WINTHROP, Mass. – After posting a 4-0 record which included a pair of Great Northeast Athletic Conference victories, the Wentworth Institute of Technology men's volleyball team swept the GNAC weekly awards as sophomore Jake Reed (Arvada, Colo.) was named the league's offensive player of the week, classmate Alex Potts (Niverville, N.Y.) earned the league's defensive player of the week, and freshman Sean Mullen (Longwood, Fla.) was tabbed as the league's rookie of the week.
Reed helped the Leopards to a 4-0 week by averaging 3.62 kills, 1.54 digs, and 0.69 blocks per set while hitting .356. In three of four matches, he recorded 10 or more kills, including 14 in a 3-0 win over Emerson. In that match he hit .500 and followed that up with 13 kills and a .524 attack percentage in a 3-0 win over New Jersey City.
Through 12 matches, Reed is averaging 3.17 kills, 1.42 digs, and 0.47 service aces per set while hitting .290. He leads the team in kills and service aces and is third in digs.
For the second time this season, Potts is honored as the league's defensive player of the week after averaging 1.46 blocks per set, which included tying the program's three-set match record of eight in a 3-0 win over New Jersey City. He followed that up with seven blocks in a 3-1 win over Vassar. Potts also had a solid offensive week, averaging 2.62 kills per set and hitting .431.
Potts is averaging 2.31 kills and 1.33 blocks per set while hitting .452. He is presently fourth among Division III student-athletes in attack percentage and blocks per set.
Earning his third straight rookie of the week honor, Mullen averaged 2.85 kills, 0.67 aces and 2.23 digs per set while hitting .207 in the Leopards' four matches. He had 13 kills, two aces, and six digs in a 3-0 win at Emerson and had 10 digs in a 3-1 win at Vassar.
Mullen is averaging 3.03 kills, 1.65 digs, and 0.32 service aces per set while hitting .254. Both his 112 kills and 61 digs rank him second on the team.
The Leopards are 10-2 overall and 4-0 in GNAC play. Wentworth hosts ninth-ranked Rivier on Tuesday night in a battle of the top two teams in the conference preseason poll.
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