LANCASTER, Pa.- Junior outside hitter Ceci Connolly earned Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors for the first time after guiding the Diplomats to a 2-0 week in conference play that included F&M's first victory over No. 25 Johns Hopkins since 2018.

Connolly led the Diplomats' attack in five-set victories on the road at Gettysburg and No. 25 Johns Hopkins, with the win over the Blue Jays marking F&M's first win against the side since 2018.  Across 10 sets played, she totaled 41 kills (4.1 per set) with just seven errors on 88 attacks for a .386 attack percentage and .465 kill percentage, averaging 4.3 points per set while totaling four block assists and eight digs. In Wednesday's reverse sweep of Gettysburg, she posted a .476 hitting percentage on a career-best 22 kills alongside a block assist and five digs. In Saturday's five-set victory over No. 25 Johns Hopkins, she led F&M with 19 kills on a .304 hitting percentage plus three block assists and three digs. The win also marked the Diplomats' first win in the Goldfarb Gymnasium since 2014. 

Among Centennial Conference players, Connolly is averaging the sixth-most kills per set (3.38) and the sixth-most points per set (3.62) while maintaining the ninth-best hitting percentage (.275) among qualifying attackers and the third-best hitting percentage among outside hitters.

Connolly is F&M's first offensive player of the week in 2026, while Chloe Wiedman was named the defensive player of the week on October 6. 

The Diplomats host the first of two home matches this week when they face Muhlenberg on Wednesday, October 21, at 7 p.m.