Pennington, a freshamn from Kingsport, Tenn., has put together a pair of strong weeks in her debut season to help lead Emory & Henry to an ODAC-best 5-1 record. In a 4-1 showing this week, Pennington collected 70 total kills and averaged 3.68 per set as she hit .244 overall and accounted for 78 points won of the Wasps. She smacked double-figure winners in all five matches, including a weekly high of 19 to go with 14 digs in a 3-1 win over Methodist. Pennington registered 65 total digs, including 22 against Virginia Intermont. She added seven total aces to her stat line. Pennington is currently #1 in the ODAC in kills per set (3.68).
Volleyball Honor Roll
D Probst, Eastern
Mennonite (So., OH, Willow Street, Pa.)
Probst averaged 2.8 kills with a .271 attack percentage in
EMU's 2-3 week. She had 12 kills in a loss to Marymount, and hit
.241 or higher in four of the five matches.
Brittany Freeman, Guilford (Sr., OH,
Hendersonville, N.C.)
Freeman earned a spot on the Greensboro College
Invitational all-tournament team after leading Guilford with 56
kills in four games (3.5 kills per set)... also collected 20 digs
on the weekend and accounted for a team-high 61-points in the
Quakers' 2-2 week.
Sierra Strathy, Lynchburg (So., OH,
Powhatan, Va.)
Strathy was named to the Johns Hopkins University
All-Tournament team this weekend after leading LC to a 3-1 record.
She boasted a .571 hitting percentage, drilled 36 kills and added
13 blocks.
Katie Rossberg, Randolph-Macon (So., MH,
Crozet, Va.)
Rossberg registered 58 kills and 60 digs in the Yellow Jackets
3-3 week. She had highs of 15 kills and 17 digs in a 3-1 win
over Virginia Wesleyan. Rossberg also had seven aces on the
week.
Mackenzie Tyree, Roanoke (Sr., DS)
Tyree was named the MVP of Greensboro College Invitational
after collecting 48 total digs, including 20 in a 3-1 win over the
host Pride. She averaged 3.20 pickups per set in RC's 5-0
week.
Jasmine Callahan, Shenandoah (Fr., S,
Forest, Va.)
Callahan helped the Hornets to a 2-1 week by dishing out 107
assists and picking her spots to hit .390 with 18 kills.
Callahan assisted on 55 winners in a 5-set loss to Penn
St.-Altoona, and smacked 10 kills in a 3-0 win over Lancaster
Bible.
Alex Lambert, Virginia Wesleyan (Jr., MH,
Alexandria, Va.)
Lambert helped guide VWC to a 3-2 week, including a 2-2
showing at the Randolph-Macon Invitational. She notched 51
kills and 15 aces, the latter number boosted by seven service
winners in a 3-2 win over Averett. She also recorded seven
total blocks and 22 digs.
M.A. Boles, Washington and Lee (Sr., OH,
Houston, Texas)
Boles totaled 51 kills (3.92 kills per set) as the
Generals went 2-2 at the W&L Invitational this weekend. Both of
the team's losses came to Top 25 teams in 14th-ranked Otterbein and
fifth-ranked Christopher Newport. Against CNU, Boles recorded 16
kills and she had 13 in three sets against the Cardinals. For the
week, Boles also totaled 32 digs, five service aces, six assists
and five total blocks. She was named the the W&L Invitational
All-Tournament Team.