DePaul University Athletics
Maxwell Earns BIG EAST Weekly Honors
9/5/2017 12:00:00 AM | WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
NEW YORK - The BIG EAST named Brittany Maxwell to its volleyball weekly honor roll on Monday. This is Maxwell's first selection during the regular season after being named Preseason All-BIG EAST for the 2017 season.
During this past weekend's back-to-back victories, DePaul volleyball dominated the Chicago court at the UIC Invitational. The Blue Demons won both matches against Idaho and crosstown rival UIC 3-1. This makes DePaul 2-0 at the UIC Invitational and are at 2-3 in the regular season.
Maxwell played a key role in the wins at the invitational. At the thrilling four set match-up with UIC, Maxwell led the team with 48 attacks during the match, marking a new career best. She capped off the night with 18 kills and a 20.5 point contribution.
In the BIG EAST, Maxwell is currently ranked third averaging 0.42 service aces per set, ranked fourth averaging 4.42 points per set and ranked sixth averaging 3.68 kills per set. She led the league last week with 5.44 points and 4.75 kills per set in the wins over Idaho and UIC.
Creighton's Lydia Dimke was named Offensive Player of the Week while Martha Konovodoff from Marquette was the Defensive Player of the Week and the Freshman of the Week. Maxwell was joined on the weekly honor roll by Butler's Whitney Beck, Georgeotwn's Symone Speech, Allison Impellizeri from Providence and Seton Hall's Abby Thelen.
