Sarah Tritschler Named SCIAC Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week After Season-Opening Weekend

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior libero Sarah Tritschler earned the first SCIAC Women's Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week Award for the 2019 season, the league office announced today.

Tritschler helped the No. 5 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team off to a 3-1 start to the season, tallying 93 digs over four matches. She had 30 in a five-set match against Augsburg and nearly hit that number a second time with 29 in a four-set win over St. Olaf to cap off the weekend's play. 

In addition to her usual defensive prowess, Tritschler also compiled 29 assists over the weekend, including a double-double with 19 digs and 11 assists in a three-set win over Dallas. She was only one behind setter Phoebe Madsen for the team lead in assists in that contest. 

A year ago, Tritschler tallied 612 digs, which ranked No. 3 on the all-time CMS single-season list. She earned All-West Region and second-team All-SCIAC honors for efforts. 

CMS will be back in action this Friday and Saturday when it competes at the Cal Lu Fornia Invitational in Thousand Oaks, hosted by Cal Lutheran. The Athenas will face UC Santa Cruz and Linfield on Friday, and then face Concordia (Texas) and Puget Sound on Saturday to conclude a tournament with four regional matchups.