Last Week’s Stats: .443 hitting percentage, 6.75 points/set, 6.17 kills/set, 1.83 digs/set, 0.50 service aces/set
Burns put a bow on a stellar regular season by delivering some pretty impressive numbers last week. Behind her standout performance, Saint Francis coasted to a pair of straight-set sweeps of Le Moyne to secure the No. 2 seed in the upcoming NEC Championships. Burns’ stats were off the charts last week. Racking up 37 kills, she averaged 6.17 per set to rank 11th among all Division I hitters in the nation last week. In addition, the versatile outside hitter from Clarion, PA added a trio of service aces to jack her point total up to 40.5, good for a 6.75-per-set average that was the 10th-best mark in the nation last week. Delivering 21 kills in Friday’s 3-0 win (Nov. 14), she saved one of her most lethal outings for last in Saturday’s regular-season finale. She hit a sizzling .750, which was the best mark by any Division I player with 20-or-more attempts in a match last week, and had 16 kills in the straight-set triumph. On the season, Burns, who is the league’s statistical leader in kills, kills per set, points and points per set, is ranked among the nation’s top-five in each of those categories. She has dominated the NEC/Molten Player of the Week award. Her eight honors are the most of any player this season, while with 12 total in her career, she ranks third in NEC history behind Sacred Heart’s Sarah Ciszek (15) and LIU’s Annika Foit (15).