SLU freshman Newsome earns second Southland volleyball weekly honor

HAMMOND, La. – Southeastern Louisiana outside hitter Kailin Newsome earned Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors for the second time this season, the league office announced Tuesday.

Newsome recorded double-doubles in all three of the Lady Lions’ conference matches this past week, including a career-high 26 kills and 16 digs in Saturday’s win at then second-place Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

The freshman from Houston, Texas posted 11 kills and 13 digs in a five-set loss to Sam Houston before picking up 19 kills and setting a career best with 16 digs in a four-set win against Nicholls.

She averaged 4.00 kills per set over the course of the week, combining for 56 kills in 14 sets.

Newsome ranks third in the Southland in both kills (118) and kills per set (4.21).

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