Kari Zumach
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Volleyball's Kari Zumach Named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week
10/23/2018 10:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Freshman averaged 1.88 kills, 0.88 blocks and 0.50 digs per set while hitting .448 in two wins
OMAHA, Neb. -- Kari Zumach has been named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week after helping Creighton Volleyball to a pair of wins last week.
A Buffalo, Minn., native, Zumach averaged 2.31 points, 1.88 kills, 0.88 blocks and 0.50 digs per set while hitting .448 in victories over Xavier and Butler.
Zumach made her first career BIG EAST start last Thursday in a win over Xavier, and she came through with a season-high nine kills on season-high .471 hitting. She added three digs and tied for the team-lead with four blocks as CU rallied for a five-set win.
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On Saturday vs. Butler, the right-side hitter had six kills on .417 hitting, adding three blocks and a dig. She had exactly two kills and one block in all three sets of a match that Creighton never trailed in at any point.
Zumach is the seventh different player in program history to be named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, and first since Megan Ballenger on Oct. 31, 2016.
St. John's Erica Di Maulo was named the league's Offensive Player of the Week, and Xavier's Meredith Klare took home Defensive Player of the Week laurels. CU's Madelyn Cole was one of five women to land a spot on the league's weekly honor roll.
No. 10 Creighton (18-4, 10-0 BIG EAST) will take a 10-match win streak into Friday's 7 p.m. match at No. 18 Marquette (19-4, 9-1 BIG EAST). The Bluejays then face DePaul (5-16, 3-7 BIG EAST) on Saturday at 6 p.m. in Chicago.
A Buffalo, Minn., native, Zumach averaged 2.31 points, 1.88 kills, 0.88 blocks and 0.50 digs per set while hitting .448 in victories over Xavier and Butler.
Zumach made her first career BIG EAST start last Thursday in a win over Xavier, and she came through with a season-high nine kills on season-high .471 hitting. She added three digs and tied for the team-lead with four blocks as CU rallied for a five-set win.
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On Saturday vs. Butler, the right-side hitter had six kills on .417 hitting, adding three blocks and a dig. She had exactly two kills and one block in all three sets of a match that Creighton never trailed in at any point.
Zumach is the seventh different player in program history to be named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, and first since Megan Ballenger on Oct. 31, 2016.
St. John's Erica Di Maulo was named the league's Offensive Player of the Week, and Xavier's Meredith Klare took home Defensive Player of the Week laurels. CU's Madelyn Cole was one of five women to land a spot on the league's weekly honor roll.
No. 10 Creighton (18-4, 10-0 BIG EAST) will take a 10-match win streak into Friday's 7 p.m. match at No. 18 Marquette (19-4, 9-1 BIG EAST). The Bluejays then face DePaul (5-16, 3-7 BIG EAST) on Saturday at 6 p.m. in Chicago.
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