Tennessee's Morgahn Fingall, a graduate student right side from Fairfax, Va., averaged 6.57 points and 5.71 kills per set and hit .421 on the week to help the Lady Vols to a pair of road wins at Loyola Chicago and No. 24 Marquette. Fingall recorded a season-high 22 kills along with seven digs and two aces in the four-set victory against the Ramblers. She followed that 18 kills, a season-high six blocks, three digs and a .471 hitting percentage in the three-set win over the Golden Eagles.
Co-Defensive Player of the Week
Courtney Jackson
Arkansas
L • Jr.
Olathe, Kan.
Arkansas' Courtney Jackson, a junior libero from Olathe, Kan., averaged 5.00 digs per set in three wins for the Razorbacks and was named MVP of the University Plaza Invitational for her efforts this past week. Jackson reached double digits in each match, including a season-high 24 digs against host Western Kentucky. She tallied a team-high 60 digs over the weekend and helped the Razorback defense hold their opponents to a .175 hitting percentage.
Co-Defensive Player of the Week
Ifenna Cos-Okpalla
Texas A&M
MB • So.
Flower Mound, Texas
Texas A&M's Ifenna Cos-Okpalla, a sophomore middle blocker from Flower Mound, Texas, averaged 2.80 blocks per set over three matches this past week at the Texas A&M Invitational. In Thursday's opening win against Utah State, Cos-Okpalla broke her own program record for total blocks in a three-set match with 14, which also ties the SEC all-time mark for all three-set matches. She also tallied nine blocks in the sweep over Northern Iowa and five more blocks in the finale against TCU.
Setter of the Week
Caroline Kerr
Tennessee
S • RS-Fr.
Champaign, Ill.
Tennessee's Caroline Kerr, a redshirt-freshman from Champaign, Ill., averaged 14.14 assists per set and led the Lady Vols to a .389 team hitting percentage in the wins at Loyola Chicago and No. 24 Marquette. Kerr opened the weekend by eclipsing the 50-assist mark for the second match in a row, tallying 51 assists and seven digs in four sets against Loyola Chicago. She then posted 48 assists and helped UT to a .438 hitting percentage in the three-set victory over Marquette.
Freshman of the Week
Kennedy Martin
Florida
RS • Fr.
Fort Mill, S.C.
Florida's Kennedy Martin, a freshman right side from Fort Mill, S.C., averaged 5.05 points, 3.73 kills and 1.91 blocks per set in three wins at the Gators Invitational. Martin began the week with 17 kills, seven digs and seven blocks in the five-set win over Sacramento State. She then registered a team-best 14 kills, nine digs and a career-high nine blocks in the sweep over Clemson. Martin closed out the invitational with 10 kills on a .368 hitting percentage along with five digs, five blocks and a pair of aces in the sweep over Winthrop.
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