand Canyon ... Chicago State’s Elli Woinowsky averaged 4.71 kills and 5.14 points per set in a pair of losses last week ... Mackenzie Phelps of Grand Canyon posted 26 digs in a three-set loss to Bakersfield ... New Mexico State’s Gwen Murphy averaged 3.33 kills on .571 hitting to go along with 0.67 digs per set as the Aggies went 1-0 on the week ... Iris Ivanis of Seattle U averaged 3.75 kills, 2.25 digs and 1.12 blocks per set as the Redhawks went 1-1 on the week ... Texas-Pan American’s Haley Durham averaged 3.50 kills on .486 hitting and 0.83 blocks per set as the Broncs went 1-1 last week ... Lauren Bakker of Utah Valley averaged 4.14 kills on .532 hitting and 0.62 digs per set as the Wolverines went 1-1 on the week.