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College Volleyball Players Honored Week 6: Conference USA Players of the Week
C-USA Volleyball Players of the Week
Southern Miss sweeps weekly awards.
(in photo) Ashley Mell, USM
IRVING, Texas - For the first time this season and in program history Southern Miss has sweep (swept) Conference USA Volleyball Players of the Week honors. The Golden Eagles picked up two critical home wins over league foes UAB and Memphis. Southern Miss currently sits in a two-way tie for first place among C-USA standings.
For the second time in three weeks, sophomore Ashley Mell has been named C-USA Offensive Player of the Week after averaging 4.29 kills, 3.57 digs and 4.71 points per set.
Picking up her second C-USA Defensive Player of the Week honor was Maia Ivanova. She posted back-to-back 20-dig performances and registered a 5.71 dig per set average in the two wins.
Quarterbacking the Golden Eagles to the top of the league standings and earning C-USA Setter of the Week honor is sophomore Kelsea Seymour. She tallied 87 assists for a 12.43 per set average. She also recorded 14 digs and four kills, while hitting .308 with no attack errors. This is Seymour's second honor in the past three weeks.
http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/c-usa-w-volley-body.html 2009 CONFERENCE USA VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK ASHLEY MELL, SOUTHERN MISS 6-3, So., OH (Yorba Linda, Calif.) Mell averaged 4.29 kills and 3.57 digs per set while accounting for 4.71 points per set in a pair of C-USA home wins for Southern Miss. She recorded her sixth double-double of the season with 23 kills and 11 digs against Memphis. The sophomore also produced a .426 hitting percentage (23K-3E-47TA) against the Tigers. Two days later against UAB, Mell tallied seven kills and 14 digs. For the week, she totaled 30 kills, 25 digs and established a .328 hitting efficiency. This is Mell's second career C-USA Offensive Player of the Week honor.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK MAIA IVANOVA, SOUTHERN MISS 5-10, Sr., L (Sofia, Bulgaria) Ivanova posted back-to-back 20-dig performances in a pair of C-USA home wins over Memphis and UAB. She registered 40 digs for a 5.71 dig per set average. The two 20-digs performances improve her total to seven matches with 20-or-more digs. This is Ivanova's second career C-USA Defensive Player of the Week honor.
SETTER OF THE WEEK KELSEA SEYMOUR, SOUTHERN MISS 5-9, So., S (Long Beach, Calif.) Seymour helped to orchestrate two C-USA wins for the Golden Eagles, tallying 87 assists for a 12.43 per set average. She also recorded 14 digs and four kills, while hitting .308 with no attack errors. Seymour had 45 assists and 10 digs against Memphis to post her C-USA best 13th double-double of the season. She totaled 42 assists, three blocks and one ace in a three-set win against UAB. This is Seymour's second career C-USA Setter of the Week honor.
2009 C-USA VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSIVE A31 Elizabeth Herman, Marshall S8 Hannah Stout, Tulsa S14 Dana Powell, SMU S21 Ashley Mell, Southern Miss S28 Visnja Djurdjevic, Tulane O5 Ashley Mell, Southern Miss
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College Volleyball Game Results Today 10/3: TCU Volleyball Team Over San Diego State
TCU Volleyball Team Wins Thriller; Tops San Diego State
Hester notches double-double
FORT WORTH, Texas – The TCU volleyball team defeated San Diego State, 3-1 (25-20, 25-11, 20-25, 26-24), in a thrilling match Saturday afternoon. The Aztecs had three set points in the fourth set, but the Frogs rallied to come away with the four-set victory. Kourtney Edwards tallied a match-high 16 kills, while Irene Hester posted her third double-double of the season with 10 kills and 14 digs.
On the afternoon, the Frogs hit an even .200 with 49 kills. They served up six aces, led by two each from Megan Munce and Kristen Hester. Katelyn Blackwood led the Frogs with 16 digs, while Meghan Horio pitched in with 10. Edwards paced the Frogs at the net with four blocks. Munce finished the afternoon with seven kills, 33 assists and eight digs.
The Horned Frogs overcame a dismal start in set one to take a 25-20 victory. San Diego State raced out to a 7-4 lead when Lauren Otto blasted a kill to get the Frogs rolling. TCU went on 9-3 run to take a 13-10 lead. Munce dropped in ace around two kills from Irene Hester and a solo block from Christy Hudson.
The lead continued to grow as the Frogs were firing on all cylinders. Kristen Hester dropped in another ace, while Hudson and Edwards tallied four kills to help the lead grow to seven, 20-13.
TCU had to withstand a furious rally by the Aztecs as they went on a 7-2 run to close within two, 22-20, but a kill from Munce followed by her second ace of the set gave the Frogs set point. Kristen Hester finished off the win with her second kill of the set.
An efficient Horned Frog team took the floor in the second set as they ran away with the 25-11 set two victory. As a team, they pounded out 12 kills and hit at a .385 clip. The Aztecs served up four service errors and had six hitting errors to help the Frog cause.
A kill from Munce gave TCU an early 7-3 advantage and the Frogs cruised from there. Leading 19-9, Otto rattled off five points on her serve to put the Frogs in full control. Irene Hester pitched in two kills along with a blast from Edwards. An Aztec service error ended the set.
San Diego State came out on fire in the third set and took the 25-20 victory to force a game four. With the set tied at eight, the Aztecs went on a 7-3 run to take a 15-11 lead and they cruised from three.
The most thrilling set of the match was the final set that saw seven ties and five lead changes. San Diego State pushed hard trying to send the match to a fifth set, but the Frogs had an answer.
The Aztecs took what appeared to be a commanding lead at 22-19, but Hudson stepped behind the service line and pulled the Frogs within one, 22-21, as the Frogs took advantage of two Aztec miscues and Hudson dropped in an ace. Two straight kills by the Aztecs gave them set point at 24-21.
Edwards turned the momentum as she blasted a kill to the back court and Otto stepped behind the service line. An attack error made it 24-23 and a block that traveled all the way across the net and landed just inside the boundary line by Edwards and Irene Hester tied the set at 24-all. Another attack error gave the Frogs match point and Edwards finished off the come-from-behind win with her fourth kill of the set, giving the Frogs the 26-24 win.
TCU improves to 15-4 overall and 4-1 in league play. The Frogs will hit the road for two matches in Utah next week. First up for the Frogs is Utah on Thursday. Match time is slated for 8 p.m. (CST).
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eUAB 3, at UCF 2 (25-22, 18-25, 25-22, 22-25, 15-12)
UAB (9-9, 3-1) went the distance at UCF and emerged with a 3-2 Conference USA victory. UAB players finished with career-highs in virtually every aspect of the five-set match. Offensively, Andrea Lalic posted a career-high 21 kills. Defensively, Heather Thomas managed a career-best 29 digs. And at the setter position, Alison Woods set a career-high with 58 assists while also adding 13 digs on the way to her seventh double-double of the year. * UCF Senior Erin Campbell tied her career-highs with 22 kills and four block solos, while establishing a new career-best with 28 digs. UCF (8-9, 0-4) dropped its seventh straight contest.
* In a 3-2 win over Tulane, Houston (5-13, 2-1 C-USA) was led by senior Kinsey Cave’s 18 kills, which tied for a match-high. Sophomore Ingrida Zauere followed with a season-high tying 11 kills and eight digs. Freshman Tara Roenicke paced the Cougars with 49 assists and set a career-high with 18 digs. Junior Amanda Carson added 20 digs for her third-straight match with at least 20 digs and her fourth overall this season. * Junior middle blocker Lindsey Shepard tallied a career-high 17 kills and a .567 attack percentage after not committing an error in 40 swings for Tulane (8-5, 3-1).
eat Rice 3, UTEP 0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-21)
* Meredith Schamun led Rice (11-3, 3-0 C-USA) to a straight-set victory over visiting UTEP with 35 assists and nine kills. Her kill total was second only to Natalie Bogan’s match-high 11. Bogan also had a match-high .381 hitting percentage.
* Senior Aidan Mooney led all Miners (9-8, 2-2) in the kills category with eight. Freshman Cassandra Burruel tallied six kills and contributed a career-high eight blocks.
eat SMU 3, East Carolina 0 (27-25, 25-14, 25-18)
* SMU stretched its home winning streak to six matches with a straight-set victory over East Carolina. Led by a healthy Dana Powell, who recorded her 11th double-double of the season with 16 kills and 13 digs, the Mustangs (11-6, 1-2) downed ECU for the first time since 2005 by an impressive 20 points in three sets. Kelli Becerra finished with her ninth double-double of the season, assisting on 40 kills with 10 digs, and Wilkerson finished with nine kills and a match-high 18 digs. * Senior Stephanie Turner paced East Carolina (8-8, 1-3) offense, notching 10 kills for her 10th double-digit effort this season. Classmate Hannah Fenker also turner in a solid effort, notching her team-leading fifth double-double of the campaign in handing out 26 assists and adding 14 digs.
eat Southern Miss 3, Memphis 1(23-25, 25-20, 25-17, 25-19)
Memphis won the opening set, but behind a match-high 23 kills from Ashley Mell, Southern Miss (15-3, 3-1) roared back to take the next three to defeat the Tigers 3-1 in C-USA action. Behind Mell’s 23 kills, no other Southern miss hitter reached nine kills. USM setter Kelsea Seymour led all players with 45 assists. Maia Ivanova posted a match-high 20 digs, while Sara Jane Bowden made a match-best seven total blocks. * Maja Jovanovic led Memphis (2-15, 0-4) with 15 kills, while Carolyn Baker and Altrese Hawkins each downed 11 kills. Christine Bach handed out 38 assists.
* Freshman Tyler Henderson tallied 21 kills and Jessica Adams recorded 22 digs to lead Tulsa (11-5, 1-2) to a 3-1 defeat of Marshall at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. Senior Jennifer Eichler recorded 17 kills and 10 digs, and hit .412 (17-3-34), and junior Hannah Stout tallied 13 kills and hit .417 (13-3-24) in the match. * Emily Sullivan led the charge offensively for the Herd with 16 kills and hit at a .355 attacking clip. Elizabeth Herman chipped in with 10 kills, six digs and five block assists. Elizabeth Fleming tallied a match-high 42 assists, while adding nine digs and five kills. Kristin Marcum recorded a team-best 16 digs along with eight digs. Marshall (15-3, 3-1) came into the match tied for first in C-USA at 3-0,
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