SoCon Announces Volleyball Players of the Week

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Junior outside hitter Allie Sweet of the UNC Greensboro (UNCG) volleyball team earned her third Southern Conference (SoCon) Offensive Player of the Week this season, announced by the league office on Monday.

Sweet led the Spartans offensively with 34 kills and a 5.67 kills per set average in the team's back-to-back straight set wins at Tennessee Tech this past weekend.

In addition to averaging a .333 hitting percentage, the Woodstock, Georgia, native also added 19 digs and 4.0 total blocks. She notched her 36th career double-double and 13th of the season in Saturday's win over the Golden Eagles, leading the match with 16 kills and 14 digs.

Sweet currently leads the nation in attacks per set (13.24), points (432.0) and total kills (378) and is second in points per set (5.68) and total attacks (1,006).

As a team, the Spartans are second in the SoCon in assists per set (12.34), hitting percentage (.233) and kills per set (13.34).

The SoCon weekly award is Sweet's seventh of her career and third this season. In addition, it is the fifth weekly award for the Spartans this year as Izora Gragg has earned SoCon Setter of the Week twice this season (Aug. 31 & Sept. 7).

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