2014 Volleyball Players of the Week

  • Courtney Lowers, Randolph-Macon, Jr., Outside Hitter
    November 03, 2014
    Lowers, a junior from Suffolk, Va., led the Yellow Jackets to a 2-2 record that included a conference win over Bridgewater to lock up the top seed in the upcoming ODAC Tournament. Lowers racked up an ODAC-high 62 kills on the week and 4.77 per set, adding to her ODAC-leading marks of 450 kills and 4.50 per set. She had 24 winners in a 3-0 win over Hardin-Simmons, hitting .538 for the match and picking up six digs and two blocks. She notched 16 kills and 16 digs in a 3-1 loss to nationally fourth-ranked Wittenberg. She also had 11 kills apiece in a 3-0 win over Bridgewater and a 3-0 loss to nationally 21st-ranked Trinity (Texas). She had six and nine digs in those matches, respectively. Lowers also leads the ODAC in total attacks (1,255), points won (507.5) and points won per set (5.1).
  • Anna Lausberg, Washington and Lee, Jr., Outside Hitter
    October 27, 2014
    Lausberg, a junior from Ocoee, Fla., led the Generals to a 2-0 week in ODAC competition, racking up 33 kills in the process. In a 3-1 win over Randolph, Lausberg notched a new career-high with 22 winners in addition to hitting .340. She also recorded six digs and an ace. She followed that up with her second double-digit attacking day in a 3-0 win at Guilford, registering 11 kills to go along with six more digs, an ace and a block. For the season, Lausberg is seventh in the ODAC with 260 kills, tops for W&L.
  • Jordan Templin, Randolph, Sr., Outside Hitter
    October 20, 2014
    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.
  • Courtney Lowers, Randolph-Macon, Jr., Outside Hitter
    October 13, 2014
    Lowers, a junior from Suffolk, Va., put together a stellar performance last week, setting ODAC season-highs in the process. In a 3-2 win at Randolph, Lowers registered a career-high and school-record 34 kills, tying for the fourth highest single-match total in ODAC history. The 34 kills are the most since former Roanoke standout Melissa Slusher notched 34 winners in 2002 and out-pace the next closest total this season by 10 kills. Lowers averaged 6.80 kills per set and hit .337 for the match on an ODAC season-high 83 attacks. She added a team-best 26 digs and a block, accounting for 34.5 points. For the year, Lowers leads the ODAC at 4.56 kills per set and is second with 301 overall winners.
  • Jordan Templin, Randolph, Sr., Outside Hitter
    October 06, 2014
    Templin, a senior from Ferrum, Va., collected 37 total kills from her outside position, helping Randolph to a 1-1 record that included a ODAC victory over Virginia Wesleyan. In that contest, Templin averaged nearly seven kills per game on the way to 20 kills with 10 digs in the WildCats 3-0 road win at VWC, who was previously unbeaten in conference play. In a loss Southern Virginia the following day, Templin collected 17 more winners to go with nine digs and one block. She finished the week averaging 6.17 kills per set. For the season, Templin is second in the ODAC in kills (265) and kills per set (3.68).
  • Alex Lambert, Virginia Wesleyan, Sr., Middle Hitter
    September 29, 2014
    Lambert, a senior from Alexandria, Va., led the Marlins to a 4-1 week including a 4-0 showing at the York College (Pa.) Spartan Invitational. Lambert collected 54 total kills and accounted for 57.5 points while hitting .269 with seven total blocks and four digs from her middle position. She recorded four matches of at least nine kills, including a 17-kill effort with a .353 attack percentage in a 3-0 triumph over Albright College. She had 12 winners and four blocks in a 3-1 triumph over the host Spartans. The Marlins lone loss (3-1) of the week came to nationally ninth-ranked Christopher Newport, in which Lambert notched 11 kills and a block while hitting .258. For the season, Lambert is third in the ODAC in kills (199) and kills per set (3.43).
  • Mackenzie Shand, Washington and Lee, So., Middle Blocker
    September 22, 2014
    Shand, a sophomore from Saline, Mich., helped the Generals to a 4-0 week that included a trio of ODAC victories. From the middle of the Generals offense and defense, Shand collected 39 total kills and hit at a blistering .516-clip. She commanded the net effectively, registering 15 total blocks including five to go with six digs and seven kills in a 3-1 win over St. Mary's (Md.). In a 3-2 win over Lynchburg, Shand smacked winners on 16-of-22 attacks with just one error for a .682 attack percentage. she added in three blocks. She had 10 kills and hit an even .500 with three more blocks in a 3-0 win over Bridgewater. For the season, Shand leads the ODAC with a .421 attack percentage (110-19-216) and is tied for first with 46 total blocks.
  • Alex Mariona, Randolph, So., Right Side
    September 15, 2014
    Mariona, a sophomore from Greenville, S.C., helped the WildCats to five wins for the program's first five-match winning streak since 1997. That included a 4-0 run at the Maroon Classic at Roanoke College, where Mariona was named to the All-Tournament Team. She collected 59 total kills and hit .388 from her right side slot, averaging better than three kills per set. Four times she had double figure kills, including 16 with a .333 attack percentage in a 3-1 win over Methodist. She added 13 digs, four aces and five overall blocks. Mariona now has 105 kills and is hitting at a .248-clip on the season
  • Alex Kinzer, Washington and Lee, Jr., Setter
    September 08, 2014
    Kinzer, a junior from Greenville, S.C., kept the Generals' offense humming as Washington and Lee went 4-0 at the W&L Invitational. Kinzer earned MVP honors after dishing out 141 total assists, including a pair of matches in which she averaged more than 10 assists per set. She averaged 9.4 per set overall. Kinzer also racked up 10 aces and 27 digs while posting 10 total blocks. She picked her spots well in attack, registering 12 kills. In a 3-1 win over Maryville (Tenn.), she handed out 34 assists with four kills, two aces, eight digs and five blocks. Kinzer has handed out 946 assists so far this season, good for a 9.11 per set average.
  • Courtney Lowers, Randolph-Macon, Jr., Outside Hitter
    September 02, 2014
    Lowers, a junior from Suffolk, Va., helped the Yellow Jackets open the season 2-1 that included a 1-1 showing at the Berry Invitational against nationally-ranked competition. Randolph-Macon opened with a 3-0 win over N.C. Wesleyan with Lowers collecting nine kills against no errors for a .450 hitting percetage. In a 3-1 loss to second-ranked Emory University, Lowers exploded for 22 kills and a .288 attack percentage to go with 13 digs. She won 22 points in the match, the most of any player. R-MC capped its tournament with a 3-1 win over Berry, which received votes towards the AVCA national poll. Lowers went for 13 kills and nine digs to seal her place on the all-tournament team. For the week, Lowers smacked 44 winners at a .280-clip with 29 digs over 11 sets in three matches.