Posted: Oct 20, 2014
LAYNE HUBBARD OF TRINITY
UNIVERSITY, a senior outside
hitter from Austin, Texas, has been named SCAC Volleyball Defensive
Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, October
13th through Sunday, October 19th.
Hubbard paced the Tiger defense at a very competitive UWEC Inviational last week, with the team finishing 1-3 for the weekend.
Hubbard led Trinity with 85 total digs in the four matches, averaging an outstanding 5.00 digs/set for the weekend. She also recorded a team-best six service aces to lead the team. Against nationally-ranked UW-Stevens Point, Hubbard recorded 35 total digs in a 3-2 loss, finishing in a tie for the second-most digs in single match history at Trinity. Her 35 digs in one contest are the most since Leah Goldstein had 35 against Austin College in 2006.
For the season, Hubbard leads Trinity with 48 service aces (0.50/set), and is third on the team with a total of 353 digs. She is second on the Tiger team with 3.68 digs/set on the year.
Hubbard paced the Tiger defense at a very competitive UWEC Inviational last week, with the team finishing 1-3 for the weekend.
Hubbard led Trinity with 85 total digs in the four matches, averaging an outstanding 5.00 digs/set for the weekend. She also recorded a team-best six service aces to lead the team. Against nationally-ranked UW-Stevens Point, Hubbard recorded 35 total digs in a 3-2 loss, finishing in a tie for the second-most digs in single match history at Trinity. Her 35 digs in one contest are the most since Leah Goldstein had 35 against Austin College in 2006.
For the season, Hubbard leads Trinity with 48 service aces (0.50/set), and is third on the team with a total of 353 digs. She is second on the Tiger team with 3.68 digs/set on the year.
Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
First-year middle blocker Rebekah
Bowden of Austin
College had an
outstanding game for the 'Roos in the team's only match last week,
totaling seven blocks for an average of 1.75 per set and adding
1.75 kills and a hitting percentage of .429. She also had three
digs and two service aces in the
victory. Junior defensive specialist Sophie
Merrifield of Colorado College earned a
team-high 14 digs, earning double digit digs for the 26th time this
season, in a 3-0 win over Johnson & Wales on
Wednesday. Senior setter C.J. Broadbent of
Dallas produced 13 digs on the
defensive side of of a 3-0 sweep over McMurry University last
Tuesday. The senior has now garnered 248 on the campaign to rank
second on the team. She added 28 assists, bumping her over the 900
mark on the season. Centenary did
not nominate anyone. Schreiner, Southwestern,
and Texas
Lutheran did not play.
| 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 |
| Week 5 | Chandler Lentz, Southwestern University |
| Week 6 | Presleigh Watson, Austin College |
| Week 7 | Sophie Merrifield, Colorado College |
| Week 8 | Layne Hubbard, Trinity University |
| Week 9 | |