DALLAS – Following a 2-0 weekend on the road against Charlotte, WKU Volleyball saw this pair of Hilltoppers recognized by Conference USA together for the fifth time this season. Nadia Dieudonne earned her seventh Setter of the Week honor of the season while Lauren Matthews collected her fourth Offensive Player of the Week of the season.
Dieudonne totaled 106 total assists to average 13.25 assists per set over the weekend while facilitating the Hilltopper offense to a collective .328 hitting clip. Dieudonne's connection with her offense remained excellent, as her hitters connected for kills on 48 percent of her sets across the series.
The fifth-year senior racked up a season-best 55 assists on Friday, while also adding an attack rate of .444, four kills, nine digs, two blocks and two aces. In Saturday's match, she added another 50-assist outing, totaling 51 assists, four kills, six digs, three blocks and two kills.
Matthews tallied 45 total kills, hitting at a .493 clip and averaging 5.63 kills per set, while only committing nine errors in eight sets over the weekend despite facing a tough 49ers' block. The middle hitter also averaged 1.25 blocks per set herself to help hold the Charlotte offense to a combined .189 efficiency across the series.
Matthews' numbers also improved as the weekend progressed, working at a .472 clip on Friday, and raising that to a remarkable .514 on Saturday. The senior finished the final regular season match posting 23 kills, five blocks and two digs.
Monday's award marks the 18th for Dieudonne across her three seasons at WKU. Matthews' award is her fourth Offensive Player honor and fifth overall of the season. 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 14 collective 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
N8 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
N8 Alyssa Sianez, UTEP
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
N8 Nadia Dieudonne, WKU
Carly Graham, Rice
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
N8 Myah Conway, Old Dominion
How to Follow WKU Volleyball: For complete information on WKU Volleyball, follow the team on Twitter at @WKUVolleyball and head coach Travis Hudson at @TravisHudsonWKU. The team is also on Instagram and Facebook.
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