DENVER – Seattle U sophomore setter Kerry Lane has been named Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 29-Oct. 5. This is her first-ever WAC Player of the Week honor.
The Tucson, Ariz., native averaged a WAC-best 11.00 assists to go along with 1.43 blocks, 1.29 digs and 0.43 service aces per set as the Redhawks went 2-0 on the week. Lane opened the week with 36 assists, tied for the most in a three-set match this season, plus added a season-high four kills to go along with two service aces, four digs and three blocks in a sweep of Texas-Pan American. She also set the team to a .293 hitting percentage, the second-highest for the Redhawks in 2014. On Saturday, she finished with 41 assists, a career-high seven blocks, five digs, two kills and a service ace as Seattle U handed New Mexico State its first conference loss since Oct. 19, 2013. Lane, who entered the week averaging 9.29 assists and 0.49 blocks per set on the season, leads the WAC in assists per set in conference matches (11.08) and has led the Redhawks to the highest hitting percentage in WAC matches (.249).
Other nominees included: Molly O’Hagan of Bakersfield averaged 3.14 kills, 1.14 blocks, 1.00 digs and 0.57 service aces per set as the Roadrunners went 1-1 on the week ... Grand Canyon’s Natalie Tardy averaged 4.57 kills and 2.25 digs per set as the Antelopes went 1-1 on the week ... Emma Hagedorn of Missouri-Kansas City averaged 2.67 kills on .353 hitting, 1.89 blocks and 0.44 digs per set as the Kangaroos tied the school record for consecutive wins at nine matches ... New Mexico State’s Nathalie Castellanos averaged 2.33 kills on .429 hitting to go along with 0.56 digs per set as the Aggies went 1-1 on the week ... Alisha Watson of Texas-Pan American averaged 3.33 kills, 1.33 digs and 0.67 service aces per set in a pair of losses last week ... Utah Valley’s Lauren Bakker averaged 2.75 kills on .395 hitting and 1.62 blocks per set as the Wolverines went 1-1 on the week.