Bradford, PA -- The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's volleyball team saw its libero recognized for the third time this season as Danielle Sasuga was named AMCC Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.

Sasuga collected 45 digs and successfully received 42 of 43 service attempts in a pair of must-win matches for Pitt-Bradford last week. In the crucial five-set win over Alfred State, she collected 25 digs and successfully received all 27 service attempts. She averaged 5.63 digs per set on the week.

This is Sasuga's third AMCC Defensive Player of the Week award this season, and the 4th overall for the Panthers. She previously took home the award on September 2nd and 22nd. Lillian Bentley won the offensive version of the award on October 20th.

The Panthers finished the regular season 18-10 with a 4-4 mark in conference play. They secured the #6 seed in the AMCC Tournament and will take on #3 Penn State-Behrend in the first round on Wednesday. The match is slated to begin at 7:00 p.m. at Penn State-Behrend's Junker Center.

The full release from the AMCC, including all of the Athletes of the Week, can be found on their website, here.