CHICAGO ---Scoring a clean sweep of three league victories during a busy week, St. Ambrose University also earned a tripleheader of honors when the Fighting Bees swept Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Volleyball Player of the Week accolades on Tuesday morning. Kenia Diaz Vega (Caguas, Puerto Rico) was honored for the second time in 2024, while Mackenzie Grafton (Orion, Ill.) and Ines Marques (Porto, Portugal) were recognized for the first time.

Grafton was named the CCAC Attacker of the Week after recording a pair of double-doubles and averaging 3.93 kills per set to go along with a .248 attack percentage. Her other numbers included 3.00 digs per set, seven aces and 71 receptions.

The double-doubles came in five-set wins over Indiana University Northwest (20 kills, 20 digs) last Tuesday and Indiana University South Bend (18 kills, 15 digs) on Thursday. The graduate student outside hitter also posted 17 kills and a clean 20-reception sheet in a four-set decision over Judson University.

Diaz Vega secured her second CCAC Defender of the Week award after averaging 6.14 digs per set and producing a .965 reception percentage over the three matches. The graduate student defensive specialist notched 30-plus digs in the five-set wins over Indiana Northwest (33) and Indiana South Bend (30), while totaling 23 in the victory against Judson.

Diaz Vega also committed just one receiving error in each of the three matches, while totaling 85 passes.

Running St. Ambrose's 6-2 offense in the sweep, Marques was recognized as the CCAC Setter of the Week. She averaged 5.57 assists per set to go along with her 1.71 digs-per-set clip.

Marques' highest assist total came last Tuesday in the win over Indiana Northwest, where she netted 30 along with nine digs. The sophomore also had nine digs and 25 assists versus Indiana South Bend.

St. Ambrose's current five-match winning streak has put the Bees back to .500 overall (14-14), while improving their conference mark to 8-5.