Martina Wagner Takes Home Second Consecutive Northeast Conference Volleyball Player of the Week

10/23/06 --Long Island University junior outside hitter Martina Wagner (Friedrichshafen, Germany) garnered her fourth Northeast Conference Player of the Week honor as announced by the league office today.

Wagner, picking up her second straight weekly accolade, averaged 5.9 kills, 2.5 digs and 1.5 service aces per game, while hitting .436 for the week. She opened the period hitting .600 with 13 kills, seven digs and three aces in a 3-0 win over St. Francis (NY).

Wagner posted 21 kills, eight digs and two aces in a 3-0 triumph over Wagner to stretch LIU’s league ledger to 4-0. She rounded out the week with her first career triple-double in a 3-1 non-conference win over Maine, tallying 25 kills, 10 aces, 10 digs, two blocks and two assists.

The 6-1 Germany native leads the league in kills (5.25 kpg), service aces (0.82 sapg) and points (6.31 ppg), ranks sixth in hitting percentage (.274) and seventh in digs (3.24 dpg). Through NCAA statistics of October 15, Wagner stands third in the nation in service aces per game and 11th in kills per game.

The Blackbirds, winners of six straight matches, travel to Pittsburgh on Friday, Oct. 27 for a non-conference showdown with the Panthers. They step back in the league play on Saturday with a 1:00 contest at Robert Morris.