WESTERVILLE, Ohio – Otterbein University senior Kristen Bennett, volleyball, and freshman Megan McCabe, women’s soccer, earned Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) “Player of the Week” honors in their respective sports, the league office announced Monday afternoon.

An all-conference right-side hitter, Bennett (Wadsworth/Wadsworth) helped the nationally-ranked volleyball team play to a 4-1 record on the week, including three impressive victories over ranked opponents at the Washington University (St. Louis) weekend event.

Bennett hit .333 on the week, which also included a five-set come-from-behind victory over Mount St. Joseph. Her best outing came against 12th-ranked Wisconsin-Whitewater, blasting 11 kills, and just two errors, on 25 attempts, while also adding two solo blocks, five block assists, and three digs. The performance was good enough to land a spot on the all-tournament team.

She finished the week with 44 kills on 96 total attempts, 8.5 blocks and 12 digs. The Cardinals now sit 6-3 on the season, hosting a tri-match with Columbus State Community College and Northwestern (Ohio) Tuesday in the Rike Center.

McCabe, a forward from Lewis Center (St. Francis DeSales), helped the women’s soccer team move to 4-1 on the season with three-straight victories on the week.

McCabe assisted on the game-winning goal against Hiram on Wednesday before turning around to post three goals and two assists at the Penn St.-Altoona Tournament.

She scored the game’s first two goals against Moravian on Saturday, and later assisted on the third en route to a 3-0 victory. McCabe then netted the Cardinals’ fourth goal and assisted on the fifth in a 6-0 rout of Altoona Sunday afternoon. She currently sits as the OAC’s leading-scorer with 11 points.

Women’s soccer plays a pair of road matches this week, traveling to Denison University Wednesday evening before a contest at Earlham College (Pa.) Saturday afternoon.