WALTHAM, Mass. – Undefeated in the conference. Undefeated in the region. And now a recipient of several top Northeast 10 honors for the 2025 season. The Bentley volleyball team garnered key accolades when the conference announced All-NE10 awards Wednesday.

Senior middle blocker Elizabeth Blinn is the NE10 Defensive Player of the Year, sophomore setter Tory Vitko is the NE10 Setter of the Year, and head coach Joey Pacis is the Sandy Hoffman NE10 Coach of the Year for the fourth time in his Bentley tenure (2014, 2019, 2023, 2025).
 
Elizabeth Blinn | Senior | Concord, N.H.
Blinn enters the postseason as the NCAA DII leader in blocks per set (1.68). She was named the NE10 Defensive Player of the Week five times this season. Blinn had a season-high 11 blocks in only three sets against Assumption (Sept. 30). She also reached double-digit blocks with 10 in three sets against Nebraska-Kearney. Blinn has been an All-NE10 recipient three times in her Bentley career. She earned All-NE10 Rookie Team in 2022, and All-NE10 First team in 2024.
 
Sophia Poehlein | Sophomore | Zionsville, Ind.
Poehlein ranks second in the NE10 for kills per set (3.66). She had a career-high 23 kills in a four-set win over Post this season (Sept. 25).  Poehlein eclipsed 20 kills again when she totaled 21 in four sets against Adelphi (Oct. 11). She has reached double-digit kills in 22 matches so far this season, and was named the NE10 Player of the Week on three occasions. Poehlein was named to the All-NE10 Second Team and All-NE10 Rookie Team in 2024.
 
Tory Vitko | Sophomore | Dover, N.H.
Vitko was named the NE10 Setter of the Week seven times this season. Her 9.33 assists per rank second in the conference, and she has recorded eight double-double this season. Vitko eclipsed 40 assists in five matches this season, including a high of 48 against Post (Sept. 25). She totaled 16 digs in that same contest, which matched her season-high (vs. Franklin Pierce, Sept. 5). Vitko was named to the All-NE10 Second Team and All-NE10 Rookie Team in 2024.
 
Lulu Pavan | Freshman | Rochester, N.Y.
Pavan made her presence known right away, totaling double-digit kills in her first four collegiate matches. She had a season-high 16 kills against Saint Anselm (Oct. 3), and achieved double-digit kills 11 times this season. She averages 2.97 kills per set, which ranks fifth in the NE10. Pavan earned NE10 Rookie of the Week twice this season.
 
After earning the 2025 NE10 Regular-Season Championship, Bentley hosts the NE10 Championship Semifinals Friday, Nov. 21 (opponent TBD).