Sara van Gisteren, Reese Teves Receive NEC Weekly Honors

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — The Long Island University women’s volleyball team received several recognitions in the NEC weekly awards on Tuesday, as senior Sara van Gisteren was named the NEC Player of the Week and junior Reese Teves was named NEC Defensive Player of the Week. Additionally, both van Gisteren and Teves joined senior Yasmeen Muhammad and graduate student Dilara Elmacioglu as NEC Prime Performers. van Gisteren led LIU in kills (47), total blocks (11), and points (57) at the Northwestern Invitational last week, where LIU won its first match against a Power 4 opponent since 2014, defeating Virginia Tech 3-1…