JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The United Athletic Conference picked Eastern Kentucky's
Addison Burke as the Player of the Week, and chose
Emilee Hill and
Cooper Abney as the Setter Pair of the Week.
EKU (20-2, 10-0 UAC) has won a program record 15 straight matches and will host Texas-Arlington on Thursday at 6 p.m. It will be Youth Sports Night and Trick-or-Treat with the Colonels. When the gates open at 5 p.m., kids will receive a FREE EKU trick-or-treat bag and can collect treats from EKU student-athletes throughout the concourse of Baptist Health Arena. Kids 12 and under will receive FREE admission.
Burke averaged 5.08 points, 4.50 kills, 3.33 digs, 0.50 blocks and 0.33 aces per set in two sweeps. The sophomore outside hitter from Fort Mill, South Carolina posted a .434 attack percentage. Burke finished with a match-high 13 kills and 12 digs with a .345 hitting percentage in 3-0 win over Little Rock. She had a match-high 14 kills, only one error in 24 attempts, a .542 attack percentage, eight digs, three blocks and two aces in sweep of second place Central Arkansas.
Hill and Abney combined to average 11.34 assists, 2.67 kills, 4.83 digs, 0.83 blocks and 0.50 aces per set. The duo quarterbacked an offense that posted a .304 attack percentage in two matches combined. Hill and Abney combined for 34 assists, 19 digs, seven kills, two aces and two blocks in 3-0 victory against Little Rock. They totaled 34 assists, 10 digs, nine kills, three blocks and one ace in the sweep of UCA.
Hill is a senior from Yorktown, Indiana. Abney is a junior from Marietta, Georgia.