SXU's Daniels, Velez, TCC's Costa Capture Men's Volleyball Weekly Honors

CHICAGO --- Saint Xavier University's Cameron Daniels (Omaha, Neb.) continued his run of success with his third straight Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Men's Volleyball Setter of the Week award for the seven-day period ending Feb. 25.  The freshman was one of three players honored on Tuesday morning when the league office made the announcement.

Joining Daniels on the podium was teammate Andres Velez (Toa Baja, Puerto Rico), who was recognized for the second time in three weeks as the CCAC Defender of the Week, and Trinity Christian College's Alex Costa (Oak Lawn, Ill.), who claimed his first CCAC Attacker of the Week award for the 2024 campaign.

Daniels produced identical 46-assist matches on Tuesday and Saturday in a pair of split four-set decisions for the Cougars.  In a win over Illinois Institute of Technology on Tuesday, he also registered two assist blocks.  Then, on Saturday, in a loss to NAIA No. 9 Georgetown College (Ky.), he put up eight digs to go along with his assist count to finish with an 11.5 assist-per-set average for the week.

Velez, meanwhile, had a record-setting performance in the Illinois Tech match with his 27 digs, while notching another 14 on Saturday.  For the week, the sophomore libero averaged 5.13 digs per set, while totaling 30 receptions in 31 attempts (.968).

Saint Xavier, rated No. 11 in the latest NAIA Coaches' Poll, is 6-6 overall following its split decisions this past week.

Costa rang up big offensive numbers in leading his team to two wins last week.  The senior outside hitter averaged 5.29 kills per set with a .385 attack percentage, while also registering five aces, 28 receptions, 14 digs and three blocks.

Costa totaled 20 kills, 21 receptions, six digs, two aces and two blocks in a four-set decision over Edgewood College (Wis.) on Monday before collecting 17 kills (5.67 avg.) via a .444 attack percentage, three aces and eight digs in a straight win over Concordia University on Tuesday.

Trinity Christian bumped its record up to 4-3 on the season with the perfect week.

Other Attacker Nominees: Matt Pennala (Saint Xavier), Jon Guch (St. Ambrose), SJ Nelson (Viterbo), Mark Zmojdzin (Roosevelt).

Other Defender Nominees: Lachlan Diamond (Roosevelt), Maycor Carrion (Trinity Christian), Max Dugan (Viterbo), Jackson Otto (Judson).

Other Setter Nominees: Logan Amdur (Viterbo), Michele Bascape (Roosevelt), Ryan Schmidt (Trinity Christian), Elijah Wrobel (Judson).