McCurty, Reis, Sivertson Selected as MAAC Players of the Week
MAAC Sports
MAAC Offensive Player of the Week
BURGANDY
McCURTY, SIENA
OH/MB, Sr., 5-9,
Port Washington, NY/Schreiber
McCurty averaged 5.3 kills, 2.3 digs, .8 blocks and
posted a .343 attack percentage as the Saints started MAAC play with two
straight set sweeps. McCurty had 19
kills, six digs and three blocks in Siena's 3-0 win over Loyola and added 13
kills, eight digs and two blocks in the 3-0 win over Rider. McCurty had just eight attack errors in 70
attempts on the weekend.
MAAC Defensive Player of the Week
KARA REIS,
FAIRFIELD
L, Fr., 5-9,
Ramona, CA/Poway
Reis had a solid week
defensively, averaging 5.08 digs per set and a reception percentage of .967.
She also collected five aces, six assists, and a kill in three matches. Reis
opened the week with 20 digs and three assists against Fordham and did not commit
a reception error in 24 chances. In the Stags' 3-1 win at Niagara, Reis tallied
19 digs and two aces. In Fairfield's 3-0 win at Canisius, Reis posted 22 digs
and did not commit a reception error in 15 attempts. On the season, Reis is
averaging 4.07 digs.
MAAC Rookie of the Week
SARAH SIVERTSON,
SIENA
S/OH, Fr., 5-11,
Tyler, TX/Robert E. Lee
Sivertson averaged 12 assists per set in leading the
Saints to back-to-back straight set victories.
The rookie setter's marquee effort was a 35-assist, 10-dig showing in a
3-0 win over Rider. She played two sets
in the win over Loyola, registering 25 assists and a block.