Burns, Brundage and Koerber Collect Weekly ECC Honors

10/16/2023 3:17:00 PM

AMHERST, N.Y. -- Daemen University women's volleyball is once again well represented in the East Coast Conference weekly awards. Daemen earned three of the four major awards this week, as fifth year senior Maggie Burns (Louisville, Ky.) was named the ECC Player of the Week, senior Jasmine Brundage (East Aurora, N.Y.) earned ECC Defensive Player of the Week and freshman Charlotte Koerber (Munich, Germany) was named the ECC Rookie of the Week. The awards were announced this afternoon and were awarded for competitions taking place October 9-15.

Daemen has now earned at least one major weekly award in six of the seven weeks the conference has produced a weekly report, and the Wildcats have swept the weekly awards twice this season.

Burns, an outside hitter, was named Player of the Week for the second-straight week. She opened the week with 10 kills and eight digs during a 3-0 win over D'Youville and capped the week with nine kills, four blocks and six digs in a 3-0 win over the College of Saint Rose. For the week she led the team in total attacks (47) and ranked second on the team in kills per set (3.17). On the year, Burns ranks third on the team in both total kills (114) and total digs (138). Including the one season she spent at Urbana University, Burns has totaled 956 kills and 994 digs over her five-year collegiate career.

Brundage, a libero, earns ECC Defensive Player of the Week for the second-straight week and the fourth time over the past five weeks. She posted a match-high 12 digs in the win over D'Youville and capped the week with a match-high 23 digs against Saint Rose—marking the seventh time this season she has recorded 20 or more digs in a match. She averaged a team-high 5.83 digs per set over the two matches and extended her streak to 15 straight matches with 10-plus digs. Brundage leads the ECC in total digs (316) and digs per set (5.10). She also ranks third on the team with 23 service aces.

Koerber, an outside hitter, earns her sixth ECC weekly award and her fourth ECC Rookie of the Week nod. She totaled 11 kills (with just one error) and 11 digs in the win over D'Youville and added 12 kills (with just two errors) and eight digs against Saint Rose. She finished the week with a team-high 3.83 kills per set and also posted a team-high .455 hitting percentage. She also added 19 digs, four aces and 17 receptions. Koerber leads the team with 232 total kills and ranks second in the league with 3.87 kills per set. She also leads the team and ranks second among the ECC leaders in totaled service aces (35). She ranks second on the team with 174 total digs, averaging 2.90 digs per set.

Daemen (16-4, 6-0 ECC) will play three matches this week. The Wildcats travel to Gannon University for a non-league tilt on Wednesday (Oct. 18) and host Mercy University (Oct. 21) and St. Thomas Aquinas College (Oct. 22) in ECC matches this weakened.

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