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Yelianiz Torres Named MAC East Defensive Player Of The Week

Cleveland, Ohio - The Mid-American Conference announced Monday (March 22) the MAC Honors for volleyball for the past week of competition. Of those named, Bowling Green's Yelianiz Torres earned the MAC East Defensive Player of the Week honor, being her first time receiving the recognition over her collegiate career and the second Falcon this season.

Torres paced the Falcons in digs over the weekend sweep of Akron, logging career-highs in digs in both matches. In the first match, Torres made the switch to libero for the Falcons in the third set, totaling 29 digs over the five sets for her first career 20+ dig match, also a new career-high, in addition to two kills, three assists and an ace.