Last Week’s Stats: 4.36 digs per set
Calderon becomes the first-ever women’s volleyball player from Chicago State to garner a weekly award from the NEC. The graduate student nabbed NEC/Molten Defensive Player of the Week honors after she led entire league in digs by a longshot with 4.36 per set. In three matches, Calderon totaled 61 digs to propel the Cougars to a 2-1 record at the Dunn Hospitality Tournament. Knocking off host-team Evansville in four sets before making it a Friday sweep with a five-set triumph over Miami (OH), Chicago State came just shy of a weekend sweep after dropping a 3-2 thriller to Samford in the tournament’s finale. Calderon registered a match-high 26 digs in Friday’s win over the Red Hawks before she posted another 20-dig effort (24) in the Cougars’ hard-fought defeat to the Bulldogs. On the season, the Peruvian is ranked third in the conference in digs per set (3.85), while her 77 total digs are also good for third.