AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Games: October 3 – October 9, 2022
 
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Hannah Frasca, OH, Jr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Mary Hardin-Baylor junior outside hitter Hannah Frasca (Spring, Texas) led the Cru with 45 kills over two victories last week. She averaged 5.625 kills per set in a pair of wins. Frasca added one assist and six service aces, totaling 51.5 points over eight sets (6.4 points per set.). This is her third career ASC Player of the Week award with the previous two in the 2020-21 season for ASC West Defensive Player of the Week.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Ari Villanueva, L, Fr., Hardin-Simmons
Hardin-Simmons freshman libero Ari Villanueva (New Braunfels, Texas) had three straight matches over 20 digs including a career-best 45 in five sets at Mary Hardin-Baylor. Villanueva tallied 95 digs (6.79 per set) in the three matches (14 sets). She added 18 assists and two service aces.

OTHER TOP PERFORMANCES
Offensive
Hardin-Simmons freshman outside hitter Aubree McCann (Kilgore, Texas) had double-figure kills matches in all three HSU matches last week. She had 15 kills and 10 digs against Concordia for her second career double-double. Overall, she totaled 41 kills (2.93 per set) and added 13 digs and four block assists.
 
Concordia Texas graduate student outside hitter Kinsy Haschke (Mont Belvieu, Texas) posted a double-double in all three matches last week. 22 kills and 15 digs versus HSU on Tuesday, 17 kills and 10 digs versus McMurry on Thursday, career-high 24 kills and 15 digs versus HSU on Saturday.
 
UT Dallas senior outside hitter Madison Ball (Maypearl, Texas) led the Comets with 12 kills (3.00 per set) and hit .303 in a four-set victory over East Texas Baptist Friday. Ball also recorded five digs and a career-high four blocks.

Sul Ross State senior outside hitter Annika Canaba (Alpine, Texas) helped the Lobos go 2-0 on the week with a pair of sweeps, including one over conference foe Howard Payne. In a non-conference win over University of the Southwest, Canaba logged 14 kills, hit .480, and added 13 assists. She added another 14 kills and hit .520 in the win over HPU.
 
LeTourneau sophomore outside hitter Hannah Payan (El Paso, Texas) averaged 3.25 kills per set (26 total) and 1.38 digs per set in a 1-1 week for LeTourneau. She had 11 kills, two blocks, and two digs in a sweep of University of Dallas. Payan then had 15 kills, nine digs, and two aces in a five-set loss to Centenary.

Defensive
UT Dallas senior middle blocker Karle Lynd (Anchorage, Alaska) led the Comets with eight block assists (2.00 per set) in a four-set win over East Texas Baptist Friday. She posted a career-high in blocks and helped UTD tie the school four-set record with 16 total. Lynd also hit .667 with eight kills and no errors.
 
Concordia Texas senior outside hitter Sarah Ghormley (Bastrop, Texas) posted her first career 20-20, double-double in a four-set win over Hardin-Simmons on Saturday with 21 digs and 20 kills. She had 22 digs and 15 kills on Tuesday against Hardin-Simmons, then posted 17 digs and 9 kills against McMurry on Thursday.
 
LeTourneau junior libero Morgan Nix (Cypress, Texas) averaged 6.0 digs per set (48 total) in a 1-1 week for LeTourneau. She had 24 digs, two assists, and two aces in a sweep of University of Dallas. In a five-set loss to Centenary, Nix totaled 24 digs with three aces.