Lizzelle Cintron, New Jersey City University
Senior, Middle Blocker
Elizabeth, NJ/Elizabeth

Cintron earns NJAC Player of the Week honors for the fifth time this season and the second consecutive week after averaging 8.11 kills and 4.11 digs per game in a 4-0 week of play for the Gothic Knights. She opened the week by registering a double-double 28 kills and 15 digs in a key 3-0 NJAC win over Richard Stockton. Two nights later, she posted eight kills and three blocks in just two games during the Knights’ 3-0 NJAC road win at Kean. She then opened play in the NJCU Gothic Knight Invitational by recording six kills and four aces in just one game of NJCU’s 3-0 blanking of Lehman. She then notched a double-double 31 kills and 15 digs in the Gothic Knights’ 3-0 win over William Paterson to garner Most Valuable Player honors of the Invitational. Cintron, who hit .573 in the four matches combined, currently leads the NJAC in hitting percentage (.423), kills per game (5.98), blocks per game (1.16), and points per game (7.25).

Devon Johnston, Montclair State University
Freshman, Outside Hitter
Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown

Johnston earns NJAC Rookie of the Week honors for the second time this season after averaging 3.38 kills and 4.31 digs per game in a 2-2 week of play for the Red Hawks. She first tallied 13 kills and eight digs in MSU’s 3-0 NJAC win over Ramapo. Two nights later, she registered a double-double 14 kills and 14 digs in the Red Hawks’ 3-0 NJAC road win at Rowan. Two days later at a tri-match at Coast Guard, she posted eight kills and 13 digs in a loss to conference foe Richard Stockton, before wrapping up the week with nine kills and 21 digs in a loss to the host Bears. Johnston currently ranks eighth in the NJAC in kills with an average of 2.90 per game.