Last Week’s Stats: 6.33 points per set, 4.33 kills per set, .455 hitting percentage, 1.50 service aces per set, 0.83 blocks
For an unprecedented fourth-straight week, LIU right-side hitter van Gisteren has been named the NEC/Molten Player of the Week. The senior’s torrid play continued into the start of NEC play, and as a result, a red-hot LIU team that downed Le Moyne in a weekend set to improve its winning streak to six matches. Van Gisteren delivered solid numbers last week, leading all NEC players with 6.33 points, 4.33 kills and 1.50 service aces per set while turning in a sizzling .455 hitting percentage in 44 total attacks. In addition, she contributed 0.83 blocks per set for a Sharks squad that posted back-to-back straight-set wins and has now won 15 sets in a row. Opening league competition with a 15-kill and four-block effort, van Gisteren delivered a lethal outing in the weekend finale after hitting .500 with 11 kills, seven digs and a season-best eight service aces, the most by an NEC player in a three-setter this year. She has made her presence felt on the NEC circuit, and that is made evident by her rankings in the league’s statistics. She currently sits first in aces (0.50 per set), first in points (4.97), second in kills (4.12 per set) and ninth in blocks (0.84 per set).