Carissa Hoover is the second Bearcat to earn Rookie of the Week honors this season, as she helped the team fight through a 1-3 week in four non-conference matches. Baruch (17-1; 6-1 CUNYAC) fell to Marymount 3-2 and Elmira 3-1 before rebounding to defeat Manhattanville 3-0. In the final match of the week, Richard Stockton got the win, 3-1.
A hitter, she smashed 32 kills on the week, including a week-high eleven in the win over Manhattanville. She added six digs and four service aces in that match. Against Stockton, she had ten kills, five digs and a pair of aces. Earlier in the week, she had ten digs and an ace against Elmira.