Women's Volleyball

Cossich, Laughlin, and Ferguson Earn KCAC Women's Volleyball Weekly Honors

KANSAS — Maria Andrea Santa Cruz Cossich and Jaylea Laughlin, both of No. 12 Oklahoma Wesleyan University, and Abby Ferguson of Evangel University have earned this week's KCAC Women's Volleyball Attacker, Setter, and Defender of the Week honors, respectively, the conference office announced Monday. The three student-athletes were selected for their performances from Aug. 17-23 by a vote of conference sports information directors.
 

Attacker of the Week

Maria Andrea Santa Cruz Cossich - #12 Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Jr. | OH/OPP | Guatemala City, Guatemala


Cossich tallied 53 total kills (4.82 per set) as the Eagles went 1-2 at the Stars Invitational, hosted by Oklahoma City University. She also had six service aces on the week.
 
Match m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sta se sa sa/s r re rpt digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Aug 20 at Oklahoma City L, 3-1 1 4 20 5.00 5 56 .268 0 0.00 14 1 2 0.50 36 5 .861 18 4.50 0 1 1 0.25 22.5 5.6
Aug 21 vs. Texas A&M Texarkana W, 3-1 1 4 22 5.50 9 57 .228 1 0.25 12 3 2 0.50 20 0 1.000 22 5.50 0 2 2 0.50 25.0 6.3
Aug 21 vs. Wayland Baptist (TX) L, 3-0 1 3 11 3.67 10 33 .030 1 0.33 17 3 2 0.67 19 3 .842 9 3.00 0 2 2 0.67 14.0 4.7
Conference - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Overall 3 11 53 4.82 24 146 .199 2 0.18 43 7 6 0.55 75 8 .893 49 4.45 0 5 5 0.45 61.5 5.6
 


Setter of the Week

Jaylea Laughlin - #12 Oklahoma Wesleyan University

So. | S | Edmond, Okla.


Laughlin contributed 71 assists on the week (6.45 per set) as the Eagles competed at the Stars Invitational. She also tallied 28 digs, good for 2.55/set.
 

Match m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sta se sa sa/s r re rpt digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Aug 20 at Oklahoma City L, 3-1 1 4 0 0.00 0 3 .000 25 6.25 13 1 0 0.00 0 0 - 16 4.00 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
Aug 21 vs. Texas A&M Texarkana W, 3-1 1 4 1 0.25 0 3 .333 28 7.00 15 0 1 0.25 0 0 - 8 2.00 0 0 0 0.00 2.0 0.5
Aug 21 vs. Wayland Baptist (TX) L, 3-0 1 3 0 0.00 0 3 .000 18 6.00 8 0 0 0.00 0 0 - 4 1.33 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
Conference - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Overall 3 11 1 0.09 0 9 .111 71 6.45 36 1 1 0.09 0 0 - 28 2.55 0 0 0 0.00 2.0 0.2


 

Defender of the Week

Abby Ferguson - Evangel University

Fr. | MB/RS | Springfield, Mo.


Ferguson had an exceptional weekend defensively for the Valor, finishing with 19 total blocks at the OKC Stars Invite. Ferguson's weekend was highlighted by a nine-block performance against Wayland Baptist, as the freshman opened her collegiate career with strong defensive performances for EU.
 

Match m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sta se sa sa/s r re rpt digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Aug 21 vs. LSU Shreveport W, 3-1 1 4 4 1.00 1 10 .300 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 - 0 0.00 4 3 7 1.75 9.5 2.4
Aug 21 at Oklahoma City L, 3-0 1 3 1 0.33 0 3 .333 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 - 0 0.00 1 2 3 1.00 3.0 1.0
Aug 22 at Wayland Baptist (TX) W, 3-2 1 5 6 1.20 1 12 .417 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 - 1 0.20 0 9 9 1.80 10.5 2.1
Conference - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Overall 3 12 11 0.92 2 25 .360 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 - 1 0.08 5 14 19 1.58 23.0 1.9
  
  

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