Cortland Sweeps SUNYAC Women's Volleyball Weekly Awards
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Cortland teammates Jennifer Koestner and Emma Reilly are the SUNYAC Women's Volleyball Offensive and Defensive Athletes of the Week respectively.
Koestner had an excellent weekend for Cortland in a 3-0 weekend, totaling 29 kills for an average of 4.14 kills per set, a .390 attack percentage, and seven service aces for 1.00 aces per set. The senior also contributed 14 digs, three blocks, and was 18-for-19 on serve receptions. Koestner's top performance of the weekend came in a sweep over John Carroll on Saturday, registering 16 kills with a .452 hitting percentage, one ace, and four digs and a block. Later in the day, the outside hitter chipped in 11 kills, three aces, seven digs, and two blocks in another sweep of Kean. Playing in just the first set in a sweep over SUNY Poly on Friday evening, Koestner had two kills, three aces, and three digs, and led a 14-0 run for Cortland to start the match at the service line.
Reilly earns the SUNYAC Women's Volleyball Defensive Athlete of the Week nod for the second straight week. She was a force at the net for Cortland in a 3-0 weekend, recording 15 total blocks for an average of 1.88 blocks per set. She also chipped in three digs, and eight kills on a .182 hitting percentage. The junior's top performance came in a sweep of John Carroll on Saturday, totaling eight blocks, one kill, and one dig. She also added five more blocks in a sweep over Kean, and added five kills on nine attempts for a hitting percentage of .333. Playing in two sets on Friday in a sweep of SUNY Poly, Reilly had a pair of blocks, including one solo block, and two kills on three attempts to go along with one dig.
