WATERBURY, Conn. -- Senior libero
Alyssa Groves and graduate outside hitter
Kristina Peric continued to dominate the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Weekly Awards for Post University Women's Volleyball as the duo won their seventh CACC Defensive Player of the Week and CACC Player of the Week, respectively, as announced by the league office on Monday afternoon.
Kristina Peric - Player of the Week - Women's Volleyball
Peric turned out another huge week for Post, finishing with an attack percentage of .281 with 51 kills as the Eagles secured the top seed in the CACC Tournament with a pair of conference wins to wrap up the regular season. Peric averaged 6.38 kills per set, while recording 23 digs, six service aces, three assists, and one block assist. Offensively, the graduate student committed only 15 errors across her 128 attempts.
Alyssa Groves - Defensive Player of the Week - Women's Volleyball
Groves moved within nine digs of being the new all-time leader in digs for the conference after recording 48 digs in two matches for Post this week. While helping the Eagles to a 2-0 week, Groves averaged 6.00 digs per set with eight service aces to go along with it.
Post University heads into the CACC Tournament as the top seed in the CACC North Division and will face the South Division's fourth seed in Jefferson University, on Tuesday at 6:00 PM in the Drubner Center. The Eagles took down the Rams on the road earlier this season in five sets, 3-2, after Jefferson forced a fifth set while trailing 2-1.