November 6, 2006
Jaclyn DeMais, Amherst
(Junior, OH - Hillsdale, N.J.)
DeMais was outstanding for Amherst as the Jeffs posted victories over Trinity, Wesleyan and Williams en route to the 2006 NESCAC Volleyball Championship, the third NESCAC Volleyball crown for Amherst and the first since 2000. Against Trinity on Friday, DeMais had 13 kills and 14 digs during a 3-0 win. During Saturday’s mara-thon semifinal against Wesleyan, she had 23 kills, three aces and a block in the 3-2 victory. DeMais capped the championship with 18 kills and 26 digs in the 3-1 win over Williams on Sunday. She finished the weekend averaging 4.5 kills per game.

October 30, 2006
Kathleen Lenz, Trinity
(Junior, L - Cheshire, Conn.)
Lenz was Trinity’s best player in a 4-0 week that saw the Bantams defeat Amherst and Bowdoin, 3-2, and blank Bates and Colby to go from 2-4 to 6-4 in NESCAC play. In a road match at Amherst on Tuesday, Lenz had 32 digs and no reception errors. In three wins over the weekend, Lenz totaled 64 digs in 11 games (5.82 per game) with three reception errors and three aces.

Lisa Drennan, Wesleyan
(Sophomore, OH - Ann Arbor, Mich.)
During a 4-0 week which included sweeps of Bates, Bowdoin and Colby, Drennan collected 79 kills in 12 games (6.58 per game) with a phenomenal .532 hitting percentage. She also added 32 digs, 10 aces and seven blocks. She is now averaging 5.53 kills per game, well above the record in a season at Wesleyan (4.79 per game).

October 23, 2006
Kelli Harrison, Tufts
(Senior, OH - Blue Jay, Calif.)
Harrison led Tufts through a 4-1 week, which included a 3-0 non-conference victory over Williams. She averaged 4.39 kills and 3.72 digs per game with a hitting percentage of .271. On Tuesday at Connecticut College, Harrison posted 18 kills and 21 digs during a 3-1 win. Over the weekend, Harrison collected 25 kills in a five-game victory over Springfield and hit .316 with 16 kills in the win over Williams.

October 16, 2006
Alisha Cahlan, Williams
(First Year, OPP - Las Vegas, Nev.)
Cahlan helped the Ephs go 3-0 for the week with 3-1 victories over NESCAC foes Trinity and Connecticut College and a 3-0 sweep of Wesleyan. During the win over Trinity on Friday, Cahlan registered 23 kills, 10 digs and two assists. Cahlan finished the weekend with 58 kills (5.3 per game), 23 digs, nine blocks and assists, and a hitting percentage of .378.

October 9, 2006
Caitlin Tomaska, Connecticut College
(Sophomore, OH - Solano Beach, Calif.)
Tomaska tallied 17 kills, 15 digs, three blocks, two aces and one assist in the Camels’ 3-1 NESCAC victory at Wesleyan on Wednesday evening, the lone action last week for Connecticut College. Tomaska had 22 receptions without an error, leading her team to its fourth consecutive victory.

October 2, 2006
Kaitlin O'Reilly, Tufts
(Sophomore, S - Manhattan Beach, Calif.)
O’Reilly was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2006 Tufts Invitational, which the Jumbos won with victories over Wellesley, Salisbury, Cortland St. and MIT. She averaged 11.18 assists for the tournament while adding 31 digs, four kills, two service aces and four block assists. O’Reilly had a remarkable 41 assists in three games against Cortland St. on Saturday, then followed up with 46 in the final match against MIT, a 3-2 Tufts win.

September 25, 2006
Lisa Drennan, Wesleyan
(Sophomore, OH - Ann Arbor, Mich.)
During the Blue Jay Classic hosted by Elizabethtown over the weekend, Drennan averaged 6.0 kills per game with a .319 hitting percentage, earning All-Tournament Team honors as Wesleyan went 3-1 to finish third out of eight teams. She also added in 22 digs, 11 blocks and nine aces over the 13 games of tournament play. Earlier in the week, Drennan had 12 kills and a .391 efficiency in Wesleyan’s 3-0 win over Rhode Island College.

September 18, 2006
Melissa Pun, Williams
(First Year, OH - San Francisco, Calif.)
Pun helped Williams earn four 3-0 victories in NESCAC play last week, averaging 4.0 kills and 3.5 digs per game while posting a .426 hitting percentage. During a 3- 0 victory over Colby on Saturday, Pun registered 14 kills and 14 digs. Later in the afternoon against Bowdoin, she contributed 17 kills and 12 digs.

September 11, 2006
Kristin Quinn, Amherst
(Senior, OH - Los Angeles, Calif.)
Quinn helped the Jeffs to the Roger Williams Invitational crown on Saturday, leading her squad to three wins in the first action of the season. Quinn averaged 3.11 kills while posting a hitting percentage of .460. Against host Roger Williams, Quinn collected 15 kills, while against the University of New England Quinn recorded seven service aces, finishing the day with 11 in all. She was also named to the Roger Williams All-Tournament Team.