Volleyball’s Martin Named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week

OMAHA, Neb. — Senior exterior hitter Ava Martin has been named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week after a record-setting efficiency in Creighton Volleyball’s win over Marquette on Saturday.

Martin averaged 5.25 kills, 1.75 digs and 0.38 aces per set whereas hitting .438 as Creighton defeated DePaul and Marquette final week.

The Overland Park, Kan., native had 12 kills, 4 digs and an ace on Friday, hitting .375 in a 3-0 sweep vs. DePaul and shifting previous Olympian Taryn Kloth for fifth on CU’s all-time kills listing.

She adopted that up with a career-high 30 kills on .464 hitting in a come-from-behind 3-2 win vs. Marquette, including 10 digs for her second double-double of the autumn. Martin’s 30 kills tied a D.J. Sokol Arena file and had been tied for third-most in Creighton historical past at any website. It was her 18th straight match with 10 or extra kills and seventeenth contest in a row that Martin has led or tied for the team-lead in kills.

This is the fourth time this season that Martin has received BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week acclaim, additionally doing so on Sept. 22, Oct. 6 and Oct. 27, and eighth time in her profession. Since Creighton joined the BIG EAST 13 seasons in the past, solely Norah Sis (9 instances) has been acknowledged extra as BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week amongst Bluejays.

Martin’s teammate, Annalea Maeder, was named to the league’s honor roll after rating second within the BIG EAST final week in each assists (11.00) and aces (0.75) per set final week.

 Winners of 14 straight matches, No. 12 Creighton (19-5, 12-0 BIG EAST) is again in motion on Friday at 7:30 p.m. when it hosts Villanova to open its last homestand of the season.