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Kangaroos’ Hagedorn Named Summit League Defensive Player Of The Week

Kangaroos’ Hagedorn Named Summit League Defensive Player Of The Week

 

(Kansas City, Mo.) – Kansas City volleyball player Emma Hagedorn was named The Summit League Defensive Player of the Week after leading the ‘Roos in blocks and kills in each of team’s matches last week.

 

Hagedorn captures her first career Defensive Player of the Week award after averaging 2.17 blocks per set on the week.  The Parkville, Mo., native opened the week tallying four blocks against the league’s leading offense, Fort Wayne.  She came back in the next match to record nine blocks at Oakland.  On the week, Hagedorn recorded 13 blocks, including 11 block assists and two solo blocks, for her 2.17 average, which is nearly .50 blocks per set better than the NCAA leader. 

 

Hagedorn is the first ‘Roos to garner player of the week honors under second-year head coach Christi Posey and the first since Demetria Williams on Sep. 27, 2010.

 

The Blue & Gold will back in action again on Tuesday at 7 p.m. when they take on in-state rival Southeast Missouri State at the SRC.

 

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South Dakota State Kelli Fiegen earns Summit League Player of the Week Honors

South Dakota State Kelli Fiegen earns Summit League Player of the Week Honors

 

ELHMHURST, Ill. – The Summit League named South Dakota State middle blocker Kelli Fiegen its offensive player of the week on Monday, after the senior led the Jackrabbits to a 2-2record over the weekend at the Hawkeye Challenge, earning all-tournament team honors in the process.

 

“Kelli continues to work hard being an attacking option for her setters time and time again,” head coach Phil McDaniel said. “She gave a solid effort this past weekend, and both Kelli, as well as our staff, have high expectations for her in her senior season.”

 

Fiegen garners her fourth career offensive player of the week award, and first of the season, after hitting at a .460 clip or better in all three of her complete matches, including two matches with only one error. She opened the season hitting .474 with 10 kills and one error in 19 attempts and six blocks in a 3-0 sweep of Southeast Missouri State, and ended the tournament with her most efficient match of the weekend against Valparaiso with 13 kills and one error in 21 attempts for a .571 hitting percentage. 

 

On the weekend, Fiegencollected 41 kills, averaging 3.15 per set with a league-best .459 hitting percentage, adding 12 blocks in the process.

South Dakota State Volleyball Player Kelli Fiegen Returns to Team USA A2 team

 

South Dakota State Volleyball Player Kelli Fiegen Returns to Team USA A2 team

 

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Volleyball selected 48 athletes with collegiate eligibility remaining to participate in this summer’s U.S. Women’s National A2 Team Program. The list of 48 includes seven repeat selections, including South Dakota State standout Kelli Fiegen.

 

“Kelli worked very hard in the fall, as well as in the offseason, and truly earned this honor,” SDSU head volleyball coach Phil McDaniel said. “I know that she’s proud to represent both SDSU and the state of South Dakota, and we’re excited for her to once again have the opportunity to train and compete with some of the best in the country!”

 

The 48 U.S. Women’s National A2 Team Program players hail from 34 different collegiate programs. The A2 program includes eight liberos, 12 middle blockers, 14 outside hitters, sixopposites and eight setters.

 

Training begins June 26 at Ohio Dominican University in Columbus, while the matches will be held June 30 to July 4 during the USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championships (GJNC) at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. During the pre-tournament training session, the 48 athletes will be divided into four teams of 12 players that will play one match per day during the GJNC. All matches will be A2 competing against each other in a round-robin format followed by a semifinal and final round.

 

What does A2 Mean?
A2, as with many other sports in the international scene including volleyball and soccer pro leagues, is a method to say the second level team. As for USA Volleyball, the A2 team must be made of athletes with collegiate eligibility. After college, they become part of the U.S. Women's National Training Team until they actually make roster (then U.S. Women's National Team).