JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The United Athletic Conference (UAC) has announced its weekly award winners for Women’s Soccer and Volleyball for Monday, November, 2.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Player of the Week: Charlotte Sobotka, North Alabama
Sobotka tallied four points on one goal and two assists in a 3-0 victory over West Georgia on Sunday. Sobotka assisted the Lions' first two goals before capping the match with a goal of her own in the 76th minute, contributing to all three scores in the victory.
Defensive Player of the Week: Gracie Tyrrell, North Alabama
Tyrrell helped North Alabama close the regular season with a pair of clean sheets, leading a Lions' backline that limited its opponents to a combined six shots on goal. Tyrell played all 90 minutes in a scoreless draw against Austin Peay on Thursday before logging 82 minutes in Sunday's 3-0 shutout victory over West Georgia.
Goalkeeper of the Week: Anna Kathryn Harrell, Central Arkansas
Harrell accumulated a .933 save percentage following a pair of draws for Central Arkansas where Harrell collected 14 saves in 15 shots on goal faced. Harrell posted 10 saves versus Little Rock on Thursday and recorded a clean sheet against Tarleton State on Sunday with four saves.
VOLLEYBALL
Player of the Week: Evyn Snook, UT Arlington
Snook led UT Arlington to a five-set battle with EKU and a sweep over Austin Peay where she totaled 40 kills, 14 digs and a .361 hitting percentage between both matches. Snook recorded 23 kills in a match where UTA challenged EKU to its first five-set contest since Sept. 19. She followed with 17 kills and a season-best .405 hitting percentage in a three-set victory against Austin Peay.
Setter Pair of the Week: Kinslee McGowan & Landri Ross, North Alabama
McGowan and Ross combined 102 assists for North Alabama to average 11.33 assists per set. McGowan notched two double-doubles with 22 assists and 14 digs versus Tarleton State and 31 assists and 13 digs against EKU. Ross tied her career-high of 28 assists in the victory over the Texans on Thursday.
Defensive Player of the Week: Leddy Rae Guinn, Tarleton State
Guinn anchored a Tarleton State defense that held the opposition to a.165 hitting percentage on the week while accumulating 56 total digs. Guinn tallied 33 digs in a reverse sweep against West Georgia, matching a Texan Division-I program record and posting her fifth-straight match with at least 20 digs.
Freshman of the Week: Alyssa Todd, Abilene Christian
Todd led Abilene Christian to a pair of road wins at Central Arkansas and Little Rock, registering 34 total kills with a .357 hitting percentage. Todd recorded a double-double against the Trojans (22 kills and 10 digs) where she set a season-high in kills and a season-best hitting percentage (.476).
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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.