LAUREN CRABTREE OF SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, a junior right side/setter from Dallas, Texas, has been named the SCAC Volleyball Offensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, March 22 through Sunday, March 28.
Crabtree had two triple-doubles on the weekend as the Pirates defeated Texas Lutheran in four sets in both of Friday's victories. Crabtree led the Pirates with 25 kills, averaging 12.5 kills, 16.5 assists, and 12 digs per match. She also served five aces in the second match against TLU and finished the weekend with six total.
Crabtree has now posted three straight triple doubles and has three of the four such performances in the league this season.
Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Junior middle hitter Georgia Mullins of Colorado College dominated on both sides of the net while leading the No. 1 Tigers to back-to-back sweeps of third-place Austin College. Mullins hit .474 with 21 kills on 38 swings with just three errors. She also averaged 3.50 kills and 1.83 blocks per set. In Saturday's 25-18, 25-23, 25-15 victory, Mullins did it all with 12 kills, six digs, five blocked shots and three aces. She hit .400 on 25 swings. Junior setter Lexie Acevedo of Trinity averaged 6.5 assists per set as a three-rotation setter, added 10 digs, three aces and a pair of kills in the SCAC doubleheader wins against St. Thomas. Junior outside hitter Alyssa Davis of Centenary registered 39 total kills including 26 in the Ladies' 3-2 match two win at home versus Dallas. She added six digs and now leads the team in kills (159) and ranks third in digs (90) and is the conference's leader in kills with 137. Junior middle hitter Dayjah Whyte of Dallas was the top hitter for the Crusaders in both outings this past weekend at Centenary. In the team's 3-1 win, she hit .351 and 16 kills. She also added three blocks. In the hard-fought five-set game in the night cap, Whyte exploded for a season-high 19 kills and garnered season-most totals with six blocks and four service aces. First-year outside hitter Tanyse Moehrig of Texas Lutheran made her first collegiate starts (in her third and fourth career collegiate matches) and made the most of her opportunities, collecting 25 total kills and hitting .297 in a pair of conference matches at Southwestern. Moehrig had 11 kills and hit .233 in the first match, and she had a career-best 14 kills and hit .353 in the second match. She added seven digs and four blocks. Moehrig is with the volleyball team after playing the 2021 spring season with women's basketball.
| SCAC Volleyball Offensive Players-of-the-Week |
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| Week 1 | Annie Rose Leggett, Trinity University |
| Week 2 | Georgia Mullins, Colorado College |
| Week 3 | Georgia Mullins, Colorado College |
| Week 4 | Olivia Linton, Austin College |
| Week 5 | Georgia Mullins, Colorado College |
| Week 6 | Lauren Crabtree, Southwestern University |
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