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Athletes named Players of the Week
The Canes can boast about their athletic
successes this week.
Three football players and one women’s
volleyball player were honored with ACC Player
of the Week Monday. Miami had the most play-ers
recognized in football this week.
Senior Phillip Dorsett was selected as the
ACC Receiver of the Week, junior Tyriq Mc-
Cord as ACC Co-Linebacker of the Week and
freshman quarterback Brad Kaaya was ACC
Rookie of the Week.
Outside hitter Savanah Leaf was recog-nized
for outstanding performance in this past
weekend’s two away games against Syracuse
University and Boston College.
This comes on the heels of a convincing 55-
34 win over Cincinnati Saturday.
This is Dorsett’s second Player of the Week
honor this season. The wide receiver also sur-passed
100 receiving yards twice this season. He
caught three passes for 143 yards and a 79-yard
receiving touchdown in the third quarter, the lon-gest
of his career, during Saturday’s game.
McCord made his first career interception
return for a touchdown, two tackles and a sack at
Saturday’s game.
“It was an amazing feeling. This was my
first pick six,” he said after the Cincinnati game.
“You don’t get those opportunities on defense.”
Rookie Kaaya had 200 passing yards for
the fifth game in a row. He completed the game
with 286 passing yards, three touchdowns and
no interceptions.
“Just taking care of the ball, whether it’s
proper exchange or good decisions,” he said af-ter
Saturday’s game. “That was an emphasis this
week.”
Dorsett, McCord and Kaaya were not able
to comment at the time of publication because
there was no media availability the week of fall
break.
ACC recognizes game
performance
BY COURTNEY FIORINI
The ju- SPORTS EDITOR
nior line-backer
shook
up Cincinnati
defensively with ag-gressive
plays, including
two tackles, one sack and his
fi rst career interception return
for a touchdown. McCord’s 46-yard
interception return in the third quar-ter
launched the Canes into a 31-10 lead.
The senior volleyball hitter’s impres-sive
performance on the road
against Syracuse and Boston
College made her ACC
Player of the Week for
the fi rst time. She
registered her sixth
double-double of
the season, tallying
25 kills and 14 digs
in a four-set win
over Syracuse. Leaf
lead the ACC with
4.47 kills/set.
The true freshman exceeded 200 passing yards
for the fi fth game in a row. Kaaya fi nished
the 55-34 victory over Cincinnati
with 286 passing yards, three
touchdowns and no
interceptions.
Senior wide
receiver Dorsett
surpassed 100 receiving
yards for the second time this sea-son
as he hauled in three passes for 143 yards
on Saturday. He had two receiving touchdowns
making this his third career multi-touchdown
game. The 79-yard touchdown in the third quar-ter
was the longest in his career. He leads the
Hurricanes with 550 receiving yards this season.
TYRIQ MCCORD
BRAD KAAYA
PHILLIP DORSETT
SAVANAH LEAF
To read more about Savanah Leaf,
see page 13.
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