Celus, Robertson Sweep MWC Performer of the Week Awards

By Nathan Baliva

The Monmouth College volleyball team swept the Midwest Conference Performer of the Week awards on Tuesday, Kaylee Celus (Annawan, Illinois) won the Offensive POW and Alana Robertson (Mapleton, Illinois) wno the Defensive POW.

Celus had a big weekend for the Scots as Monmouth moved into a tie for 2nd place in the conference with a pair of road sweeps. Celus finished one kill shy of Monmouth's 3-set record on Friday as she delivered 20 kills in a 3-0 win at Beloit. Celus hit .487 in the match and also had 13 digs. At Grinnell on Saturday, Celus had 10 kills with two aces as she hit .279. Monmouth beat Grinnell for the first time in a decade to move into a tie for second. In two matches Celus had 30 kills, hit .365, served two aces and provided 25 digs with three blocks.

Robertson did a bit of everything over the weekend for the Scots as she collected 16 digs, five blocks, four aces, 48 assists and 12 kills. She had two blocks and nine digs in a sweep at Beloit on Friday with 31 assists, two aces and three kills. On Saturday Robertson hit .750 with 12 nine kills, seven digs, three blocks, two aces and 17 assists in the sweep over Grinnell.

This is Robertson's second MWC award of the season as she also won after the first week of the season in September. This is the first offensive award for the Scots this season and fhe fourth overall as Melina Teunis (Grand Haven, Michigan) joined Robertson as defensive winners.

The Scots play at Ripon on Saturday with a 1 p.m. start and they will clinch a MWC Tournament berth with a win.