WATERBURY, Conn. -- The first Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Weekly Awards report saw a trio of student-athletes from Post University named to their respective sport as graduate outside hitter
Kristina Peric was named CACC Player of the Week for Women's Volleyball, while her teammate in graduate setter
Alice DiFrancesco and graduate midfielder
Pablo Tenorio from Post University Men's Soccer both earned CACC Honor Roll nods, as announced by the league office on Monday afternoon.
Kristina Peric - Player of the Week - Women's Volleyball
Peric dominated for the Eagles en route to the program's first-ever 4-0 start in program history. Peric finished the four-game swing on Long Island with 76 kills, 41 digs, seven assists, six total blocks, and three service aces. The graduate student finished with a .174 attack percentage along with 4.22 kills and 2.28 digs per set, accounting for 83 of Post's points. Peric had 20-plus kills in three of the four games as well as 10-plus digs in the same stretch.
Alice DiFrancesco - Honor Roll - Women's Volleyball
Donning the Post uniform for the first time in her career, DiFrancesco averaged 7.78 assists per set for a total of 140 on the weekend for the Eagles, who started 4-0 with big regional wins against Queens College and Adelphi, along with taking down Assumption University and Belmont Abbey College. DiFrancesco also tallied 53 digs and 13 kills along the way and went off for 40 assists and 20 digs alone in the five-set win against the Panthers on Saturday.
Pablo Tenorio - Honor Roll - Men's Soccer
Tenorio made his return to the pitch for the Eagles after missing all of last year with an injury, scoring the lone goal for Post during their one game of the week against AIC. Tenorio's first-half penalty kick helped equalize the game against the Yellow Jackets, which would ultimately end in a tie at one.