Week 1 - September 8, 2025
NE10 Player of the Week
Macarty McQueen, Adelphi
Senior | Outside Hitter | Carmel, Ind.
Despite a 1-3 opening weekend, McQueen collected nearly five kills per set (4.69) with 75 through 16 sets. She added a .319 hitting percentage to boot with 39 digs (second-highest on team). Her best game of the weekend was a record breaking one - with 29 kills and 24 digs, she accounted for her first double-double of the season. Her 29 kills is a new Adelphi single match record and she also recorded her 1,000th kill in the fifth set against Post.
NE10 Defensive Player of the Week
Elizabeth Blinn, Bentley
Senior | Middle Blocker | Concord, N.H.
Blinn, an All-Region First Team and All-NE10 First Team player in 2024, posted 10 blocks against nationally-ranked No. 12 Nebraska-Kearney this past week. In a 3-1 week for Bentley, she averaged 1.75 blocks per set (21 total) and totaled 48.0 points.
NE10 Setter of the Week
Tory Vitko, Bentley
Sophomore | Setter | Dover, N.H.
Vitko averaged 8.92 assists per set, the most among NE10 players this past week, during the Windjammer Classic. She recorded three double-doubles in four matches, as Bentley went 3-1. Vitko was named to the Windjammer All-Tournament Team.
NE10 Rookie of the Week
Lulu Pavan, Bentley
Freshman | Outside Hitter | Rochester, N.Y.
Pavan began her college career with 10 or more kills in each of her first four matches in the Windjammer Classic. Her weekend high of 14 kills came against both Franklin Pierce and St. Michael's. She led Bentley in kills (50), kills per set (3.85) and points (59.0). She also added 14 digs and four blocks.
Season Awards History
Player of the Week
Week 1: Macarty McQueen, Adelphi
Defensive Player of the Week
Week 1: Elizabeth Blinn, Bentley
Setter of the Week
Week 1: Tory Vitko, Bentley
Rookie of the Week
Week 1: Lulu Pavan, Bentley
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