Pair of Lady Rams Honored

MOBILE, Ala-- University of Mobile volleyball players Tasha Buchanan and Whitney Knight were honored by the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference and Region XIII Wednesday night.

Knight was tabbed GCAC and Region XIII Player of the Week, while Buchanan was named GCAC and Region XIII Libero of the Week. The regional award put both players up for the NAIA national player of the week awards, but those honors went to other players this week.

Mobile played 5 matches on the week and went 4-1, losing the home-opener to the University of South Alabama.

In those matches, Knight totaled 59 kills, 34 digs, 13 aces and 9 blocks. The Birmingham native finished with an attack percentage of .278. Her best game came at John Brown University, when she finished with 18 kills and 4 aces. The sophomore had 12 digs versus South Alabama.

Buchanan, from Van Buren, Ark., finished with 77 digs and 5 aces for the Lady Rams. She had 13 serve reception errors in 79 attempts. The senior's highs for the week came when she recorded 22 digs and had 0 errors in 19 attempts versus Lambuth University.

The Lady Rams next play Tuesday, September 11th at Spring Hill College for a 7:00 pm start time.

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