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SEC Volleyball Week 3 Player of the Week:Krystal Rivers ? Alabama Redshirt Senior ? RS ? 5-11 ? Birmingham, Ala.Offensive Player of the Week:Krystal Rivers ? Alabama Redshirt Senior ? RS ? 5-11 ? Birmingham, Ala.Rivers was named MVP of the Hampton Inn Crimson-White Tournament MVP as she led her team with 54 kills over nine sets (6.00 kills per set). She also contributed 7.22 points per set and seven service aces. Rivers has now moved into second all-time at Alabama in career kills with 1,710. She is now 380 shy of the school record of 2,090 set by Erin Heffner (2001-04).Co-Defensive Player of the Week:Rhamat Alhassan ? Florida Junior ? MB ? 6-4 ? Glenarden, Md.Alhassan led Florida on the weekend with 1.75 blocks per set as the Gators earned a victory at No. 13 Florida State and swept their opponents in the Active Ankle Challenge. She posted seven total blocks at Florida State Wednesday, and finished the week with eight total blocks against Marshall, earning a spot on the All-Tournament Team.Cassidy Anderson ? Georgia Junior ? DS/L ? 5-8 ? Louisville, Ky.Anderson led the Bulldog defense, notching 83 digs over four wins last week, helping Georgia to its best start since 1993. She opened the week surpassing her career best with 29 digs against Florida A&M. Anderson then earned her fourth all-tournament honor this season, as she had 54 digs and five aces at the Bulldog Invitational. She hit the 20-dig plateau for the third time this season against South Alabama, putting up 21 digs in the four-set win.Setter of the Week:Allie Monserez ? Florida Redshirt Sophomore ? 5-9 ? Windermere, Fla.Monserez averaged 12.57 assists per set for the Gators in their four-set victory at No. 13 Florida State and the three-win weekend hosting the Active Ankle Challenge. She closed out the week with her first career double-double, posting a career-high 53 assists along with 12 digs against Marshall. Under the guidance of Monserez, the Gators lead the league and are ranked second nationally in hitting percentage (.348). She holds the top spot in assists per set in the SEC with a 12.12 average.Freshman of the Week:Leah Edmond ? Kentucky Freshman ? OH ? 6-2 ? Lexington, Ky.Edmond led UK offensively and defensively in a pair of sweeps. She recorded a match-high 13 kills on .346 hitting at Louisville. She added eight digs, the second most on the team, and a trio of blocks. Against Lipscomb, Edmond once again led the way with her third career double-double with match highs in kills (14) and digs (11). She posted a .423 attacking percentage, which is the second-highest of her career.Wholesale Shoes USA . Ivanovic was leading 7-5, 1-0 when Hantuchova withdrew after falling 0-40 behind in the second game. 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He came through big in his fourth plate appearance.Harper hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Washington Nationals to a 3-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night.Harper whiffed repeatedly against Phillies starter Jerad Eickhoff. He then provided the games only scoring against Patrick Schuster, who threw a wild pitch, issued a walk and gave up the homer without recording an out after replacing fellow reliever Luis Garcia (1-1).I was thinking to myself, `well, you struck out three times. Hit a homer and everybody will forget about that, Harper said. Look what happened.Nationals ace Max Scherzer gave up four hits in 6 2/3 scoreless innings, and struck out eight to increase his NL lead to 251.Shawn Kelley (2-2) recorded the final out of the eighth and Mark Melancon pitched ninth for his 40th save as Washington won for the fifth time in six games.Ben Reveres single with one out in the eighth started the winning rally against Garcia, who was recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley before the game. Daniel Murphy walked before Harpers heroics.The 2015 NL Most Valuable Player starred at the drive down the right field line before punctuating the drama with a bat flip.That was a dramatic home run, National manager Dusty Baker said. It just shows how strong he is mentally after you strike out three times and hit a home run. He had a rough night going up to then.Facing a 3-1 count against Schuster, Harper had one objective in mind.I was kind of shocked he threw it over the middle of the plate, Harper said of Schusters curveball. I was swinging no matter what anyway, to tell you the truth. If it had been in their dugout I probably would have swung at it.Eickhoff essentially matched Scherzer, keeping Washington off the scoreboard over six innings. He gave up five hits and struck out five.Tied for the NL lead with 16 wins, Scherzer won each of his previous four starts with 32 strikeouts and a 2.45 ERA in that stretch. He entered Saturdays matchup 3-0 against Philadelphia this season.ddddddddddddThe Cy Young contender wasnt special throughout -- he hit two batters -- and labored at times with long innings. He also got clutch outs when needed.With two runners on and one out in the first, Scherzer induced back-to-back infield pop-ups. He struck out Tommy Joseph to end the third with two runners in scoring position.I didnt think (Scherzer) was at his best tonight, Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said. He had a ton of pitches. He looked like he was struggling with command and we just couldnt take advantage of it.Philadelphias defense kept the game scoreless in the fourth. Jose Lobatons single with runners at first and second sent Clint Robinson around third. Center fielder Odubel Herreras throw bounced to home, where catcher Cameron Rupp shielded the plate and tagged out Robinson.TRAINERS ROOMPhillies: 3B Maikel Franco pinch-hit in the seventh inning after sitting out the previous two games with a sore right thumb.Nationals: RHP Joe Ross, on the disabled list since July 3 with right shoulder inflammation, threw 60 pitches during a simulation at Nationals Park Saturday. (Joe) had good velocity. ... Changeup looked like hed never been out, manager Dusty Baker said.STRASBURG SPEAKSNationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg made his first comments since leaving Wednesdays start with a strained flexor mass in his right elbow. Strasburg passed on projecting a timeline for his return before or during the postseason.I cant make that claim, he said. Theres still pretty much a month left in the season. Im just trying to get back healthy. Hopefully were still playing baseball.BLANK CHECKSaturday marked the third time the Phillies were shut out by the Nationals this season and the 10th time they were held scoreless overall.UP NEXTPhillies LHP Adam Morgan (2-9, 5.90) faces LHP Gio Gonzalez (10-9, 4.40), who allowed six runs and eight hits in three innings in his last start on Monday against the Braves. ' ' '