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United East Athletes of the Week - November 4, 2024

LATHAM, N.Y. - The United East conference has announced its Athletes of the Week for November 4, 2024.  Today will include Athletes of the Week for Women’s Volleyball.  This is the final Athlete of the Week of the 2024 season for Women’s Volleyball as the United East Championships begin this week.

This week’s selections included contests from Monday, October 28 through Sunday, November 3.  A total of 2 student-athletes were recognized for their performances.

  • Offensive Player of the Week

    Eden Belford / So / Lancaster Bible College / Chesapeake, Va. / Atlantic Shores Christian

    Belford and the Chargers cruised to a 4-0 week with three 3-0 wins over Bryn Athyn, Cairn, and Penn St. Brandywine to claim the No. 2 seed in the upcoming United East Championships. The Chargers capped off the week with a 3-2 win over Arcadia to finish the regular season 23-6 overall and 9-1 in conference play. Belford dominated at the net combining for 42 kills on a .356 hitting percentage. In three of those games, she had 11 kills while adding four blocks and 14 digs on the week. Belford finishes the regular season 10th in kills at 2.53 per set and in hitting percentage at .244. 

    This is the first Player of the Week award for Belford, who finished the regular season 7th in the United East with 240 Total Kills, 10th for Hitting Percentage (.244) and Kills per Set (2.53), and 11th for Total Points (279).

     

    Defensive Player of the Week

    Leah Helman / Sr / Lancaster Bible College / Waynesboro, Pa. / Waynesboro HS

    Helman and the Chargers cruised to a 4-0 week with three 3-0 wins over Bryn Athyn, Cairn, and Penn St. Brandywine to claim the No. 2 seed in the upcoming United East Championships. The Chargers capped off the week with a 3-2 win over Arcadia to finish the regular season 23-6 overall and 9-1 in conference play. Helman tallied 86 total digs for the week including a 32-dig performance in the five-set win versus Arcadia. She also added 16 assists, 10 service aces, and three kills. Helman finished the regular season at the top of the United East in total digs and digs per set at 5.28. 

    This is the seventh Player of the Week for Helman, who previously received the award for the week(s) of: October 2, 2024, September 23, 2024, October 9, 2023, October 2, 2023, September 24, 2023, and October 3, 2022. Helman is a two-time United East Defensive Player of the Year, winning the award in both 2022 and 2023 in addition to All-Conference awards in those seasons.

 

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