Monday, September 24, 2007

VIVIAN LACY NAMED SAC VOLLEYBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Tusculum College's Vivian Lacy has been named the South Atlantic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week, announced league officials Monday. This marks the second time in her career she has been named SAC Player of the Week.

Lacy, a 5-7 senior outside hitter from Palm Bay, Fla., helped the Pioneers to a perfect 4-0 mark, including a 3-1 conference win over Carson-Newman College.

The former standout from River Ridge High School averaged 5.5 kills over her three matches last week and posted a .366 hitting percentage. She chipped in with 15 digs and 10 blocks with a pair of aces over 10 games during the week. She had 20 kills and seven blocks in Tusculum’s four-game win over Carson-Newman and had 22 kills and six digs in a three-game sweep of Augusta State University

For the week, Lacy totaled 55 kills with an average of 1.5 digs and one block per game. She is currently the only player in the nation to post two matches with 30 or more kills.

The SAC Volleyball Player of the Week is selected by a vote of the league’s sports information directors.

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