VESTAL, N.Y. – The Binghamton volleyball team collected a pair of weekly awards from the America East Conference Tuesday, as the league announced
Celeste Ocampo as its Defensive Player of the Week and
Regan Kadel as its Setter of the Week.
This is the second time this season that Binghamton has won at least two weekly awards on the same week. On Oct. 20, both Kadel and Ocampo were named Setter of the Week and Defensive Player of the Week respectively, while
Magi Milicevic was chosen as the Player of the Week. In total, Binghamton has won nine weekly America East awards this season.
This latest recognition comes after Kadel and Ocampo helped the Bearcats sweep both UAlbany and the New Jersey Institute of Technology this past week, leading to Binghamton clinching a spot in the America East Volleyball Championship for the fifth straight year. It is the first time that the Bearcats have reached the conference tournament five-straight times since Binghamton made the tournament seven times in a row from 2004-10. Binghamton reached the finals three times during that stretch, winning the championship twice (2005, 09).
Ocampo has been named Defensive Player of the Week by the America East twice this season. The sophomore libero first had 13 digs and one assist against UAlbany on Nov. 6, followed by 17 digs and two assists against NJIT on Nov. 8. She finished the week with an average of 5.00 digs per set. Ocampo ranks seventh in the nation in digs per set at 5.00, having recorded 340 digs across 68 sets played.
Kadel has been chosen as the Setter of the Week by the America East three times this season, having previously received the honor on Sept. 8 and Oct. 20. That eclipses the two times she received the honor back in 2025. Kadel had 37 assists and eight digs against UAlbany, before recording her seventh double-double of the season with 34 assists and 13 digs against NJIT. The junior setter has put up a double-double in six of her last 10 matches. She ranks third in the America East in assists per set with an average of 8.71.
Binghamton (14-9, 5-4 America East) closes out its regular season by facing America East regular season champion UMBC at 1 p.m., on Sunday in Baltimore, Md. The Bearcats enter the regular season finale tied for third place in the America East along with Bryant with a league record of 5-4.
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