Raabe named GLIAC Player of the Week

HOUGHTON, Mich. – Michigan Tech sophomore outside hitter Meg Raabe has been named the GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week the conference announced on Monday (Nov. 6).

Meg Raabe led the Huskies' offense in a busy week where Tech went 2-1. She totaled 65 kills, averaging 5 per set while hitting .321. The native of Omaha, Nebraska averaged 6.3 kills per set in the two wins and hit .342 while adding 16 digs (2 d/s) and 6 blocks. She scored 55 points on the weekend, averaging 6.9 per set. She racked up a career-high 32 kills in a five-set win over Wayne State on Saturday while adding 11 digs for a double-double. She answered the next day with 18 kills while hitting .375 in a sweep of Saginaw Valley.

Raabe ranks second on the Huskies in kills (223) and kills per set (3.19) and has hit double figures in kills 12 times. She also has tallied 76 digs and 28 blocks. After missing nine matches early in the season with injury, she is climbing the GLIAC kills per set rankings and is currently ninth.

The Huskies are 13-14 overall and 9-7 in the GLIAC—good for fourth place in the standings and wrap up the regular season on the road at Ferris State on Friday and Lake Superior State on Saturday.