IndyStar will be recognizing the top volleyball players in Indiana with our players of the week poll.
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Congratulations to Scecina's Mykela Dickerson on being voted Player of the week for Oct. 5-10! Dickerson notched double-digit kills in all three matches last week, including a double-double (16 kills and 12 digs) against Cathedral in the City Tournament. She finished the week with 43 kills on .381 hitting, 34 digs, six aces and 45 receptions.
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Here are last week's top performers.
Elle Boser, Mishawaka Marian
The junior attacker tallied 14 kills on .353 hitting vs. Glenn then went off on Saturday, registering 20 kills on .255 hitting in a four-set win over South Bend St. Joseph, then going for 24 on .444 hitting vs. New Prairie in the final. She also ttoaled four aces, six blocks and 42 digs across the three matches.
Madeline Freels, Evansville North
The junior outside led the Huskies to their first sectional championship. She had 19 kills on .298 hitting vs. Castle, then went for a dozen on .360 hitting in a sweep of Evansville Reitz. Freels also clocked six blocks against the Knights and and eight aces against the Panthers.
Kyra Joostberns, Lawrence North
Win a sectional, clear a career milestone: That’s what the Wildcats’ senior setter pulled off last week, clearing 2,500 career assists for the now three-time defending sectional champions. Joostberns had 32 helpers against Lawrence North, then clocked 34 in the semifinals vs. New Palestine.
Reagan Lyons, Homestead
Lyons and the Spartans cruised to a sectional championship Saturday. She had 14 kills and a block in the semis vs. Fort Wayne South Side, then registered 10 kills, seven aces (21 points), a block and six digs against Huntington North.
Sophia Orlando, Brownsburg
Orlando led the Bulldogs to their second sectional championship in three seasons, totaling 36 kills across three matches. Her best performance came Saturday night vs. defending 4A state runner-up Plainfield: 20 kills on .204 hitting, plus four digs and a block.
Carson Petty, Penn
The senior setter steadily increased her assist output across three matches: 28 vs. Mishawaka, 33 vs. South Bend Adams and 45 vs. La Porte. Petty also logged 25 digs, two blocks and six aces.
Quinn Reynolds, Bloomington South
Reynolds, a senior middle/outside hitter, posted a double-double vs. Terre Haute North with 17 kills and 19 digs (also had seven aces), then tallied 10 kills on .381 hitting, two blocks and three aces vs. Terre Haute South.
Paige Rudolph, Westfield
Rudolph scored 15 kills on .464 hitting plus a block and four digs in the Sectional 8 final vs. Zionsville. She had nine kills in the semis vs. Hamilton Southeastern and eight in the opener vs. Carmel.
Annabelle Schembra, Center Grove
With 35 assists against Roncalli in the sectional semifinal, Schembra achieved her longtime goal and cleared both 4,000 career assists and the Trojans’ all-time record. The senior UCF commit has 4,052 helpers (and counting) after she posted 32 in the opener vs. Perry Meridian and 43 in the finale vs Franklin Central.
Addison Sholtey, Greenwood Christian
Sholtey helped GCA to another sectional championship, posting a school-record 34 kills on .468 hitting against South Decatur. She matched that total (unofficially) against North Decatur in Saturday’s semifinal, then racked up 25 terminations against Morristown in the final.
Caroline Ward, Tri-West
The SMU commit showed out in the sectional championship match vs. Lebanon, recording 34 kills on .459 hitting in a wild five-set victory.
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