Macey Pool, Southwestern University, Volleyball - Defensive Player of the Week (Week 9)

Macey Pool, Southwestern University, Volleyball - Defensive Player of the Week (Week 9)
MACEY POOL OF SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, a junior outside hitter from Spring, Texas, has been named SCAC Volleyball Defensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, October 20th through Sunday, October 26th.

Pool led the Pirates to a huge 4-0 weekend to lock of the No. 2 seed in the upcoming SCAC Volleyball Tournament and give a big boost to Southwestern's national postseason hopes.

Pool led Southwestern with 106 digs in the span of six games (5.05/set) including 68 over the conference weekend (4.86/set). Pool opened the weekend with 22 digs in a 3-0 win over St. Thomas. She followed that up with 16 digs in a 3-1 win over Our Lady of the Lake. 

During the Cross-Divisional play, Pool's biggest day game came against eighth-ranked Colorado College, where the junior had 25 digs in the five set victory to go with 15 kills. She also had an impressive 19 and 17 dig performance against Dallas and Austin College.

For the season, Pool is fourth in conference play with 133 kills and fifth in digs with 216. She is eighth in the SCAC with 3.93 digs per set.

Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Junior defensive specialist Rachel Fusselman of Austin College had an outstanding weekend for Austin College, averaging 5.9 digs per set, including notching 30 digs in a win over Schreiner. Freshman Desiree Frey of Centenary finsihed with 33 digs on the weekend including a 14 dig performance against Jarvis Christian and a 12 dig performance against Schreiner. Sophomore outside hitter Abbe Holtze of Colorado College picked up 79 digs for the weekend including a 30 dig performance against Texas Lutheran and a 25 dig performance against Southwestern. She also led the team with 56 kills. Sophomore outside hitter Jessie Koster of Dallas had a huge weekend with 112 digs including 91 during the conference weekend. She had 43 digs in the five set victory over Texas Lutheran and 21 digs in the victory over Dallas Christian. Senior defensive specialist Megan Lee of Texas Lutheran capped off her home career at TLU with a career-best 52 digs in a 3-2 loss against Dallas, the fourth most digs in SCAC Volleyball history. Senior outside hitter Layne Hubbard of Trinity led the team with 48 total digs (4.80/set) for the weekend, that saw the Tigers earn four 3-0 victories – including a sweep of eighth-ranked Colorado College on Sunday morning. Schreiner did not nominate anyone.
 
SCAC Volleyball Defensive Players-of-the-Week
Week 1 Megan Lee, Texas Lutheran University
Week 2 Erin Cusenbary, Trinity University
Week 3 Megan Lee, Texas Lutheran University
Week 4 Shannon Courtney, Trinity University
Week 5 Chandler Lentz, Southwestern University
Week 6 Presleigh Watson, Austin College
Week 7 Sophie Merrifield, Colorado College
Week 8 Layne Hubbard, Trinity University 
Week 9 Macey Pool, Southwestern University