NIYA NASH | VIRGINIA WESLEYAN | SETTER
Nash, a junior from Woodbridge, Va., earns her second ODAC weekly award of the season after helping nationally 18th-ranked Virginia Wesleyan improve to 26-1 by going 4-0 over the past week. Nash was the fine-tuned engine behind the Marlins attack, posting 121 assists at 10.08 per set against just one set-error to go with eight aces, three kills, 25 digs, and three blocks. In a 3-0 win at EMU on Wednesday, Nash handed out 27 assists with a pair of kills and three aces. She added nine digs and a block. Nash then helped VWU go 3-0 at a quad-match hosted by the University of Scranton with a trio of 3-0 victories. On Friday, Nash again dished out 27 assists with an ace and one dig in defeating Susquehanna University. Saturday's two matches started with Nash posting 35 assists and a kill with two aces, six digs, and a block against Elizabethtown College. Then 32 of her passes went for kills against the host Royals with Nash adding two aces, nine digs, and a block. For the season, Nash leads the ODAC in assists (968) and assists per set (10.41), which rank sixth and ninth in Division III, respectively. She is fourth in the conference in aces (46).