LATROBE, Pa. — Penn State Altoona women’s volleyball had two student-athletes voted to the All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) team, as the league office released its postseason awards for the sport on Nov. 18.
Lions outside hitter Lia Simanski, of Altoona, was a first-team All-AMCC selection, and outside hitter Hannah Swank, of Boswell, was voted to the third team of the all-conference list.
Simanski played in 27 matches for Penn State Altoona during her junior season and finished among the top players in the conference in several statistical categories. In the AMCC, she ranks eighth in points per set (3.4) and kills per set (3.1), ninth in total kills (267), 12th in total points (295.0), 16th in digs per set (3.01), 19th in hitting percentage (.155), 20th in total digs (259), 36th in service aces (22), and 39th in aces per set (0.26). Simanski was also awarded one AMCC Offensive Player of the Week honor during the season.
Swank enjoyed a productive season in her first year with the Penn State Altoona women’s volleyball team, during which she played in 21 matches. Among all players in the conference, she ranks 10th in points per set (2.9) and kills per set (2.56), 23rd in digs per set (2.6), 24th in total kills (141) and hitting percentage (.147), 26th in total points (157.0), and 40th in total digs (143).
Penn State Altoona women’s volleyball went 14-14 overall this season, including a 6-2 record within the AMCC that gave the Lions second place in the league’s regular season standings. The team reached the semifinal round of the conference postseason tournament last week.