INDIANAPOLIS – The final divisional selections were made for Great Midwest Athletic Conference Volleyball Players of the Week as the league tournament concluded in Hillsdale over the weekend.
 
The tournament host and top seed from the West Division, Hillsdale, roared through the Great Midwest Championship bracket with three wins to emerge as champions.

Hillsdale took down Davis & Elkins in the quarterfinals, Walsh in the semifinals and Findlay in Saturday’s championship match in the Dawn Tibbetts Potter Arena.
 
The Chargers enter the national tournament with an AQ on a 21-match win streak and now anxiously await the NCAA Selection Show on Monday night at 7:30 p.m. ET.
 
Hillsdale was ranked third in the Midwest Region rankings while Findlay was ranked sixth last week; the Oilers’ postseason hopes are contingent on an at-large selection from the national committee.
 
All four institutions that advanced into the semifinals (Hillsdale, Findlay, Lake Erie, Walsh) were also competing in the first year with the Great Midwest.
 
East Division Player of the Week
Amanda Adoranti
Walsh
Libero
Junior
Stoney Creek, Ontario (Cardinal Newman HS)
 
Adoranti shined on the defensive end as the No. 2 seed Cavaliers from the East Division were able to defeat No. 3 (West) Cedarville in the first-round of the Great Midwest Championship.
 
Adoranti led all players with 5.29 digs per set (37) to help lift the Walsh program into the semifinals with what turned out to be a 21-win season.
 
The Cavaliers won six of their last seven to enter the postseason. Adoranti had 23 digs and a pair of service aces as Walsh came back to win all three sets in order against the Yellow Jackets.
 
She then finished out her impressive junior campaign with 14 digs in four games against eventual conference champion Hillsdale.
 
Adoranti finished the season averaging 4.97 digs per set and also had a team-high 45 service aces while playing in all possible 117 sets on the floor.
 
West Division Player of the Week
Jackie Langer
Hillsdale
Outside Hitter
Senior
Mokena, IL (Lincoln-Way Central HS)
 
Langer wins the West Division weekly award for the second consecutive time after helping lead Hillsdale to the conference championship trophy and an automatic-qualifying bid into the NCAA Championship Midwest Regional.
 
The lone senior on the Chargers’ championship roster, Langer hit .307 while averaging 4.10 kills per set in 10 total games for the three matches. She also averaged 3.20 digs and had seven blocks.
 
Langer only played two sets in a straight-set decision against No. 4 Davis & Elkins (East) to open the conference tournament, but she had eight kills on nine swings (.889) and came up with five digs.
 
She continued to shine in the semifinals with a 22-kill, 14-dig display against Walsh as the Chargers prevailed in four sets.
 
Langer provided 11 kills and 13 digs for another double-double in the championship final as she went head-to-head against Findlay’s front line.