N.C. A&T Alumni Times - September 26

For the second consecutive week, multiple North Carolina A&T volleyball players received Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) weekly awards.

Junior Edie Brewer (6-foot, setter, West Chester, Ohio), sophomore Andrea Laboy-Rivera (5-5, libero, Coamo, Puerto Rico) and Addy Warfield (5-9, setter, Winter Springs, Fla.) all received recognition from the conference Monday. Brewer was named player of the week, Laboy-Rivera earned defensive player of the week and Warfield picked up rookie of the week accolades.

“We are very proud of Edie, Addy and Andrea,” N.C. A&T coach Hal Clifton said. “They have been playing very well throughout the non-conference schedule. Edie has been solid as an all-around player and registered back-to-back triple-doubles. Addy has really contributed to our team making some great plays and getting our hitters the ball. She is still learning and will only get better. Andrea is playing good defense and that helps us in our transition game. She has been doing a good job in the back row.”

Brewer earned her second consecutive weekly award the fourth of her career. It is, however, her first player of the week honor. Laboy-Rivera earned her second-career weekly award while Warfield has her first.

N.C. A&T has a total of five weekly awards this season.

Brewer recorded back-to-back triple-doubles during the week. She posted 11 kills, 32 assists and a career-high 17 digs against Western Carolina Friday and a career-high 22 kills, 30 assists and 10 digs against Drake Saturday for her fourth career triple-double and third this season. She has recorded four of the six triple-doubles in school history.

Brewer almost recorded another triple-double last Tuesday in the Aggies home opener against USC Upstate with 19 kills, 27 assists and nine digs to go along with five service aces.

She averaged 6.18 assists, 3.53 kills, 2.65 digs, 0.53 service aces and 0.41 blocks in four matches last week including 19-plus kills in two matches, 27-plus assists in three matches and nine-plus digs in all four matches. Brewer ranks sixth in the MEAC in assists with 5.82 per set and ninth in kills at 2.82 per set. She is also averaging 2.58 digs per set.

Laboy-Rivera had a huge week recording 86 digs in four matches with 17 assists to average 5.06 digs and 1.00 assists. She recorded her first career double-double with 32 digs and 10 assists against Western Carolina and improved her season digs average from 3.89 to 4.31 moving her from fourth to second in the MEAC.

The 32 digs against WCU was tied for the fourth-most in school history. Laboy-Rivera recorded at least 14 digs in all four matches with two matches of 25-plus digs.

Warfield recorded back-to-back double-doubles with 21 assists and a career-high 16 digs against Western Carolina and followed up the next day with a career-high 26 assists and 14 digs against Drake.

Warfield averaged 4.94 assists and 2.18 digs and recorded 20-plus assists in three matches last week and 14-plus digs in two matches. She is having a good start to her collegiate campaign averaging 4.20 assists and 1.98 digs with three double-doubles. The Aggies return home for the MEAC opener Friday against S.C. State at 6 p.m., in Moore Gymnasium.