ATLANTA, Ga. -- Covenant volleyball athletes
Aubrianna Gerdes,
Henley Gentry, and
Evy Hammer earned three of the four CCS weekly honors, announced the conference on Monday.
Gerdes landed her second consecutive CCS Player of the Week honor, Gentry her third CCS Defensive Player of the Week award of the season, and second straight, and Hammer her second CCS Rookie of the Week distinction.
Gerdes, a sophomore from Windsor, Colo., had another excellent week as the Scots went 3-0, racking up 38 kills on a .310 hitting percentage with 31 digs and two aces. She hit a career-best .556 with 15 kills and no errors in a sweep of LaGrange to highlight her week.
Gentry, a sophomore from Arlington, Texas, continued to excel in the digs category, posting 45 digs to help Covenant sweep Maryville, LaGrange, and Piedmont. She recorded 17 digs in each of the wins over LaGrange and Piedmont.
Hammer, a freshman from Winter Park, Fla., added to a fantastic rookie campaign thus far with 41 assists off the bench (4.56 assists/set), while adding six digs. She had 15 digs against Piedmont to help the Scots earn the sweep.
On the season, Gerdes is second on the team with 161 kills, but leads in hitting percentage (.286), while Gentry paces the team in digs with 249 and digs per set (4.08), and Hammer places second in assists (249) and assists per set (4.45).
Gerdes, Gentry, and Hammer will return to action at Asbury on Friday at 6 p.m.
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