Allick & Reilly earn Big Ten VB Weekly Honors

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Player of the Week
OH - Eva Hudson, Purdue (JR)

• Led the Big Ten offensively in opening week with 46 kills and 50.5 points during a 3-0 week for the Boilermakers. Hudson was a key factor in Purdue leading the Big Ten in kills/set and a .337 hitting percentage throughout week one
• Averaged 4.60 kills/set, hitting over .430 in back-to-back matches. Hudson hit .500 or better in each of the final two sets vs. UC Davis, totaling 12 kills during that span
• Posted a double-double in Purdue’s season-opener with 16 kills and 12 digs. Tied a career-high with five blocks vs. Kansas State. Had a 15-kill, nine dig effort vs. UC Davis and hit .467 vs. UMBC with 15 kills and one error on 30 swings
• Earns the fifth Player of the Week honor of her career
• Last Purdue Player of the Week: Eva Hudson (Nov. 20, 2023)

Defensive Player of the Week
MB - Rebekah Allick, Nebraska (JR)

• Named Most Valuable Player and Best Middle Blocker at the season-opening AVCA First Serve Showcase in Louisville, Ky.
• Allick had 11 kills (.667%) and career-high-matching 12 blocks to lead the Huskers to a 3-1 win over No. 9 Kentucky in the season-opener. As a team, Nebraska posted 18 blocks, the most for the Huskers since 2018, holding Kentucky to a .139 hitting percentage
• Allick combined for 19.0 blocks throughout the Huskers’ 3-0 opening week, averaging 1.90 blocks/set
• Allick averaged 2.40 kills and 1.90 blocks/set with a .415 hitting percentage in the Huskers’ three wins against Kentucky, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and TCU
• Earns her third career weekly award
• Last Nebraska Defensive Player of the Week: Lexi Rodriguez (Nov. 20, 2023)

Setter of the Week
S - Bergen Reilly, Nebraska (SO)

• Led the Huskers to three victories in week one with 10.73 assists/set and 3.18 digs per set
• Named Best Setter at the AVCA First Serve Showcase in Louisville, Ky., as she led Nebraska to a 3-1 win over No. 9 Kentucky with 39 assists and 11 digs
• Reilly had three double-doubles on the week, including 43 assists and 14 digs in a 3-1 win over TCU
• Reilly set a career-high with five service aces in a sweep of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, oepning the match on a 10-0 behind the service line
• Reilly set the Huskers to a .286 hitting percentage in the three wins
• Earns her seventh career weekly honor
• Last Nebraska Setter of the Week: Bergen Reilly (Nov. 6, 2023)

Freshman of the Week
S - Izzy Starck, Penn State (FR)

• Recorded a double-double in her collegiate debut with 42 assists and 12 digs while leading No. 7 Penn State to a .343 hitting percentage in a 3-1 road win at No. 15 Tennessee to open the season
• Followed up that performance with 27 assists and five digs after splitting the setting duties in a 3-0 win at Temple
• Starck was the first freshman setter to start for the Nittany Lions since Micha Hancock did in 2011
• Last Penn State Freshman of the Week: Alexa Markley (Nov. 21, 2022)