Hutchinson CC Sports Information
A pair of Hutchinson Community College volleyball players earned Jayhawk Conference weekly honors on Tuesday after a big 2-0 week secured a home postseason contest for the Blue Dragons.
Freshman outside hitter Julia Macedo was named the Jayhawk's Offensive Player of the Week for the first time. Sophomore libero Clara Oliveira was named the league's Defensive Player of the Week for the first time this season and for the third time in her Hutchinson career.
Macedo had a big week, including a career high for kills and her first two double-doubles of the season to lead the Blue Dragons to a pair of KJCCC victories over Butler and Pratt.
For the week, Macedo hit .303 and averaged 3.44 kills per set.
Her first career double-double was 13 kills and a career-high 16 digs in a five-set thriller over Butler. Macedo followed that with a career-best 18 kills on .412 hitting and 12 digs against Pratt.
Macedo also averaged 0.89 blocks per set and 3.11 digs per set last week.
Oliveira became the fifth Blue Dragon in team history to surpass 1,000 career digs with 40 combined digs in victories over Butler and Pratt last week.
Oliveira had 17 digs against Butler and 23 digs against Pratt to push her over the career 1,000-dig mark.
Oliveira averaged 4.44 digs per set in two key wins for Hutchinson that helped clinch a first-round home Region 6 Tournament match next week.