Honomichl, Pressler, and Warren Take Home Weekly Awards
MAAC Sports
Offensive Player of the Week
Kari Honomichl, Niagara, Jr., Outside Hitter, 6-0,
Petersburg, Mich./Ida
Kari
Honomichl pounded 37 kills for an average of 4.11 kills per set and averaged a
double-double in road victories at Marist and Siena over the weekend to extend
Niagara's conference win streak to 26 matches. The junior outside hitter from
Petersburg, Mich., led the Purple Eagles in kills, was second in total blocks
(six) and third in hitting percentage (.312) and digs (22) as Niagara won its
eighth straight match en route to improving to 7-0 in conference play. Homomihl
recorded her first double-double of the weekend with 17 kills and 11 digs in
the five-set win over Marist on Saturday. Homomichl provided a season-high 20
kills to lead all participants in Niagara's 3-1 win over the Siena Saints on
Sunday for the program's first win at Siena since Nov. 1, 2003. Homomichl's 20
kills were the second most kills by a Purple Eagles this season and she had 11
digs for her seventh double-double of the season.
Defensive Player of the Week
Janet Pressler, Loyola, Jr., Libero, 5-10, Smithfield, R.I./La Salle Academy
Janet Pressler continued her outstanding play as the
Greyhounds' libero, recording 23 digs in just three sets on Saturday as Loyola
defeated Rider in Lawrenceville, N.J. She posted 7.67 digs per set, helping the
Greyhounds to a three-set season-high. Pressler also chipped in with two
service aces. The junior, who is in her first season as a libero, leads the
Greyhounds with 235 digs despite not taking over as the libero until after the
first weekend and missing four matches with an early-season injury. Since
taking over as the team's libero, Pressler has posted 10 or more digs in 12 of
14 matches.
Rookie of the Week
Catrina Warren, Iona, Fr., Middle Blocker, 6-0, Rancho Cucamonga,
CA/Los Osos
Rookie MB
Catrina Warren continued a torrid stretch with a .472 hitting percentage and a
team leading 23 kills and 27.0 total points.
She averaged 3.83 kills, 0.83 blocks and 1.00 digs in back-to-back
three-set sweeps over Saint Peter's and Manhattan. Warren posted 13 kills and a .476 hitting
percentage vs. Saint Peter's and a team-leading 10 kills and a .467 percentage
vs. Saint Peter's.