ROCK HILL, S.C. – Freshman outside hitter Maggie Ayers earned WePlayed Sports South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Women's Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week honors, the league announced Monday afternoon.
Ayers, a Youngsville, North Carolina, native, blistered 34 kills on a terrific .456 hitting percentage across seven sets on the weekend, while Catawba picked up a massive victory on Saturday.
The freshman erupted for a career-high 21 kills, while hitting at a remarkable .621 percentage in Saturday's 3-1 win over Lincoln-Memorial, snapping the Railsplitters' six-match winning streak and sending the Catawba Indians to the SAC Championship Tournament.
Ayers added 13 kills on a .286 hitting percentage in three sets on Friday against Carson-Newman.
Catawba (14-12, 10-12, SAC) completed the regular season with its most wins in a decade and earned a spot in the SAC Championship Tournament, where they'll face top-seeded Anderson at the Rock Hill Sports & Event Center on Tuesday, November 10th at 11:30 a.m.
