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DENVER - Utah Valley senior middle blocker Madison Dennison has been named Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 18-24. This is her second WAC Player of the Week honor of the season and the fourth of her career.
The Pleasant Grove, Utah native led the Wolverines to a road sweep of Seattle U in their WAC opener. She posted a match-high 14 kills on .542 hitting with just one error on 24 attempts. Dennison also added a match-best six blocks to go along with three digs and a service ace. For the week she averaged 4.67 kills, 2.00 blocks, 1.00 digs and 0.33 service aces per set. Dennison leads the WAC in total blocks (91) and blocks per set (1.54), ranks third in hitting percentage (.311), sixth in points per set (3.78) and 10th in kills per set (2.88).
Other nominees included: Sydney Haynes of CSU Bakersfield averaged 3.00 kills on .350 hitting, 1.14 blocks and 0.86 digs per set as the ‘Runners went 2-0 on the week ... Chicago State's Lacee Adams averaged 9.87 assists, 2.87 digs and 0.62 service aces per set as the Cougars went 1-1 to open WAC play ... Teagan DeFalco of Grand Canyon averaged 3.12 kills and 3.50 digs per set and posted a pair of double-doubles ... Kansas City's Alicia Harrington averaged 3.88 kills, 4.12 digs and 0.75 blocks per set as the Roos went 1-1 on the week ... Ariadnne Sierra of NM State averaged 5.25 digs, 0.38 service aces and 0.25 assists per set ... UT Rio Grande Valley's Ragni Steen Knudsen finished with 17 kills and 12 digs in a five-set win over NM State.