Lacy, Haring, and Moser Earn Volleyball Honors

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Mollie Lacy (Washburn), Courtney Haring (Emporia State) and Abby Moser (Truman) have been named MIAA Volleyball Student-Athletes of the Week for the week of Sept. 2-4 as selected by a conference SID panel.

MIAA CO-HITTERS OF THE WEEK
Mollie Lacy, RH, Washburn
Lacy averaged 3.31 kills per set and hit .401 in four matches at the Midwestern State Invitational. The senior from Lincoln, Neb., reached double-figure kills in final four matches. She had seven blocks in the opener and averaged 0.77 per set. Lacy finished with 3.69 points per set.

Courtney Haring, MH, Emporia State
Haring averaged 1.82 kills per set, hitting .393 while racking up 30 blocks, averaging 1.76 per set. The freshman from Kirkwood, Mo., was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Lynn Invitational. Against KSU, she had ten kills, hitting .529 for the match. She had four block assists as she was responsible for 12 of the Hornets' points. Against ABU, Haring had five kills, hitting .714 while adding three blocks and scoring seven points for ESU. Against Post, she was a perfect eight for eight hitting and added eight total blocks as she finished with 13 points in the match for ESU. Against Minnesota-Crookston, Haring had five kills and a career-high nine blocks as she scored 11 points for the Hornets. Against Lynn, she had six blocks and three kills for the Hornets.

Others Nominated: Kelsey Ortwerth, UCM; Sara Hewson, FHSU; Alexandra Behnke, MWSU; Kylie Heim, SBU.

MIAA SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK
Abby Moser, L, Truman
Moser averaged 5.80 digs per set and was named to the Midwestern State Hampton Inn-vitational all-tournament team as the event's top libero. The freshman from Wildwood, Mo., opened her collegiate career with a 21-dig effort in Truman's four-set win against Nova-Southeastern (Fla.). She also added two assists and an ace in the match. Moser then proceeded to average 6.33 digs/set against tournament host Midwestern State before finishing the weekend with two more 20+ dig efforts against Texas A&M-International and Incarnate Word. She finished the weekend with four total aces (one per match).

Others Nominated: Julia Bates, UCM; Meg Schwartz, ESU; Kayla Zoglman, FHSU; Laira Akin, NWMSU; Alyx Glover, SBU.

2011 MIAA Volleyball Student-Athletes of the Week
9/5 – Hitter: Mollie Lacy, RH, WU, Courtney Haring, MH, ESU; Specialist: Abby Moser, L, TSU