{"id":32096,"date":"2017-02-28T19:25:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T00:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=32096"},"modified":"2017-02-28T19:25:30","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T00:25:30","slug":"emus-ragland-claims-cvc-player-week-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/emus-ragland-claims-cvc-player-week-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU&#8217;s Ragland claims CVC Player of the Week honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/emuroyals.com\/sports\/mvball\/2016-17\/bios\/ragland_william_l94l\">William Ragland<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(North Chesterfield, Va.\/Thomas Dale) was simply incredible in EMU&#8217;s 3-0 week, and today the men&#8217;s volleyball player was named the Continental Volleyball Conference Player of the Week.<\/p>\n<p>Over the Royals&#8217; three wins last weekend, Ragland averaged 3.82 kills with a .578 attack percentage on 64 swings. He had double digit kills and hit at least .500 in all three of the matches, highlighted by 16 kills and a .714 hitting mark in the win over Rutgers-Newark. Ragland added four aces in that contest, putting him second in the CVC with 23 aces on the year.<\/p>\n<p>Playing both middle and outside, the junior had 14 kills in a CVC win over Cairn and 12 against Bard. Ragland added 12 digs and four blocks over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second CVC Player of the Week award for the Royals, with freshman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/emuroyals.com\/sports\/mvball\/2016-17\/bios\/elmore_joshua_bm6s\">Josh Elmore<\/a><\/strong> (Chester, Va.\/Matoaca) winning it in late January.<\/p>\n<p>At 12-4 overall and 5-0 in the conference, Eastern Mennonite has already equaled the program&#8217;s most CVC wins in the six years of the league&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals play at Arcadia on Friday, before a big tri-match on Saturday in Arlington, Va. 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