Junior Ellie Rich Named ECC Setter Of The Week For The Second Consecutive Time
Helped Her Team To Two More Wins Last Week Averaging 10.0 Assists And 2.13 Digs Per Set
West Babylon, N.Y.-For the second straight week, University of Bridgeport junior Ellie Rich (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) has been named the East Coast Conference Women's Volleyball Setter of the Week.
Rich averaged 10.0 assists and 2.13 digs per set in a pair of UB wins last week. In a five-set victory over Molloy, she had 51 assists and finished with a double-double adding 10 digs. In a straight sets win at Queens, Ellie dished out 29 assists and added seven digs. On the week, Rich also had four service aces, two blocks and three kills. So far this year, Ellie is averaging 9.33 assists per set.
Teammate, sophomore Amanda Hennemann (Nova Petropolis, Brazil) earned a spot on this week's ECC Women's Volleyball Honor Roll for her fine play last week.
This week, the UB volleyball team plays a pair of key East Coast Conference matches hosting NYIT on Wednesday evening and traveling to LIU Post on Thursday night.