Troy University Athletics
Troy Volleyball Sweeps Weekly Sun Belt Awards
10/3/2023 3:02:00 PM | Volleyball
TROY, Ala. – Troy volleyball sweeps the conference weekly awards with Janelle Stuempfig earning Sun Belt Setter of the Week and Tori Hester earning Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced Tuesday morning.
The two Troy players are the first Trojans to be awarded players of the week this season, following a two-match sweep against Southern Miss to improve the team's five-match win streak.
Stuempfig tallied 101 assists in the sweep against USM and posted a career high 63 assists in Saturday's match. On the weekend, she averaged 12.63 assists per set.
"Janelle had one of her best weekends of the season," head coach Josh Lauer said. "She has been working diligently each week to improve her decision making and help our offense be more efficient, so I'm happy her efforts were rewarded by our conference coaches."
Hester posted a program record and career high of 36 kills through five sets during the match on Saturday to total 50 kills on the weekend – previous record had been in place since 2001, held by Rachel Hassen with 32. Hester posted 12 more kills than her closest competitor in the Sun Belt, Jasmine Rivest from Coastal Carolina.
"Tori had an outstanding weekend," Lauer said. "She took the match over on Saturday and turned in one the best, if not the best offensive performances in program history."
The two honorees are slated to travel to Marshall on Friday to begin a two-match series from Oct. 6-7.
The two Troy players are the first Trojans to be awarded players of the week this season, following a two-match sweep against Southern Miss to improve the team's five-match win streak.
Stuempfig tallied 101 assists in the sweep against USM and posted a career high 63 assists in Saturday's match. On the weekend, she averaged 12.63 assists per set.
"Janelle had one of her best weekends of the season," head coach Josh Lauer said. "She has been working diligently each week to improve her decision making and help our offense be more efficient, so I'm happy her efforts were rewarded by our conference coaches."
Hester posted a program record and career high of 36 kills through five sets during the match on Saturday to total 50 kills on the weekend – previous record had been in place since 2001, held by Rachel Hassen with 32. Hester posted 12 more kills than her closest competitor in the Sun Belt, Jasmine Rivest from Coastal Carolina.
"Tori had an outstanding weekend," Lauer said. "She took the match over on Saturday and turned in one the best, if not the best offensive performances in program history."
The two honorees are slated to travel to Marshall on Friday to begin a two-match series from Oct. 6-7.
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