New Paltz Sweeps SUNYAC Women's Volleyball Weekly Honors
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - SUNYAC recognizes New Paltz teammates Jamie Albrecht and Lexi Stragalas as its Women's Volleyball Offensive and Defensive Athletes of the Week respectively.
Albrecht led the Hawks offensively through two SUNYAC wins on the weekend. She totaled a game-high12 kills in a 3-0 sweep of Canton Friday, hitting .241 with an ace, four total blocks and a team-leading 15.5 points, averaging more than five points per set. In a comeback five-set victory over Oswego Saturday, the senior showed out on Senior Day, totaling another game-high of 18 kills, hitting an efficient .447 with an assist, an ace, four total blocks and 13 digs to galvanize the Hawks in the win. Albrecht finished the week with an average of 3.75 kills per set and 4.6 points per set.
Stragalas set a career-high for blocks in a come-from-behind five-set win over Oswego Saturday, posting eight total blocks, three solo, five assists, while adding four digs with nine kills to total 14.5 points. Three of her blocks came in a deciding fifth-set as she shifted momentum all the way toward the Hawks in the win. She posted a game-high seven blocks in a three-set win over Canton Friday, averaging nearly three blocks per set as the 6'0 middle added five digs with six kills and a total of 10 points in the victory.
