Sydney Koch, Randolph-Macon, Sr., Outside Hitter/Middle Blocker

Sydney Koch, Randolph-Macon, Sr., Outside Hitter/Middle Blocker

Koch, a senior from Raleigh, N.C., picks up her second weekly award of the season after leading Randolph-Macon to a trio of ODAC victories. The Yellow Jackets have now won 10 straight matches and remain unbeaten in ODAC play at 9-0, tied with Washington and Lee atop the league table.* Koch was both prolific and efficient offensively and provided her usual stout net defense in 11 sets of action. She collected 42 kills (3.82/set) at a blistering .552 attack percentage to go with nine blocks on the way to earning 46.5 points (4.2/set) over the three matches. Koch opened with 12 kills against just one error in a 3-0 victory over Eastern Mennonite. She hit .579 for the match and chipped in three blocks and three digs. She was even more efficient in a 3-0 victory at Ferrum. She hammered 17 winners with two errors at a .652 clip. She added four blocks to bring her total to 19 points earned at 6.3 per set. Koch capped her week with 13 winners and a .440 attack percentage in a 3-2 win at Roanoke. She blocked a pair of Maroons' attacks and handed out an assist. For the season, Koch leads the ODAC with a .380 attack percentage with 181 kills (9th) against just 36 errors in 382 attacks. She is eighth in kills per set (2.78) and points earned (210.0). She is ninth in assisted blocks (38) and 10th in points per set (3.2).

*Randolph-Macon and Washington and Lee square off on Wednesday, 10/20, in Lexington.

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL WEEKLY HONOR ROLL

GRACE HAYES | BRIDGEWATER
Jr. | S | Boone, N.C.
 - cracked 2,000 career assists with 126 helpers (9.00/set) in a 2-2 week; 34 assists in a 3-0 win over Randolph

PARIS HUTCHINSON | EASTERN MENNONITE
So. | OPP | Waynesboro, Va.
 - registered 47 kills (4.27/set) at a .262 attack pct. with 27 digs (2.45/set) with 7 aces and 5 blocks in a 2-1 week; 26 kills with 11 digs in a 3-1 win over Randolph; earned 56.5 points (5.1/set)

TYLER SESKER | HOLLINS
Sr. | OH | Upper Marlboro, Md.
 - registered 13 kills at a .333 attack pct. with 5 blocks in a 3-0 win at Christendom

ABBI LEEPER | LYNCHBURG
Jr. | OH | Midlothian, Va.
 - registered 28 kills (3.11/set) with 39 digs (4.33/set) and 2 aces on the way to 30.0 points earned (3.3/set) in wins at Bridgewater (3-1) and Shenandoah (3-2); crossed the 500 career dig plateau

LINSEY BAILEY | ROANOKE
Sr. | OH | Fincastle, Va.
 - collected 53 kills (3.53/set) with 39 digs (4.40/set) with 4 digs and 4 blocks in a 1-3 week; earned 59.0 points (3.9/set)

SYDNEY HEIFNER | WASHINGTON AND LEE
So. | OH | Nashville, Tenn.
 - collected 34 kills (4.25/set) and hit .222 with 26 digs (3.25/set) and 3 blocks on the way to accounting for 38.5 points (4.8/set) in ODAC wins at Guilford (3-0) and over Hollins (3-0) and Virginia Wesleyan (3-0); W&L remains tied with Randolph-Macon atop the ODAC standings at 9-0