Attea Named Athlete of the Week
September 29, 2014 12:18 PM | General
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Junior Nikki Attea of the WVU volleyball team has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week.
A East Amherst, New York, native, Attea had a career day in a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to No. 2 Texas on Wednesday, Sep. 24, leading the Mountaineers with a career-high 20 kills. She hit .381 in the match with an ace and 14 digs for a double-double on the day.
Attea just missed her career best with 16 digs in a 3-1 win over Texas Tech on Saturday, Sep. 27. She had 10 kills for another double-double, and recorded a service ace and an assist.
Attea finished the weekend ranked in the top 10 in the Big 12 in both kills and digs.
This Week in Women’s Soccer: The Mountaineers are idle this week.
Last Week in Women’s Soccer: The No. 13-ranked Mountaineers (8-2-2, 1-0-1 Big 12) opened Big 12 play with a swing through Texas … WVU settled for a 0-0 double-overtime draw at TCU on Sept. 26 and earned a 2-0 victory at Texas on Sept. 28 … junior forward Kelsie Maloney netted the game-winner Sunday in the 43rd minute, and classmate Kailey Utley earned the assist … sophomore midfielder Ashley Lawrence added an insurance goal in the 62nd minute, with the assist going to junior midfielder Cari Price … junior goalkeeper Hannah Steadman made a combined seven saves this weekend, including a season-high six at UT, all in the second half … WVU finished with seven saves against the Longhorns, as sophomore defender Kadeisha Buchanan came up with a brilliant team save in the 67th minute … freshman forward Michaela Abam led all with seven shots, two on-goal, at TCU … Utley, Maloney and senior forward Kate Schwindel each finished with three shots at UT, two on-goal for Maloney and Schwindel.
Notes & Quotes: WVU is 15-1-2 all-time in Big 12 play … the Mountaineers defeated the Longhorns less than 48 hours after UT knocked off No. 6 Texas Tech, 1-0, in overtime … Schwindel returned to the starting lineup following a four-game absence … WVU has posted three straight shutouts and six this season … the Mountaineers limited UT to four corner kicks; the Longhorns entered the match averaging 7.8 per game … WVU held TCU and UT to a combined 17 shots … the Mountaineers held UT to just one shot in the first half … WVU improved to 3-1 all-time against UT and owns a 2-1-1 record against TCU.
Last Week in Women’s Soccer: The No. 13-ranked Mountaineers (8-2-2, 1-0-1 Big 12) opened Big 12 play with a swing through Texas … WVU settled for a 0-0 double-overtime draw at TCU on Sept. 26 and earned a 2-0 victory at Texas on Sept. 28 … junior forward Kelsie Maloney netted the game-winner Sunday in the 43rd minute, and classmate Kailey Utley earned the assist … sophomore midfielder Ashley Lawrence added an insurance goal in the 62nd minute, with the assist going to junior midfielder Cari Price … junior goalkeeper Hannah Steadman made a combined seven saves this weekend, including a season-high six at UT, all in the second half … WVU finished with seven saves against the Longhorns, as sophomore defender Kadeisha Buchanan came up with a brilliant team save in the 67th minute … freshman forward Michaela Abam led all with seven shots, two on-goal, at TCU … Utley, Maloney and senior forward Kate Schwindel each finished with three shots at UT, two on-goal for Maloney and Schwindel.
Notes & Quotes: WVU is 15-1-2 all-time in Big 12 play … the Mountaineers defeated the Longhorns less than 48 hours after UT knocked off No. 6 Texas Tech, 1-0, in overtime … Schwindel returned to the starting lineup following a four-game absence … WVU has posted three straight shutouts and six this season … the Mountaineers limited UT to four corner kicks; the Longhorns entered the match averaging 7.8 per game … WVU held TCU and UT to a combined 17 shots … the Mountaineers held UT to just one shot in the first half … WVU improved to 3-1 all-time against UT and owns a 2-1-1 record against TCU.
This Week in Men’s Soccer: The Mountaineers will play two games this week … WVU will travel to No. 5 New Mexico on Wednesday, Oct. 1, for a 9 p.m. ET match, before returning home to host Duquesne on Sunday, Oct. 5, at 7 p.m.
Last Week in Men’s Soccer: WVU went 1-1 last week with a 4-3 double-overtime loss at James Madison on Sept. 23, and a 2-0 win against Niagara on Sept. 26.
Notes and Quotes: West Virginia currently has a 5-4 record and has won two of its last three matches … junior Ryan Cain scored three goals against James Madison, while six different players had one assist … junior Jamie Merriam scored his sixth goal of the season against Niagara, while the second goal was an own goal off a Niagara defender.
Coach Marlon LeBlanc: “We needed to speed it up, and I thought in the second half we did that. It got a lot faster, and they really had to chase a lot harder. In the first half they were able to sit in their shape and keep things in front of them. We went backwards and sideways too much; in the second half we went forward.” – coach Marlon LeBlanc following the 2-0 win against Niagara.
Last Week in Men’s Soccer: WVU went 1-1 last week with a 4-3 double-overtime loss at James Madison on Sept. 23, and a 2-0 win against Niagara on Sept. 26.
Notes and Quotes: West Virginia currently has a 5-4 record and has won two of its last three matches … junior Ryan Cain scored three goals against James Madison, while six different players had one assist … junior Jamie Merriam scored his sixth goal of the season against Niagara, while the second goal was an own goal off a Niagara defender.
Coach Marlon LeBlanc: “We needed to speed it up, and I thought in the second half we did that. It got a lot faster, and they really had to chase a lot harder. In the first half they were able to sit in their shape and keep things in front of them. We went backwards and sideways too much; in the second half we went forward.” – coach Marlon LeBlanc following the 2-0 win against Niagara.
This Week in Volleyball: West Virginia will travel to Huntington for a tilt with in-state foe Marshall on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. ... the match will be the Mountaineers final non-conference tilt of the season ... in continuing with Big 12 play, they will then head to Ames, Iowa, on Saturday for a 3 p.m. match at Iowa State.
Last Week in Volleyball: The Mountaineers went 1-1 in their first week of Big 12 play ... on Wednesday, they hosted No. 2 Texas at the WVU Coliseum in a match that was broadcast nationally on ESPNU ... after becoming just the third team this season – and the first unranked team – to win a set against the Longhorns, the Mountaineers dropped the final three sets to fall 3-2 ... it marked the first time in program history West Virginia has won a set against Texas ... Nikki Attea’s career-high 20 kills and Gianna Gotterba’s 19 digs led the way for WVU, while Lamprini Konstantinidou had a career-best 54 assists ... on Saturday, WVU rebounded with a 3-1 win over Texas Tech in their first Big 12 road trip of the season ... Jordan Anderson tied her career high with 24 kills while Gotterba had 17 digs in the win.
Coach Jill Kramer: “It’s always good to get a win in the Big 12,” said coach Kill Kramer. “If you look back a couple years ago to when we first joined the Big 12, how much further both of these teams have come in that time period is just outstanding. The first, second and fourth sets were some really good volleyball. We like to get wins but it’s so much better when it’s good volleyball.”
Last Week in Volleyball: The Mountaineers went 1-1 in their first week of Big 12 play ... on Wednesday, they hosted No. 2 Texas at the WVU Coliseum in a match that was broadcast nationally on ESPNU ... after becoming just the third team this season – and the first unranked team – to win a set against the Longhorns, the Mountaineers dropped the final three sets to fall 3-2 ... it marked the first time in program history West Virginia has won a set against Texas ... Nikki Attea’s career-high 20 kills and Gianna Gotterba’s 19 digs led the way for WVU, while Lamprini Konstantinidou had a career-best 54 assists ... on Saturday, WVU rebounded with a 3-1 win over Texas Tech in their first Big 12 road trip of the season ... Jordan Anderson tied her career high with 24 kills while Gotterba had 17 digs in the win.
Coach Jill Kramer: “It’s always good to get a win in the Big 12,” said coach Kill Kramer. “If you look back a couple years ago to when we first joined the Big 12, how much further both of these teams have come in that time period is just outstanding. The first, second and fourth sets were some really good volleyball. We like to get wins but it’s so much better when it’s good volleyball.”
This Week in Cross Country: No. 21 WVU is back in action at the Greater Louisville Classic on Saturday, Oct. 4, at E.P. ‘Tom’ Sawyer Park in Louisville, Kentucky.
Last Week in Cross Country: The Mountaineers were idle.
Notes & Quotes: West Virginia’s last competition was the PSU Spiked Shoe Invitational on September 13 … WVU has posted two top-five finishes to start the season for the first time since 2011 … West Virginia held steady in the most recent USTFCCA national rankings, coming in at No. 21 for the second straight week.
Coach Sean Cleary: “There has been very little movement in the national polls through the month of September. The rankings will see big changes over the next few weeks as races take on a very different dynamic now that the evaluations for NCAA qualifying are in effect.”
This Week in Tennis: West Virginia will travel to Akron for three days of competition from Oct. 3-5.
Last Week in Tennis: WVU opened the 2014 fall season with a combined 20-5 overall record at the Mountaineer Tennis Courts in the Pink Invitational ... three different Mountaineers ended the three-day event undefeated ... they were senior Ikttesh Chahal, junior Hailey Barrett and freshman Carolina Lewis ... Chahal partnered with Barrett for a 3-0 mark in doubles play ... freshmen Lyn Yuen Choo, Yvon Martinez and Lewis made their debut in the Old Gold and Blue, and tallied their first career wins ... sophomore Kaja Mrgole tallied a team-high 15th singles match win of her career.
Coach Miha Lisac: “This weekend was a step in the right direction for our program. We showed a good fight and resiliency in singles play,” coach Lisac said. “In doubles we wil continue to work on aggressive play and execution.”
This Week in Swimming and Diving: The Mountaineers open their 2014-15 season with their annual Gold-Blue Meet on Friday, Oct. 3, at 3 p.m., at the WVU Natatorium.
Last Week in Swimming and Diving: West Virginia was idle.
Notes & Quotes: WVU is primed for its third season in the Big 12 Conference and its eighth under the direction of head coach Vic Riggs … last season saw the men record a 23rd overall finish at the 2014 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships and a third-place result in the Big 12 Conference, while the women finished fifth at the Big 12 Championships … the men’s squad returns 16 members from last year’s team and welcomes 13 newcomers ... the women return 18 student-athletes while bringing in eight newcomers.
This Week in Rowing: The Mountaineers open their 2014-15 fall season at the Head of the Ohio in Pittsburgh, Pa. this Saturday, Oct. 5 ... WVU varsity squad will be racing three 8+ boats a well as four 4+ crews starting at 9:20 a.m.
Last Week in Rowing: West Virginia was Idle.
Coach Jimmy King: “We began the week with an erg test to determine the boats for the eights. Through the week we’ll sort out line-ups and do a bit of race prep for this weekend’s event, but there won’t be much deviation from our routine this time of year.”
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