This week’s player of the week did a little bit of everything as his No. 6 Loyola Rambler squad picked up two Top 15 victories in the friendly confines of Gentile Arena. Senior opposite Ricky Gevis averaged 3.67 kills, 1.50 digs and 0.83 blocks per set, while hitting .400 in sweeps of No. 11 Ball State and No. 15 Fort Wayne. The Naperville, Illinois, native downed 10 kills in an errorless .556 effort (10-0-18), while adding four digs, two blocks and an ace against the Cardinals. He then chipped in 12 kills, five digs, three blocks and an ace, while hitting .296 against the Mastodons, to move the Ramblers to 19-4 overall and 9-1 atop the MIVA.
Honorable Mention
Karl Apfelbach, UC Irvine – Jr., Opp.
Averaged 4.33 kills per set, while hitting .385 in a sweep of USC; posted 13 kills, two digs, two blocks and two aces, while hitting .385 against the Trojans; Big West Player of the Week
Ryan Coenen, Lewis – RS So., OH
Averaged 4.16 kills and 1.5 digs per set, while hitting .275; notched 15 kills, three digs, two blocks and an ace, while hitting .225 (15-6-40) vs. No. 15 Fort Wayne; posted 10 kills, six digs, two blocks and an ace, while hitting .389 (10-3-18) against No. 11 Ball State
Kyle Barnes, George Mason – Jr., OH
Averaged 3.67 kills per set, while hitting .400 in a pair of sweeps over Charleston; posted 10 kills, two digs, a block and an ace, while hitting .471 on Friday; notched 12 kills, two digs, a block and an ace, while hitting .348 on Saturday; made good on all 30 of his serve reception chances (16 on Friday, 14 on Saturday); EIVA Offensive Player of the Week
Nicolas Szerszen, Ohio State – Sr., OH
Averaged 3.50 kills, 1.88 digs, 1.12 aces and 1.00 blocks per set, while hitting .431 in wins over Quincy and Lindenwood; notched 11 kills, five digs and three aces, while hitting .667 (11-1-15) in a sweep of the Hawks; registered a 17-kill, 10-dig double-double with eight blocks and six aces, while hitting .333 against the Lions
Liam Maxwell, Belmont Abbey – So., OH
Averaged 5.17 kills and 2.19 digs per set, while hitting .282 in wins over Lees McRae, Queens and Lincoln Memorial; downed 62 kills, 26 digs and eight aces; posted 25 kills, five digs, two aces and two blocks, while hitting .388 in a four-set win over Lees McRae; tallied a 15-kill, 10-dig double-double to go with four aces and three blocks and a .306 hitting effort in a sweep of Queens; notched a 22-kill, 11-dig double-double, while hitting .175 and adding two aces and a block in a five-setter vs. Lincoln Memorial; Conference Carolinas Player of the Week
2018 VolleyMob Player of the Week Honorees
1/9 – Karl Apfelbach, UC Irvine
1/16 – Josh Tuaniga, Long Beach State
1/23 – Tanner Syftestad, UC San Diego
1/30 – Jake Hanes, Ohio State
2/5 – Micah Ma’a, UCLA
2/13 – Brenden Sander, BYU
2/20 – Robert Poole, Mount Olive
2/27 – Stijn van Tilburg, Hawaii
3/6 – George Huhmann, Princeton
3/13 – Austin Matautia, Hawaii
3/20 – David Wieczorek, Pepperdine
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