Templin, a senior from Ferrum, Va., registered 6.5 kills per set in two ODAC wins last week, adding 52 kills to her league-leading totals. Templin opened her week with 23 kills, nine digs and a block in a 3-1 win over Guilford. The next day, she upped the ante with 29 winners, 13 digs, three blocks and two assists in a 3-1 victory over Emory & Henry She had just one error in the contest on the way to a .622 attack percentage. The 29 kills mark a new Randolph program record and are the second-most by an ODAC player this season. It also marks her fourth match of at least 20 kills this year, tied for tops in the conference. For the week, Templin was responsible for 56 points at a 7.0 per set clip, hitting .431 with 22 total digs. She currently leads the ODAC with 366 kills and is second at 3.94 kills per set.
Volleyball Honor Roll
Katie Miller, Eastern Mennonite (Jr., DS - San
Antonio, Texas)
Miller set a new EMU season-high with 21 digs in a 3-0 loss at
Randolph-Macon. She leads the ODAC with 392 total digs.
Taylor Creed, Guilford (Fr., OH - Randleman, N.C.)
Creed collected 25 kills in the Quakers 1-2 week,
including a match-best 12 winners in a 3-0 win at Hollins.
Aricquel Payne, Lynchburg (Sr., OH - Woodbridge,
Va.)
Payne recorded 35 kills and 37 digs in the Hornets 2-1 week.
She had 19 kills and 11 digs in a 3-1 win over Emory &
Henry, and added 11 kills with nine digs and three blocks in a 3-0
win over Guilford.
Courtney Lowers, Randoph-Macon (Jr., OH - Suffolk,
Va.)
Lowers helped R-MC to a 3-1 week with 58 total kills at a
4.14 per set average to go with 35 digs and six blocks. She
had 17 winners and 14 digs in a 3-2 loss against Washington and
Lee. She added 15 kills on .417 hitting in a 3-0 win over
Franklin & Marshall. She had 14 kills in a win over EMU
(3-0) and added 12 more in a victory against Shenandoah (3-0).
She leads the ODAC at 4.49 kills per set, 359 overall (2nd in
ODAC).
Ryan Hedgpeth, Roanoke (So., Libero - Hurt, Va.)
Hedgpeth gathered 40 digs from the Maroons' back
line in a pair of wins last week, including 30 digs in a 3-2 win
over Washington and Lee. That win marked the program's first
in the regular season over W&L since 2000. Hedgpeth also
have four aces on the week.
Tiffany Barrett, Virginia Wesleyan (So., OH -
Stafford, Va.)
Barrett helped VWC to a 3-0 week in ODAC play with
35 kills and 52 digs. She had 10 winners in a 3-1 win over
LC, adding 18 digs. She had nine kills and 12 digs in a 3-0
win over Washington and Lee, the program's first over the Generals
all-time. Barrett capped her week with 16 kills and 22 digs
in a 3-1 win over SU.
Mackenzie Shand, Washington and Lee
(So., MB - Saline, Mich.)
Shand played in three of the four matches in W&L's 2-2 week,
collecting 25 kills and hitting .312 with 18 blocks. She had
10 kills and a 11 blocks in a 3-2 win over Randolph-Macon, with the
11 blocks tying for second in league-history.