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CACC Weekly Awards 11-3-25

General Michael Vesci, Director of Athletic Communications

Three Teams, Six Awards! Women's Volleyball, Men's Soccer, and Men's Ice Hockey All Earn Spots on Weekly Awards

WATERBURY, Conn. -- Post University Women's Volleyball nearly swept all the CACC Weekly Awards with graduate outside hitter Kristina Peric, graduate setter Alice DiFrancesco, and senior libero Alyssa Groves being named CACC Player, Setter, and Defensive Player of the Week, respectively. Post University Men's Soccer brought in CACC Goalkeeper of the Week with junior goalkeeper Leopold Dufaut and freshman defender Agnaldo Germano earning Honor Roll mentions. Rounding out the six awards for the week was Post University Men's Ice Hockey as freshman forward AJ Guzzardi was named the Northeast-10's Rookie of the Week, as announced by the league offices on Monday afternoon.

Kristina Peric - Player of the Week - Women's Volleyball
Peric continued her dominant stretch on the offensive attack for Post during their 2-0 week in conference play. Peric recorded two more 20-plus kill matches, totaling up 49 kills on the week on 119 attempts with only 15 errors, leading to a 6.13 kills per set average and a .286 attack percentage. Peric also had 23 digs, five service aces, and two block assists to help the Eagles beat Caldwell and Wilmington University.

Alice DiFrancesco - Setter of the Week - Women's Volleyball
Having one of her best weeks of the season, DiFrancesco had 91 assists, including a season-high 49 assists against Wilmington University over the weekend in a four-set win for Post during a 2-0 week. DiFrancesco had another two double-doubles as well, totaling 24 digs to go along with her nine kills on 20 attempts with only three errors and a .300 attack percentage. The graduate student averaged 11.38 assists per set and tallied four service aces.

Alyssa Groves - Defensive Player of the Week - Women's Volleyball
Groves led the defense for Post, finishing with 56 digs in two matches, leading to a 7.00 digs per set average for the 2-0 week the Eagles had. Groves also had eight assists and three service aces.

Leopold Dufaut - Goalkeeper of the Week - Men's Soccer
Dufaut added two more shutouts to his resume for Post to lead the Eagles to their fifth straight CACC Regular Season crown. Shutting out both Caldwell University and Georgian Court University, Dufaut made 10 saves in 180 minutes while going 2-0-0 this week.

Agnaldo Germano - Honor Roll - Men's Soccer
Germano helped anchor Post to a pair of shutout wins on defense against Caldwell University and Georgian Court University at home to help the Eagles clinch their fifth straight CACC Regular Season Championship. Germano played all 180 minutes in which the defense allowed just 10 shots on goal.

AJ Guzzardi - Player of the Week - Men's Ice Hockey
Guzzardi started off his collegiate career with Post in a big way against WestConn in a 6-0 win for the Eagles on home ice. Guzzardi tallied his first collegiate goal and assist in the win, totaling two points in the one game of the week for Post.
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Players Mentioned

Alyssa Groves

#3 Alyssa Groves

L/DS
5' 6"
Senior
Kristina Peric

#2 Kristina Peric

OH
6' 1"
Graduate Student
Alice DiFrancesco

#11 Alice DiFrancesco

S
5' 8"
Graduate Student
Leopold Dufaut

#30 Leopold Dufaut

GK
6' 2"
Junior
Agnaldo Germano

#40 Agnaldo Germano

D
6' 1"
Freshman
AJ Guzzardi

#37 AJ Guzzardi

F
5' 11"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Alyssa Groves

#3 Alyssa Groves

5' 6"
Senior
L/DS
Kristina Peric

#2 Kristina Peric

6' 1"
Graduate Student
OH
Alice DiFrancesco

#11 Alice DiFrancesco

5' 8"
Graduate Student
S
Leopold Dufaut

#30 Leopold Dufaut

6' 2"
Junior
GK
Agnaldo Germano

#40 Agnaldo Germano

6' 1"
Freshman
D
AJ Guzzardi

#37 AJ Guzzardi

5' 11"
Freshman
F