LEXINGTON, Ky.  – A day after earning NEWMAC Women's Volleyball Offensive Athlete of the Week honors, MIT first-year Sabine Smith was selected as the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division III Women's Player of the Week. She is the first student-athlete in the history of the MIT women's volleyball program to receive this award.
 
In a 3-0 week for the No. 9 Engineers, Smith generated 50 kills (4.55 per set), a .266 hitting percentage, 27 digs (2.45 per set), and seven aces. She led all players with 10 kills and added 10 digs, two aces, and a block in a 25-22, 25-17, 25-16 victory at Wheaton College last Tuesday. Smith then produced a match-high 26 kills, a .358 hitting percentage, 11 digs, one ace, and one block on Friday in a 25-19, 22-25, 17-25, 25-18, 16-14 win against Bowdoin College. She capped off the weekend with a match-high 10 kills to go along with a .294 hitting percentage, six digs, four aces, and one block as MIT swept No. 2 Colby College, 25-20, 25-13, 25-21, on Saturday.
 
MIT returns to action on Tuesday, October 6 when it hosts NEWMAC foe Salve Regina University at 6:00 PM in Rockwell Cage.
 
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