AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Matches: October 22-26, 2019
 
EAST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Caroline Shecterle, S, Sr., UT Dallas
UT Dallas senior setter Caroline Shecterle (Pearland, Texas) sparked the Comets to a pair of road sweeps last week. Shecterle averaged 8.50 assists per set in UTD's 6-2 offense as the Comets' primary setter, leading UTD to a .338 team hitting percentage over the two contests. She had 21 assists (7.0 per set) Tuesday in the Comets' 3-0 non-conference road win over Austin. Shecterle then collected 30 assists (10.0 per set) Friday in a road sweep of LeTourneau. This is her fifth Player of the Week award of the season and seventh of her career.

EAST DIVISION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Sydney McEachern, L, Jr., Belhaven
Belhaven junior libero Sydney McEachern (Keller, Texas) recorded 28 digs (5.60 per set) in her only match of the week, a five set win against Louisiana College. She also recorded two aces in the match.

WEST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Kayla Janikula, MB, So., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Mary Hardin-Baylor sophomore middle blocker Kayla Janikula (Kingwood, Texas) .446 as the Cru went 3-0 on the week. She opened with a 10-1-22 performance against Southwestern, adding six digs and four block assists. She followed with a 10-2-23 showing against Hardin-Simmons, adding one service ace, two digs and four block assists. Janikula then hit 13-1-20 against McMurry with seven block assists. She totaled 41.5 points on the week, averaging 2.54 kills per set and 1.15 blocks per set. This is Janikula’s second Player of the Week award of the year.

WEST DIVISION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Marjani Myles, MB, Jr., Concordia Texas
Concordia Texas junior middle blocker Marjani Myles (Pearland, Texas) was influential in the Tornados' two wins last week, averaging 1.86 blocks and 1.86 kills per set. In a sweep of McMurry, Myles register a season-high nine total blocks for the match. On Saturday, she added four more blocks in the win over Hardin-Simmons for her third Player of the Week honors of the season.

OTHER TOP PERFORMANCES
Offensive
Sul Ross State sophomore middle blocker Annika Canaba (Alpine, Texas) hit recorded her sixth triple-double of the season with 18 kills, 19 assists and 13 digs in a four-set win at Howard Payne.

Howard Payne outside hitter Mitsue Rodriguez (San Antonio, Texas) averaged 2.00 kills per set in the Lady Jackets’ losses to Hardin-Simmons and Sul Ross State.

Concordia Texas senior outside hitter Tristyn Massey (Amarillo, Texas) had back-to-back double-digit kill performances as the Tornados went 2-0 last week. In the win over McMurry, Massey had 10 kills with four assists and seven total blocks. On senior day, Massey hit at a .357 mark, registering 12 kills and only two errors, while also tallying 11 digs for a double-double, her seventh of the season. For the week, she hit .309 with 3.14 kills, 2.14 digs and 1.42 blocks per set.

Belhaven sophomore middle blocker Callista Moore (Elizabeth, Colo.) averaged 2.00 kills per set as the Blazers went 1-1 on the week.
 
Defensive
UT Dallas freshman outside hitter Catherine Croft (Buda, Texas) averaged 2.33 kills and 4.17 digs per set as the Comets posted a 2-0 record on the road last week. Croft opened the week with 16 digs (5.3 per set) in a non-conference road sweep of Austin Tuesday, adding six kills and a pair of blocks. She then had nine digs (3.0 per set) along with eight kills and another block Friday in a road sweep of LeTourneau.

Mary Hardin-Baylor junior outside hitter Corinne Novak (Georgetown, Texas) helped the Cru to a 3-0 week with a solid performance on both sides of the ball. Defensively, Novak led the Cru with 60 digs over three matches, averaging 4.62 digs per set. She opened with 23 digs against Southwestern on Tuesday, then followed that with 16 against Hardin-Simmons on Friday and 21 against McMurry on Saturday. Novak added four block assists against War Hawks. Offensively, she hit 41 kills and recorded three assists.