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Sauer Named OVC Defensive Player of the Year
11/18/2009 4:15:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Sophomore libero Kayleah Sauer became the second Murray State volleyball player to earn Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors, when she earned the tile for the 2009 season. Sauer was also one of three Racers to be named to the 2009 All-OVC Second Team, as voted on by the league's head coaches and sports information directors.
Sauer is joined by sophomore setter Becca Lamb. This is the second time that MSU has had three players named to the All-OVC Second Team, with the first occurring in the 1997 campaign.
Sauer finished the 2009 OVC campaign ranked No. 2 in the OVC standings in digs per set against league opponents (5.57) and eighth on the service aces per set chart (0.30). The Louisville, Ky., native also recently became the 13th member of the MSU 1,000 Dig Club, when she recorded the needed dig against Southeast Missouri State, Nov. 10. Sauer has now recorded 1,036 career digs, including 512 in 2009.
Guo earned All-OVC Second Team honors for the second season in a row. The DaTong, Shanxi, China, native has been running the offensive for the Racers for the past two seasons and currently has 2,193 assists to her credit. Guo is ranked third in the OVC this season with 10.81 assists per set and is also sixth in hitting percentage, with a .313 (98k-22e-243ta) mark. The setter has also added 21 service aces, 187 digs and 48 (3-45) total blocks to her career totals this year.
Lamb earned the first OVC honor of her career, with her All-OVC Second Team nod. The Highland, Ill., native has a .316 (190k-50e-443ta) hitting percentage on the year, good for the No. 3 spot on the OVC charts. She is second on the team with 267 kills and third in blocks (5-52=57). She recently recorded her first career double-double in the Racers 3-1 victory over Southeast Missouri State, Nov. 10, with 11 kills and 10 digs.
All three will be presented with their awards prior to the start of the start of their quarterfinal match of the OVC Tournament against Tennessee Tech, Thursday, Nov. 19 at 4:30 p.m. in Jacksonville, Ala.
Sauer is joined by sophomore setter Becca Lamb. This is the second time that MSU has had three players named to the All-OVC Second Team, with the first occurring in the 1997 campaign.
Sauer finished the 2009 OVC campaign ranked No. 2 in the OVC standings in digs per set against league opponents (5.57) and eighth on the service aces per set chart (0.30). The Louisville, Ky., native also recently became the 13th member of the MSU 1,000 Dig Club, when she recorded the needed dig against Southeast Missouri State, Nov. 10. Sauer has now recorded 1,036 career digs, including 512 in 2009.
Guo earned All-OVC Second Team honors for the second season in a row. The DaTong, Shanxi, China, native has been running the offensive for the Racers for the past two seasons and currently has 2,193 assists to her credit. Guo is ranked third in the OVC this season with 10.81 assists per set and is also sixth in hitting percentage, with a .313 (98k-22e-243ta) mark. The setter has also added 21 service aces, 187 digs and 48 (3-45) total blocks to her career totals this year.
Lamb earned the first OVC honor of her career, with her All-OVC Second Team nod. The Highland, Ill., native has a .316 (190k-50e-443ta) hitting percentage on the year, good for the No. 3 spot on the OVC charts. She is second on the team with 267 kills and third in blocks (5-52=57). She recently recorded her first career double-double in the Racers 3-1 victory over Southeast Missouri State, Nov. 10, with 11 kills and 10 digs.
All three will be presented with their awards prior to the start of the start of their quarterfinal match of the OVC Tournament against Tennessee Tech, Thursday, Nov. 19 at 4:30 p.m. in Jacksonville, Ala.
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