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

Cintron earns NJAC Player of the Week honors for the seventh time this season and the second consecutive week after averaging 8.14 kills and 4.00 digs per game while leading the Gothic Knights to their third consecutive NJAC Championship Match. In NJCU’s NJAC Tournament semifinal win over fourth-seeded Ramapo, she registered 25 kills, eight digs, and three blocks as the Knights advanced with a 3-0 victory. In the NJAC Championship Match, she posted a double-double 32 kills, 20 digs, and six blocks in a 3-1 loss to Montclair State. As NJAC regular season champions, the Gothic Knights earned their second straight selection to the ECAC Division III South Tournament. Second-seeded NJCU will host seventh-seeded NYU in a first round match on November 7. Cintron, who currently ranks fifth all-time on the combined NCAA Divisions I, II, and III career kills list with 2,875, currently leads the NJAC in hitting percentage (.432), kills per game (6.09), blocks per game (1.19), and points per game (7.37).

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

Johnston earns NJAC Rookie of the Week honors for the third time this season after leading the third-seeded Red Hawks to the NJAC Championship with three tournament victories in the span of five days. She opened the tournament with a double-double 13 kills and 13 digs in MSU’s 3-0 first round victory over sixth-seeded William Paterson. Two days later, she notched eight kills, 10 digs, and three aces in MSU’s 3-2 NJAC road win over second-seeded Richard Stockton which marked the Red Hawks first win in program history over the Ospreys. Two days later, she collected eight kills and 24 digs in a 3-1 NJAC Championship Match victory over top-seeded NJCU which snapped the Gothic Knights’ 43-match home court winning streak. As champions of the NJAC, Montclair State will travel to Stevens to face Nazareth in the opening round of the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament on November 8. Johnston currently ranks eighth in the NJAC in points per game (3.55).