DALLAS – Following a 2-0 weekend at home against Old Dominion, WKU Volleyball saw this pair of Hilltoppers recognized by Conference USA together for the fourth time this season. Nadia Dieudonne earned her sixth Setter of the Week honor of the season while Lauren Matthews collected her third Offensive Player of the Week of the season.
Dieudonne totaled 69 total assists to average 11.50 assists per set over the weekend while facilitating the Hilltopper offense to a collective .417 hitting clip. Dieudonne's connection with her offense was outstanding on Thursday, as her hitters connected for kills on 56.4 percent of her sets in the 3-0 sweep.
Dieudonne upped her assist output from match one to match two, going for 31 on Thursday and 38 on Friday, while also adding an attack rate of .353, seven kills, seven digs, three blocks and one ace herself.
Matthews racked up 30 total kills, hitting at a .605 clip and averaging 5.00 kills per set, while only committing four errors over the weekend. The middle hitter also averaged 0.83 blocks per set to help hold the Old Dominion offense to a combined .074 efficiency on the series.
Matthews' numbers also improved as the series progressed, hitting at a .579 clip on Thursday, and raising that to an astounding .625 on Friday. The Indianapolis native tallied 30 kills to go along with four blocks and six digs to help clinch the C-USA East Division Championship.
Monday's award marks the 17th for Dieudonne across her three seasons at WKU. Matthews' award is her third Offensive Player honor and fourth overall. Matthews is the only player in Conference USA to win Offensive Player of the Week and Defensive Player of the Week this season.
WKU has now seen four players rack up 12 total weekly awards this season.
2021 C-USA Offensive Players of the Week
A30 Lauren Matthews, WKU
S6 Anota Adekunle, Rice
S13 Fernanda Maida, UAB
S20 Rhett Robinson, North Texas
S27 Paige Briggs, WKU
O4 Fernanda Maida, UAB
O11 Lauren Matthews, WKU
O18 Rhett Robinson, North Texas
O25 Sydney Rowan, Charlotte
N1 Lauren Matthews, WKU
2021 C-USA Defensive Players of the Week
A30 Destiny Leon, Marshall
S6 Amani McArthur, Charlotte
S13 Henrianna Ibarra, North Texas
S20 McKenzie Johnson, Louisiana Tech
S27 Marley Banton, Middle Tennessee
O4 Olivia De Jesus, Old Dominion
O11 Essence Clerkley, Marshall
O18 Lauren Matthews, WKU
O25 Katie Isenbarger, WKU
N1 Anota Adekunle, Rice
2021 C-USA Setters of the Week
A30 Nadia Dieudonne, WKU
Kristen Fritsche, UTEP
S6 Nadia Dieudonne, WKU
S13 Carly Graham, Rice
S20 Teresa Atilano, Old Dominion
S27 Nadia Dieudonne, WKU
O4 Carly Graham, Rice
O11 Nadia Dieudonne, WKU
O18 Nadia Dieudonne, WKU
O25 Carly Graham, Rice
N1 Nadia Dieudonne, WKU
2021 C-USA Freshmen of the Week
A30 Klara Zarnovicka, Florida Atlantic
S6 Ema Uskokovic, UTEP
S13 Ema Uskokovic, UTEP
S20 Myah Conway, Old Dominion
S27 Shaylee Shore, Rice
O4 Andrea Owens, North Texas
O11 Kira Smith, Old Dominion
O18 Andrea Owens, North Texas
O25 Giada Bianchi, FIU
N1 Giada Bianchi, FIU
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