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Johnson Named CAA Defensive Player Of The Week
10/28/2024 1:00:00 PM | Volleyball
RICHMOND, Va. - University of Delaware volleyball's Kirah Johnson was named CAA Defensive Player of the Week on Monday after helping Delaware to a weekend sweep of Hofstra and pulling UD into a tie for first place in the CAA. This is Johnson's second CAA Weekly Honor of her career, and first since Oct. 16, 2023 when she was also named Defensive Player of the Week.
Johnson had 13 blocks in two five-set victories against The Pride, including nine on Wednesday. She was instrumental in orchestrating UD's reverse-sweep comeback win on Saturday, helping hold Hofstra to a hitting percentage of .139 in the final three sets. She had key blocks during the third set to put the Blue Hens up 25-24 and fourth set to give UD a 23-21 lead. For the match, UD held Hofstra to a .181 hitting percentage. She followed that up with four blocks on Sunday, including two solo blocks.Â
Johnson was also a contributor offensively, finishing with a career-high 20 kills on Saturday and a team-high tying 15 on Sunday - the first time in her career she had back-to-back matches with at least 15 kills. Johnson ranks fourth in the CAA in blocks per set at 1.12 She currently had 397 career blocks, just three away from becoming the sixth player in program history with 400 career blocks.Â
Delaware is currently on a four-match win streak that has catapulted them into a four-way tie atop the CAA standings with Hofstra, Towson, and Charleston at 9-3. Delaware split the season series with Towson, defeating them 3-1 before falling 3-2, but do not have Charleston on the regular season schedule. UD plays Stony Brook, who is 7-5 in the CAA and in sixth place, this weekend at home before traveling to Hampton next weekend and closing the season out at home against Elon.Â
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Johnson had 13 blocks in two five-set victories against The Pride, including nine on Wednesday. She was instrumental in orchestrating UD's reverse-sweep comeback win on Saturday, helping hold Hofstra to a hitting percentage of .139 in the final three sets. She had key blocks during the third set to put the Blue Hens up 25-24 and fourth set to give UD a 23-21 lead. For the match, UD held Hofstra to a .181 hitting percentage. She followed that up with four blocks on Sunday, including two solo blocks.Â
Johnson was also a contributor offensively, finishing with a career-high 20 kills on Saturday and a team-high tying 15 on Sunday - the first time in her career she had back-to-back matches with at least 15 kills. Johnson ranks fourth in the CAA in blocks per set at 1.12 She currently had 397 career blocks, just three away from becoming the sixth player in program history with 400 career blocks.Â
Delaware is currently on a four-match win streak that has catapulted them into a four-way tie atop the CAA standings with Hofstra, Towson, and Charleston at 9-3. Delaware split the season series with Towson, defeating them 3-1 before falling 3-2, but do not have Charleston on the regular season schedule. UD plays Stony Brook, who is 7-5 in the CAA and in sixth place, this weekend at home before traveling to Hampton next weekend and closing the season out at home against Elon.Â
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