INDIANAPOLIS – With league play in full swing, the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Volleyball Players of the Week for the East and West divisions were announced on Monday afternoon.
 
Lake Erie (8-3, 3-1 Great Midwest) won a crucial head-to-head showdown against Walsh (5-6, 2-1 Great Midwest) in a battle for the edge in the East Division. The Storm enjoyed a three-win week, their lone loss to Findlay in a closely-contested three sets.
 
Walsh faced all three of its opponents on the road, going across divisions to beat Cedarville and Ursuline.
 
The top of the West Division is crowded with Findlay, Hillsdale and Tiffin, all with two conference victories. Findlay enters a new week on a six-match win streak and Tiffin has won four straight. Preseason coaches poll favorite Hillsdale took care of business in four sets against Malone from the East.
 
Like Lake Erie, Trevecca enjoyed a three-win stretch over the past week with wins against Ursuline and going unbeaten in the West Virginia road swing at Davis & Elkins and Alderson Broaddus.
 
Similarly, Kentucky Wesleyan also made the trek to West Virginia to beat D&E and ABU, but fell victim in a five-set outcome against Ursuline.
 
East Division Player of the Week
Crystal Kedroske
Lake Erie
Outside Hitter
Senior
Dexter, MI (Dexter HS)
 
For the second consecutive week, Lake Erie collected divisional honors following the selection of defensive specialist Morgan Briggs.
 
At 8-3, LEC is enjoying its reign on top of the East looking to defend its regular-season title from a year ago.
 
Kedroske and her teammates ventured on the road to Owensboro and Nashville as LEC won both matches in straight sets. The Storm returned to Painesville for a weekend split with a sweep against Walsh and a more-than respectable score vs. 2017 co-West Division champ Findlay.
 
Kedroske made her impact with 16 kills against Walsh, 15 more versus Kentucky Wesleyan and a dozen against Trevecca. In those three wins, her hitting percentage was over .470 and she accounted for over five points per game.
 
She also averaged three digs per set, including 12 recorded against KWC and chipped in a few blocks. Statistics from the match against Findlay were not available at the time of release.
 
West Division Player of the Week
Madison Clements
Trevecca
Middle Blocker
Sophomore
Goshen, KY (North Oldham HS)
 
The Trojans are winners in five of their last seven, effectively matching last year’s win total for the entire season in just the first two weeks of competition.
 
This past week reflected the young program’s noticeable growth for coach Jayme Crowley and first-year associate head coach Emily Moore. Moore is directing the team on the court and in practice with coach Crowley providing program executive duties and support at home games and in practice allowing Dr. Crowley to work through a health issue that currently limiting her ability to travel.

The Trojans turned the tables with a rousing five set come-from-behind victory at home against Ursuline. TNU rallied from down two sets to none in both team’s conference opener.
 
After falling to Lake Erie, Trevecca went on the road to pull off sweeps in cross divisional play against Davis & Elkins and Alderson Broaddus.
 
Clements was a force in the middle, averaging close to two kills and a block per set while hitting over .451 in 14 total games spread out through four matches.
 
Clements tallied 51 attack attempts and served up a pair of aces while contributed 11 block assists in TNU’s three wins.
 
Clements is the current league leader throughout the Great Midwest in hitting percentage (.406) on the season.