NOTRE DAME, Ind. - Saint Mary's College Volleyball senior Caroline Carens (Naperville, IL) was named Belles Athlete of the Week after a career week for the senior.
 
In their first game of the week, the Belles battled with a tough Albion College team, fighting back to force a fifth set tiebreaker. Carens would put up a career night to help keep the Belles tight in the match. The senior added a career high 26 kills with a career high 32 points on the night. She would also hit an incredible .489 on the match and added three service aces.
 
Saint Mary's took on the Maroon and Gold Tri-Match on Saturday, taking home wins over Luther College and the hosts Concordia University Chicago. In the fourth set of the 3-1 win over Luther, Carens slammed home her 16th kill of the match. This secured her 1,000th career kill and became just the ninth player in program history, and the first since 2019, to reach the century mark. Carens also became just the second middle hitter, and the first since 1992, to reach the 1,000 kill milestone.
 
On the week, Carens totaled 49 kills while adding 60 points to her impressive career breaking resume while leading the Belles to a 2-1 record in the three matches.
 
Carens and the Belles are back in action on Friday night as they travel to Hope College for a 5pm matchup before returning home on October 23 to host the University of Olivet at 7pm.