JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The United Athletic Conference (UAC) has announced its weekly award winners for Women’s Soccer and Volleyball for Monday, October 26.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Player of the Week: Zahra Friess, Tarleton State
Friess posted two goals and an assist, with three shots on goal, in the Texans’ 4-0 shutout win on Sunday at home that clinched Tarleton State's UAC tournament spot.
Defensive Player of the Week: Zoe Ballard, Tarleton State
Ballard played a full 90 minutes in Tarleton State's shutout victory over Little Rock and anchored a defensive backline that allowed just three shots on goal.
Goalkeeper of the Week: Emily Dorfman, North Alabama
Dorfman picked up her fourth clean sheet of the year in a 1-0 North Alabama shutout victory over EKU that clinched the Lions' UAC tournament ticket. Dorfman tallied four saves in the match, stopping all four shots on goal from the Colonels.
VOLLEYBALL
Player of the Week: Addison Burke, EKU
Burke led the Colonels to another pair of sweeps and helped break EKU's program record of 13 straight wins, extending the streak to 15 matches. Last week, Burke posted a .434 hitting percentage and averaged 5.08 points, 4.50 kills, 3.33 digs and 0.50 blocks per set. Burke recorded a double-double against Little Rock with a match-high 13 kills and 12 digs and followed with another match-high 14 kills against Central Arkansas where she hit .542 in the match.
Setter Pair of the Week: Cooper Abney & Emilee Hill, EKU
Abney and Hill combined for 34 assists in each of EKU's sweeps last week to finish with an average of 11.34 assists per set. The pair led the Colonel offense that recorded a .304 hitting percentage between the two matches.
Defensive Player of the Week: Brennan Ramirez, Abilene Christian
Ramirez led the UAC last week with 50 digs and finished with 6.25 digs per set in a pair of 3-1 victories for ACU. Ramirez totaled 23 digs with no reception errors against North Alabama.
Freshman of the Week: Alyssa Todd, Abilene Christian
Todd led Abilene Christian to a couple of wins last week where she collected 4.13 kills per set and a .333 hitting percentage. Todd posted a team-high 17 kills with a .448 hitting percentage against North Alabama and notched her first career double-double against West Georgia where she recorded a match-high 16 kills and 11 digs.
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About the United Athletic Conference
The newly rebranded United Athletic Conference (UAC) is a competitive NCAA Division I conference sponsoring sixteen (16) sports and championships with nine (9) full member institutions including Abilene Christian University (Abilene, Texas), the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (Little Rock, Ark.), Austin Peay State University (Clarksville, Tenn.), the University of Central Arkansas (Conway, Ark.), Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond, Ky.), the University of North Alabama (Florence, Ala.), Tarleton State University (Stephenville, Texas), the University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, Texas), and the University of West Georgia (Carrollton, Ga.) with the University of West Florida (Pensacola, Fla.) as an affiliate member in football.