Posted: Sep 22, 2014
SHANNON COURTNEY OF TRINITY
UNIVERSITY, a junior
defensive specialist from Houston, Texas has been named SCAC
Volleyball Defensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played
from Monday, September 15th through Sunday, September
21st.
Courtney paced the Tigers to three victories over the weekend, opening conference play with wins over Southwestern, Texas Lutheran, and Schreiner.
Courtney finished the weekend with 61 total digs for an average of 6.1 digs/set. She also tied for the team lead with three service aces in the three matches, scoring one in each match.She led the team in digs in two of the three matches, with the only exception being the Schreiner match in which she played just one set. Courtney had her best match to open the weekend, recording 34 digs to tie for the fourth-highest single-match total in Trinity volleyball history.
For the season, Courtney leads the Tigers with 254 total digs, averaging 4.88 digs/set. She is also second on the team with 22 service aces (0.42/set).
Courtney paced the Tigers to three victories over the weekend, opening conference play with wins over Southwestern, Texas Lutheran, and Schreiner.
Courtney finished the weekend with 61 total digs for an average of 6.1 digs/set. She also tied for the team lead with three service aces in the three matches, scoring one in each match.She led the team in digs in two of the three matches, with the only exception being the Schreiner match in which she played just one set. Courtney had her best match to open the weekend, recording 34 digs to tie for the fourth-highest single-match total in Trinity volleyball history.
For the season, Courtney leads the Tigers with 254 total digs, averaging 4.88 digs/set. She is also second on the team with 22 service aces (0.42/set).
Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore middle blocker Presleigh
Watson of Austin College was
a force in the middle for Austin College, totaling 14 blocks for an
average of 1.56 per set in three
matches. Junior outside hitter Rachel Perkins
of Centenary led the Ladies with 17 digs
including 1.89 digs/set. She also added 16 kills on the
weekend. Senior defensive specialist Julia
Lawton of Colorado College led the
team defensively with 40 digs to average 13.33 digs a match and
also had six aces for second on the team and added four kills from
the back row. Sophomore outside hitter Jessie
Koster of Dallas posted a week-best 21
digs in victory over McMurry and compiled 17 digs in pair of
matches in the SCAC Divisional versus Colorado College and Austin
College. Senior defensive specialist
Megan Lee of Texas
Lutheran averaged a
season-best 9.0 digs per set in a 3-1 loss to Southwestern,
finishing one dig shy of tying her season high in that match
against the Pirates. Schreiner and Southwestern did
not nominate anyone.
| SCAC Volleyball Defensive Players-of-the-Week | |
| Week 1 | Megan Lee, Texas Lutheran University |
| Week 2 | Erin Cusenbary, Trinity University |
| Week 3 | Megan Lee, Texas Lutheran University |
| Week 4 | Shannon Courtney, Trinity University |
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