2009 SLIAC Volleyball
Players of the Week

Greenville College's Tricia Gall, a freshman from Troy, Ill. (Triad), has been named the SLIAC Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of October 26-November 1.

Gall, a 5-11 middle blocker, tallied 55 kills, 20 total blocks and a .398 attack percentage in four matches last week. She had 15 kills, three block assists and a .433 attack percentage in 3-0 victory versus Fontbonne University. In another 3-0 win against the Griffins last week, Gall added 15 kills, one block solo, six block assists and a .444 attack percentage. She also had 11 kills and five total blocks in a 3-1 loss to Spalding University, and she recorded 14 kills and five total blocks in a 3-2 win versus Principia College.

Westminster College's Alex Berry, a freshman from Kirkwood, Mo., has been named the SLIAC Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of October 19-25.

Berry, a 5-8 outside hitter, recorded 52 kills, 78 digs, seven service aces, three set assists and three blocks in four matches played last week. She had 16 kills, 11 digs, two service aces, two block assists and a .353 attack percentage in a 3-1 loss to Greenville College. She had a high of 17 kills and 35 digs in a 3-2 loss to Eureka College. In another match versus the Red Devils, she added 10 kills and 19 digs to help the Blue Jays to a 3-2 victory. Finally, a 3-0 win versus Stephens College, Berry tallied nine kills, 13 digs and had a .421 attack percentage.

Webster University's Sarah Bailey, a junior from Columbia, Ill., has been named the SLIAC Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of October 12-18.

Bailey, a 5-5 libero, had 40 digs, five service aces and zero receive errors in three matches played last week. She recorded 20 digs in a 3-0 sweep versus MacMurray College. Bailey then tallied 12 digs and two service aces in a 3-0 win versus Westminster College. Finally, Bailey had eight digs and three service aces in a 3-0 victory versus Blackburn College.

Webster University's Abby Williams, a senior from Florissant, Mo. (Incarnate Word Academy), has been named the SLIAC Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of October 5-11.

Williams, a 5-8 setter, had 84 set assists, 32 kills, 25 digs, three service aces and three blocks in five matches last week. Williams had 15 set assists, nine kills, seven digs and one block solo to help the Gorloks hand Spalding University their first loss in SLIAC play this season. She added 19 set assists, three kills and five digs in a 3-1 win over Greenville College. To wrap up conference play for the week, Williams tallied 17 set assists and six kills in a 3-0 sweep versus Principia College.

Williams' best performance for the week was in Webster's 3-1 loss to Central College (Iowa). She recorded 22 set assists, nine digs, four kills and two service aces.

Eureka College's Laura Willman, a senior from Metamora, Ill., has been named the SLIAC Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of September 28 - October 4.

Willman, a 5-6 setter, tallied 109 set assists, 40 digs, 14 service aces and six kills in four matches played last week. She set a new career-high for the second time in eight days with 49 set assists in Eureka's five-set loss to Fontbonne University. Willman recorded six service aces in the Red Devils 3-0 sweep over MacMurray College, and she finished the week with 119 career service aces, moving her into 10th on Eureka's all-time list.

Greenville College's Jessica Dothager, a junior from Brighton, Ill. (Southwestern), has been named the SLIAC Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of September 21-27.

Dothager, a middle blocker, recorded 37 kills in 10 sets played last week, while also tallying five block solos, seven block assists, four digg, two service aces and a .373 attack percentage. She had 16 kills, five total blocks and one service ace as the Panthers defeated Principia College for the first time since 2003. Dothager added 16 kills, four total blocks, three digs, one service ace and a .607 attack percentage versus Westminster College (Mo.). She finished the week with five kills and no errors in eight attempts in only two sets played against MacMurray College. She also had three total blocks and one dig in the win over the Highlanders.

Greenville went 4-0 against SLIAC opponents last week to improve to 4-1 in conference play and 7-7 overall. They defeated Principia 3-2 before sweeping Blackburn College, Westminster and MacMurray 3-0 each.

Eureka College's Heather Myers, a senior from Eureka, Ill., has been named the SLIAC Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of September 14-20.

Myers, an outside hitter, averaged a double-double with 55 kills and 56 digs in five matches played last week. She also had 12 service aces, 11 set assists and three total blocks. Myers eclipsed the 1,000-career kills mark on Saturday in the Red Devils 3-1 loss to Edgewood College. She now has 1,009 career kills.

Principia College's Hannah Richards, a senior from Bellevue, Idaho (Wood River), has been named the SLIAC Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of September 7-13.

Richards, a 5-10 outside hitter, had three double-doubles in four matches played last week. Her best performance was a 20 kill, 15 dig performance that helped lead the Panthers to a four-set victory (24-26, 25-20, 27-25, 25-17) versus host Rhodes College at the Rhodes Invitational. She also had 19 kills, 10 digs and two aces in a 3-1 loss to Millsaps College, 17 kills, 11 digs and two aces in a 3-0 loss to Spring Hill College and eight kills and eight digs in a 3-0 loss to Birmingham-Southern College.

Spalding University's Paige Dellis, a sophomore from Louisville, Ky. (Mercy Academy), has been named the SLIAC Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of September 1-6.

Dellis, a 5-9 outside hitter, led the Golden Eagles to a 5-0 record at their own Invitational. In 14 sets played she had 48 kills, a .314 hitting percentage, 36 digs, 20 service aces and five blocks. She recorded two double-doubles for the week with 11 kills and 14 digs in a 3-1 victory versus Rochester College and 16 kills and 11 digs in a 3-1 win versus St. Catharine College. Dellis started the season with 10 kills and seven service aces in a 3-0 win versus Ohio State-Marion.