Dougherty Repeats as League Player of the Week

Helped Navy to a trio of three-game victories last week

	Rachel Dougherty

Oct. 15, 2007

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. -- Navy senior outside hitter Rachel Dougherty (Derwood, Md.) was selected as the Patriot League Player of the Week for volleyball for the second consecutive week, the league office announced Monday.

Dougherty averaged 5.88 kills per game and hit .418 in helping the Mids to a trio of three-game victories last week over Hampton, Lehigh and Lafayette. She knocked down 17 kills in Navy's win over the Mountain Hawks, which was a career-best effort for kills in a three-game match until she posted 19 kills the following day against the Leopards.

She has now tallied 10 or more kills in 11 consecutive matches and in 18 of Navy's 23 matches on the season. She leads the team with a 4.30 kills-per-game average and ranks second with a .287 attack percentage.

With 964 kills to her credit over her career, Dougherty needs just 36 to become the fifth player in Navy Division I history to tally 1,000 kills.

Navy enters the week in fourth place in the Patriot League with a 4-3 league record and with a 15-8 mark on the entire season. The Mids will close the home portion of their league season this weekend with matches Friday against Holy Cross and Saturday against Army. Both matches are slated to begin at 7 p.m. in Macdonough Hall and are free to all fans.