Women's Volleyball Ben Miles, Coordinator of Athletics Communication | HCAC

HCAC 2025 Volleyball Notebook, Week 6

CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Volleyball teams competed in week six of the 2025 season.
 
Around the League:
HCAC Volleyball Schedule
 
Athletes of the Week:
Offensive Player of the Week:
Addie Atcher (Elizabethtown, Ky.) Transylvania University | Outside Hitter | Junior - In a 3-2 HCAC victory over Rose-Hulman, Addie Atcher reached a career high of 27 kills in the win. She led the team in points with 27.0.

Defensive Player of the Week:
Lily Ebright (Wichita, Kan.) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Defensive Specialist | Senior - Rose-Hulman hosted Transylvania, where they fell 3-2 in a very competitive series. Lily Ebright recorded a team-high 39 digs across the five sets (7.8 digs per set) and added four assists.

 
Notable Performances:
Offensive
  • Kiara Arzuaga (Caguas, Puerto Rico) Berea College | Setter | First Year - Kiara Arzuaga, a freshman setter from Caguas, PR, led the Mountaineers’ offense this week with two impressive double-doubles. In Tuesday’s five-set thriller against Spalding University, she posted a career-high 44 assists and 17 digs, along with two aces. Arzuaga continued her strong play in the Mountaineers’ conference opener against Earlham College, recording 33 assists, 14 digs, and two aces to guide the offense once again.
  • Addison Patt (Fort Myers, Fla.) Earlham College | Outside Hitter | Sophomore - Addison Piatt had an impressive week serving the ball, scoring six aces for the Quakers in a 1-1 week. The sophomore also tallied 23 kills (2.88 kills/set) and 30 digs with one block.
  • Hope Moring (Butler, Ind.) Franklin College | Outside Hitter | Senior - Moring helped the Grizzlies snap an 18-match series losing streak against DePauw, narrowly missing a triple-double with 13 kills, 15 assists and nine digs as Franklin took down its longtime nemesis in four sets. Five of her kills came in the final set, including two in the final three points. On Saturday, Moring put down a team-high 11 kills and added 12 assists and five digs in a sweep of Bluffton.
  • Abbey McCoy (Indianapolis, Ind.) Hanover College | Opposite Hitter | Junior - McCoy led the Panthers as they took on John Carroll and Manchester. The junior had 22 kills, for 2.44 kills per set. She added 31 digs and a block.
  • Morgan Howard (South Whitley, Ind.) Manchester University | Setter | Junior - Morgan Howard was an offensive powerhouse for Manchester this past week. Howard finished the week with 16 total kills, 6 service aces, and 43 assists. Her standout performance came in the conference opener win vs Hanover, where she racked up 12 kills, 29 assists, and 3 service aces.
  • Emma Sicking (Fairfield, Ohio) Mount St. Joseph University | Outside Hitter | Junior - Lions junior outside Emma Sicking led the team a straight sets win over Anderson to open HCAC play! Sicking registered 18 kills (6.0 per set) to go along with a .381 hitting percentage. She registered only 2 errors on 42 attempts. She also registered 13 digs, 1 block assists and accounted for 18.5 points in the match.
  • Greta Carlson (Austin, Texas) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Outside Hitter | First Year – Rose-Hulman hosted Transylvania, where they fell 3-2 in a very competitive series. Greta Carlson led the team with 17 kills on a .245 attack percentage for 18 total points. She added a team-high two blocks while recording three digs. 
Defensive
  • Amelie Cora (Rio Grande, P.R.) Berea College | Libero | Senior - Amelie Cora, a senior libero from Rio Grande, PR, anchored the Mountaineers’ defense this week with 49 digs, averaging 5.44 per set. She was outstanding in the team’s conference opener against Earlham College, tallying 29 digs to keep the Mountaineers alive in key rallies throughout the match.
  • Madison Bizjak (San Diego, Calif.) Earlham College | Libero | Junior - Madison Bizjak led the Quaker back line this week with 45 digs (5.63 digs/set) in a 1-1 week. In Saturday's four-set win over Berea, Bizjak collected 21 digs with one ace.
  • Campbell Clark (Indianapolis, Ind.) Franklin College | Libero | Senior - Clark anchored the Grizzlies' back row during a pair of breakthrough wins. She totaled 14 digs, three service aces and six assists in a four-set home win over DePauw — Franklin's first victory over the Tigers since 2003. Then, in a Saturday sweep of Bluffton, Clark pulled up 15 more digs, including the 1,000th of her career.
  • Madison Schicker (Fishers, Ind.) Hanover College | Defensive Specialist | Sophomore - Madison led the Panthers as they took on John Carroll and Manchester. The sophomore had 45 digs and six assists across nine sets.
  • Hannah Graves (Amelia, Ohio) Mount St. Joseph University | Outside Hitter | Senior - Senior outside Hannah Graves had a great match against Anderson on Saturday, helping the Lions to a straight sets win. In the three sets she registered a match-high 22 digs (7.33 per set), was a perfect 16-16 in serve receive attempts and registered 10 kills.
  • Isabella Myers (Kevil, Ky.) Transylvania University | Outside Hitter | Senior - In a 3-2 HCAC victory over Rose-Hulman, Isabella Myers led the team with a new career-high of 26 digs.
Looking Forward:
HCAC Volleyball Standings