Players of the Week
Player of the Week
Grace Dilena (Mercy)
Jr., OH, New York, N.Y., Liberty University Online Academy
Dilena had a team-high 30 kills and 5.00 kills per set with 11 digs, one block, and a team-high nine aces as Mercy went 2-0 on the week. The junior opened the week with five kills, four digs and one ace in the 3-0 win over Roberts Wesleyan on Saturday. The outside hitter ended the week with a match-high and career-high 25 kills and eight aces to go with seven digs and one block assist in the Mavericks' 3-1 win over D'Youville on Sunday. The eight aces were the
most by a player in the ECC this season and the 25 kills were the most by an ECC player this season in a four-set match.
Defensive Player of the Week
Janneliz Rodriguez Fuentes (Mercy)
Sr., MB, Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, Academia Cristo Rey
Rodriguez Fuentes had a team-high eight blocks (1 solo, 7 assists) and 1.14 blocks per set to go with 11 kills, four digs, and two assists as Mercy went 2-0 on the week. The senior opened the week with three blocks (1 solo, 2 assists), four kills, and three digs in the sweep of Roberts Wesleyan on Saturday. The middle blocker ended the week with five block assists, seven kills, one dig and two assists in the four-set win over D'Youville on Sunday.
Setter of the Week
Adriana Rivera Rodriguez (Mercy)
Sr., S, Humacao, Puerto Rico, American International College
Rivera Rodriguez had a team-high 63 assists and 9.00 assists per set with a team-high-tying 15 digs to go with three blocks, four aces and four kills as Mercy went 2-0 on the week. The senior opened the week with a match-high 25 assists and nine digs to go with two kills, two aces and one block assist in the sweep of Roberts Wesleyan on Saturday. The setter ended the week with a match-high 38 assists to go with six digs, two aces, two kills and two block assists in the four-set win over D'Youville on Sunday.
Rookie of the Week
Audrey Johnson (Daemen)
Fr., OH/DS, Mequon, Wis., Homestead
Johnson totaled 12 kills (2.0/set), four aces and 10 digs in Daemen's 1-1 week. The freshman outside hitter finished with eight kills and 10 digs in the 2-3 loss to Molloy on Saturday and responded with four kills on six attacks and zero errors for a season-high .667 hitting percentage in the sweep over Queens on Sunday.
Weekly Honor Roll
Ashley Ballou (D'Youville)
R-So., S, Eden, N.Y., Eden/University of Connecticut/University at Buffalo
Ballou recorded 62 assists on the weekend with 33 coming against highly ranked Mercy University on Sunday. The redshirt sophomore also recorded nine digs, six blocks, and a service ace.
Mina Faw (Daemen)
So., OH, Williamsburg, Va, Norfolk State University
Faw led the Wildcats offensively with 22 kills (2.75/set) along with five total blocks – two solo – and two digs in Daemen's 1-1 weekend. The sophomore posted a season-high 14 kills on 40 attacks with just five errors in Daemen's 2-3 loss to Molloy on Saturday.
Stasa Stamenkovic (Mercy)
Jr., OH, Bor, Serbia, Barton CC
Stamenkovic had 20 kills, 12 digs, three blocks, three aces and five assists as Mercy went 2-0 on the week. The junior opened the week with a match-high 11 kills on .458 hitting to go with seven digs, four assists, and one block assist in the sweep over Roberts Wesleyan on Saturday. Stamenkovic ended the week with nine kills, five digs, three aces, one assist and two block assists in the four-set win over D'Youville on Sunday.
Erin Stanley (Molloy)
Sr., OH, Massapequa Park, NY, Massapequa
Stanley recorded a total of 41 kills on the week, averaging 4.56 kills a set, and added five digs and five blocks. In the reverse sweep against St. Thomas Aquinas, the outside hitter recorded 17 kills, hitting at a .353 clip, a dig, and two blocks. On senior day, Stanley had a career-high 24 kills, hitting at .383, four digs, and three assisted blocks in the five-set thriller against Daemen.
2026 ECC Women’s Volleyball Weekly Award Winners
Player of the Week
Aug. 31 – Grace Dilena (Mercy)
Sep. 7 – Grace Dilena (Mercy)
Sep. 14 – Cameron Ulinski (D'Youville)
Sep. 21 – Grace Dilena (Mercy)
Sep. 28 – Stasa Stamenkovic (Mercy)
Oct. 5 – Grace Dilena (Mercy)
Oct. 12 – Cameron Ulinski (D'Youville) (2x)
Oct. 19 – Stasa Stamenkovic (Mercy) (2x)
Oct. 26 – Grace Dilena (Mercy) (5x)
Defensive Player of the Week
Aug. 31 – Kamila Colon (Mercy)
Sep. 7 – Kamila Colon (Mercy) (2x)
Sep. 14 – Mia Illes-Hair (Mercy)
Sep. 21 – Stasa Stamenkovic (Mercy)
Sep. 28 – Aleksandra Lucic (Mercy)
Oct. 5 – Aleksandra Lucic (Mercy)
Oct. 12 – Aleksandra Lucic (Mercy) (3x)
Oct. 19 – Mia Illes-Hair (Mercy) (2x)
Oct. 26 – Janneliz Rodriguez Fuentes (Mercy)
Setter of the Week
Aug. 31 – Adriana Rivera Rodriguez (Mercy)
Sep. 7 – Adriana Rivera Rodriguez (Mercy)
Sep. 14 – Adriana Rivera Rodriguez (Mercy)
Sep. 21 – Adriana Rivera Rodriguez (Mercy)
Sep. 28 – Adriana Rivera Rodriguez (Mercy)
Oct. 5 – Ashley Ballou (D'Youville)
Oct. 12 – Adriana Rivera Rodriguez (Mercy)
Oct. 19 – Ashley Ballou (D'Youville (2x) and Adriana Rivera Rodriguez (Mercy)
Oct. 26 – Adriana Rivera Rodriguez (Mercy) (8x)
Rookie of the Week
Aug. 31 – Zoe Sercu (Queens)
Sep. 7 – Amelie Gasche (St. Thomas Aquinas)
Sep. 14 – Audrey Johnson (Daemen)
Sep. 21 – Audrey Johnson (Daemen)
Sep. 28 – Audrey Johnson (Daemen)
Oct. 5 – Kailie Girard (Molloy)
Oct. 12 – Kailie Girard (Molloy) (2x)
Oct. 19 – Zoe Sercu (Queens) (2x)
Oct. 26 – Audrey Johnson (Daemen) (4x)
2026 ECC Women's Volleyball Preseason Poll
1. Mercy - 49 points (7 first-place votes)
2. Molloy - 38 points
3. Daemen - 37 points
4. D'Youville - 29 points
5. Roberts Wesleyan - 15 points
T6. St. Thomas Aquinas - 14 points
T6. Queens - 14 points
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Founded as the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference in 1989 and rechristened the East Coast Conference in July 2006, the ECC was formed to enhance intercollegiate athletic competition among member institutions and to assist them in integrating athletics into their academic program in a fiscally sound way. The ECC is committed to the highest standards of scholarship, sportsmanship, teamwork, and citizenship. Its mission is to promote the total person concept in its student-athletes, which stresses the abilities to excel in academic achievement, athletic competition, and positive character traits. East Coast Conference members include: Daemen University (Amherst, N.Y.); University of the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.); D'Youville University (Buffalo, N.Y.); Mercy University (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.); Molloy University (Rockville Centre, N.Y.); Queens College (Flushing, N.Y.); Roberts Wesleyan University (Rochester, N.Y.); College of Staten Island (Staten Island, N.Y.); and St. Thomas Aquinas College (Sparkill, N.Y.). The ECC also is home to 13 associate members in the sports of women’s bowling (3), men’s and women’s indoor track & field (3), men's volleyball (2), field hockey (1), and men’s lacrosse (1).
The ECC sponsors the following championship sports: baseball; men’s and women’s basketball; women's bowling; men’s and women’s cross country; field hockey; men’s and women’s lacrosse; men’s and women’s indoor track and field; men’s and women’s outdoor track and field; men’s and women’s soccer; softball; and men's and women’s volleyball.
The East Coast Conference is a proud member of the NCAA and Division II. Division II is a dynamic and engaging group of colleges, institutions and conferences of varying sizes and educational missions. Division II members encourage and support diversity; value sportsmanship, fairness and equity; and place the highest priority on the overall educational excellence of the student-athlete.