Stacey Gordon Repeats As Big Ten Volleyball Player Of The Week – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/1/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Oct. 1, 2001
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Big Ten Conference announced Monday Stacey Gordon (Fr., Oshawa, Ontario, Canada/Eastdale Collegiate H. S.) as the Big Ten Volleyball Player of the Week. Gordon, a 5-11 outside hitter, played a key role in then 15th-ranked Ohio State’s come-from-behind win over No. 6 Penn State and in the OSU win over Purdue.
The Buckeyes defeated Penn State 3-2 (30-24, 28-30, 28-30, 31-29, 15-12) and Purdue 3-0 (30-18, 30-13, 30-21). Gordon had career-highs of 25 kills, 21 digs and three aces serves against Penn State. She also tied her career high of three assist/total blocks. Gordon collected 10 of her 21 digs in game one of the match and had two diving one-arm digs/saves. Seven of her kills came in the crucial game four while hitting .462 (7-1-13). Her 25th kill of the match was the match-winner, ending a 10-match Penn State winning streak against the Buckeyes.
Gordon followed that performance with a match-high 19 kills against Purdue. She hit a career-high .680 for the match with only two errors on 25 attempts as OSU won its 12th consecutive match and fourth straight Big Ten contest. Gordon becomes the eighth Big Ten student-athlete to win Big Ten Player of the Week honors in consecutive weeks and the first freshman in League history to earn back-to-back Player of the Week awards. She was last weeks’ honoree after wins over Cincinnati, Illinois and Indiana.
For the season, Gordon is averaging 4.21 kills per game and has a hitting percentage of .313. She is the team leader in digs with 3.21 per game leading the Big Ten for all matches. In conference matches only, she ranks second in kills with a 5.36 average and is hitting .399, ranking seventh. Gordon is tied for four in digs per game with a 2.86 average.
Buckeyes Face Northwestern and No. 6 Wisconsin on the road
Ohio State, ranked 11th this week, travels to two of the top four teams in the Big Ten Conference this weekend when the Buckeyes face Northwestern Friday, Oct. 5 in Evanston, Ill. OSU then will face Big Ten co-leader and sixth-ranked Wisconsin Saturday, Oct. 6 in Madison, Wis.
