Newberry Duo Sweeps SAC Volleyball Weekly Awards
After leading their team to three SAC victories last week, Newberry's Samantha Parrish and Blair Browning have been named the conference's weekly volleyball award winners, it was announced on Monday.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – After leading their team to three SAC victories last week, Newberry's Samantha Parrish and Blair Browning have been named the conference's weekly volleyball award winners, it was announced on Monday.
Parrish was selected as the SAC Player of the Week after averaging five kills and three digs per set last week while hitting a solid .324. She had double-doubles in the Newberry's wins over Anderson and Lenoir-Rhyne, finishing with 23 kills and 14 digs against the Trojans followed by 22 kills and 13 digs versus the Bears.
The junior eclipsed the 1,000-career kill mark last week, and her current total of 1,005 is just 125 shy of the all-time Newberry record.
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Browning, meanwhile, averaged 12.45 assists and 2.45 digs per set in Newberry's three wins to earn the conference's Specialist of the Week award.
The New Lexington, Ohio native had two double-doubles on the week, recording 55 assists and 15 digs against Anderson on Tuesday and 31 assists and 10 digs in Saturday's victory over Brevard.
Browning also added a combined eight kills in the three matches.