WASHINGTON — The Atlantic 10 Conference has announced its weekly honors in volleyball. The awards are for games played from September 7-13.
 
Player of the Week: Leyna Nguyen (So., San Jose, Calif.), Loyola Chicago
Defensive Player of the Week: Brooke Briscoe (Jr., Versailles, Ohio), Davidson
Rookie of the Week: Cara Richter (Fr., Cincinnati, Ohio), Rhode Island
 
Leyna Nguyen led Loyola's offense throughout its home tournament, the Ramblers going 3-0 with wins over SEMO (3-2), Bradley (3-2), and Alabama A&M (3-0). The sophomore recorded 23 kills in LUC’s tournament-opening win over SEMO, then set a career high with 27 kills while hitting .447 against the Braves. Overall, Nguyen hit .373 across the weekend and averaged 5.27 points/set. She also had four aces and 19 digs in the weekend.
 
Brooke Briscoe wore the libero jersey for the first time this weekend and had 70 digs as Davidson swept four-set wins over Elon, UNC-Greensboro and North Carolina A&T. The junior had a career-high 30 digs and zero reception errors in the match against UNCG, 25 more digs in the weekend-opening victory over Elon, and totaled only five reception errors all weekend. Briscoe also dished out nine assists on the weekend.
 
Cara Richter averaged 3.0 kills and 2.07 digs over 14 sets for the week and posted at least 13 kills in all three matches the Rams played. The freshman started the weekend with 13 kills and fell one dig short of a double-double in a five-setter with Lafayette, then posted her third double-double this season with 15 kills and 13 digs against Penn. She closed the weekend with 14 kills and seven digs in a four-set win over Quinnipiac. Richter hit .216 for the week while also adding eight block assists and six service aces.
 
2026 Under Armour Volleyball Weekly Award Winners

DATE	PLAYER	DEFENSIVE	ROOKIE
August 31 September 8 September 14	Chloe Wilmot, DUQ Emersen Schrom, DUQ Leyna Nguyen, LUC	Dakota Henry, URI Jetta Brenning, SLU Brooke Briscoe, DAV	Sidney Sprada, DAY Simone Searles, DUQ Cara Richter, URI