Barber and Konovodoff Earn BIG EAST Top Weekly Honors
11/5/2019 3:09:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Barber is Offensive Player of the Week, Konovodoff Named Defensive
NEW YORK – Marquette's Allie Barber and Martha Konovodoff pick up BIG EAST Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively, after leading the Golden Eagles to a 2-0 weekend. Barber earns her third-consecutive Offensive Player of the Week award and her fifth on the season, while Konovodoff is tabbed Defensive Player of the Week for the fifth time in her career and first time in 2019. Creighton's Keeley Davis is the Freshman of the Week for the eighth time this season after pacing the Bluejays in two sweeps last weekend.
Offensive Player of the Week
Allie Barber, Marquette, Sr., OH (Cedarburg, Wis.)
Barber led a balanced Marquette offense to wins over Xavier and Butler last weekend. The senior outside hitter led all BIG EAST players with an average of 4.67 kills per set in six sets of competition. Barber posted 15 kills on 27 swings with just three errors to hit .444 in a three-set sweep over Xavier on Friday night. Sunday afternoon, Barber recorded 13 kills at a .357 clip to go along with five digs as the 10th ranked Golden Eagles left Hinkle Fieldhouse victorious over Butler. Barber leads the conference in kills per set in all matches (4.69) and conference only matches (4.63). The senior became just the third player in Marquette history to reach 1,700-career kills and needs just 24 more to become MU's all-time kills leader.
Defensive Player of the Week
Martha Konovodoff, Marquette, Jr., L (Sugar Grove, Ill.)
Konovodoff led the BIG EAST in digs per set last weekend with an average of 5.17 en route to a 2-0 mark for the No. 10 Golden Eagles. In Friday night's 3-0 sweep of Xavier, the junior posted a match-high 18 digs, six assists, and one service ace. Saturday afternoon Konovodoff recorded a match-high 13 digs while dishing out eight assists and one service ace. The junior libero currently sits in fifth in all-time digs at Marquette.
Offensive Player of the Week
Allie Barber, Marquette, Sr., OH (Cedarburg, Wis.)
Barber led a balanced Marquette offense to wins over Xavier and Butler last weekend. The senior outside hitter led all BIG EAST players with an average of 4.67 kills per set in six sets of competition. Barber posted 15 kills on 27 swings with just three errors to hit .444 in a three-set sweep over Xavier on Friday night. Sunday afternoon, Barber recorded 13 kills at a .357 clip to go along with five digs as the 10th ranked Golden Eagles left Hinkle Fieldhouse victorious over Butler. Barber leads the conference in kills per set in all matches (4.69) and conference only matches (4.63). The senior became just the third player in Marquette history to reach 1,700-career kills and needs just 24 more to become MU's all-time kills leader.
Defensive Player of the Week
Martha Konovodoff, Marquette, Jr., L (Sugar Grove, Ill.)
Konovodoff led the BIG EAST in digs per set last weekend with an average of 5.17 en route to a 2-0 mark for the No. 10 Golden Eagles. In Friday night's 3-0 sweep of Xavier, the junior posted a match-high 18 digs, six assists, and one service ace. Saturday afternoon Konovodoff recorded a match-high 13 digs while dishing out eight assists and one service ace. The junior libero currently sits in fifth in all-time digs at Marquette.
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