Murray State University Athletics
Wong named to All-OVC Second Team, Sun, Zhan make Honorable Mention
11/18/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Sophomore setter Nikki Wong was named to the All-Ohio Valley Conference Second Team for the second year in a row.
Sophomore outside hitter Paige Sun and freshman outside hitter Lilli Zhan were named to the All-OVC Honorable Mention Team. Zhan was also named to the OVC All-Freshman Team.
Voting was done by the league's volleyball coaches. Coaches could not vote for their own players.
Wong led the league for most of the season in assists per game, finishing the 2003 regular season at the top with 12.51 per game. She ranked sixth in attack percentage at .287, and had two triple-doubles this season (against OVC rivals Eastern Kentucky and Southeast Missouri), twice as many as the rest of the conference, bringing her career total to six.
In conference-only statistics, on which the voting was based, she still led the OVC with 13.37 assists per game.
Sun led the league throughout most of the season in kills per game, closing out the regular season on top with 4.67 kills per game. She ranked fifth in attack percentage at .290 and eighth in digs with 4.04 digs per game. She had 20 double-doubles in 26 matches this season.
In conference-only statistics, she ranked second in kills per game at 5.15 kpg, was sixth in attack percentage at .316 and ninth with 4.11 digs per game.
Zhan ranked third in the OVC in attack percentage at .351. In conference-only statistics, she led the league in that category at .375, and was 10th in kills with 3.82 kills per game.
Murray State (15-11), the No. 6 seed, opens at the OVC Championship Tournament in Morehead, Ky., on Thursday at 6 p.m. CT against No. 3 Southeast Missouri (11-18). The winner of that match plays No. 2 Jacksonville State (23-7) on Friday at 6 p.m. CT. The championship match will be played on Saturday at noon CT.
