JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The United Athletic Conference picked EKU's Caitlyn Flees as the Defensive Player of the Week.
 
The Colonels, who have already clinched the regular season conference championship and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament, are 24-2 overall, 14-0 in the United Athletic Conference and ranked No. 35 in the NCAA Volleyball RPI.  EKU will close out the regular season with a pair of road matches this week at Tarleton State on Thursday and Abilene Christian on Saturday.
 
Flees anchored the defense in the middle with 2.00 blocks per set, the highest average by a UAC player last week.  She also averaged 0.33 digs and 1.17 kills per set.
 
The junior middle blocker from Kansasville, Wisconsin, led an EKU defense that held its opponents to a combined .010 hitting percentage.  She had a match-high nine blocks in road win at Austin Peay that clinched UAC Championship.  That total tied for the most blocks in a 3-set match by a UAC player this season.
 
Flees finished with three blocks and two digs in 3-0 sweep of West Georgia, helping hold the Wolves to a -.029 attack percentage.