BIRMINGHAM – Texas A&M volleyball’s Kyndal Stowers and Eliza Sharp earned SEC Offensive Player of the Week and Defensive Player of the Week, respectively, following a pair of road victories, the league announced Monday afternoon.
The Aggies earned a pair of weekly conference honors, sweeping the offensive and defensive player accolades. Stowers secured her second Offensive Player of the Week honor of the year, while Sharp garnered her first career SEC weekly nod.
Stowers led the Maroon & White’s offense all weekend, opening up with a 14-kill outing versus Georgia. The senior tacked on a pair of aces and blocks to account for 17 points, while tallying 16 digs which matched her career high and secured a double-double. Following up versus then-No. 4 Kentucky she logged 16 kills in three sets, averaging 5.33 per frame. She once again hit double figure in digs with 10 to earn her fifth-consecutive double-double.
Sharp had her best weekend in conference play, recording 11 blocks in seven sets of work. She started with four stuffs against Georgia which included one solo and three assisted, while tacking on six kills in the win. Two days later versus the Wildcats the junior logged her highest block total in a league game with seven, averaging a staggering 2.33 per set to help secure the top five ranked victory.
Texas A&M returns to action this week, hosting No. 6 Tennessee Friday evening at Reed arena, with first serve set for 6:30 p.m.