9/28/2009 - VOLLEYBALL Ashley Weers Steers Camels to Best League Start

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MACON, Ga. – On Monday, the Atlantic Sun Conference announced its weekly volleyball honors with Ashley Weers of Campbell winning her second Player of the Week award.

Senior middle blocker Ashley Weers averaged 3.00 kills and 1.00 blocks per set, leading Campbell to its fifth consecutive Atlantic Sun win, and its best league start in program history. Weers converted 36 of 82 attack attempts with just eight errors for a .341 rate, and still leads the A-Sun with .373 clip. Weers’ 12 blocks, that included seven assisted and five solo, tied for a team high, matched only by junior middle Caitlin Bendy, who totaled 10 assisted and two solo. Weers recorded 13 kills on 26 attempts with only one error for a .462 hitting percentage against ETSU, her seventh attack rate over .400 this season. Weers added two blocks, one solo and one assisted. Against USC Upstate, Weers posted nine kills and five blocks, including three assisted and two solo.

Earlier in the week, the Littleton, Colo. native led the Camels with 14 kills on just 25 attempts with two miscues, hitting .480 against East Carolina. Weers also tallied five blocks, three assisted and two solo, with an ace. Weers continued to move up on Campbell’s all-time blocks list as well, skipping both Jennie Heires (232, 1989-90) and Femi Alabi (234, 2005-07) for seventh on the total blocks list against ECU. The senior middle has collected 243 total blocks in her CU career, with 194 (No. 6 all-time) assisted and 49 solo. Weers’ accomplishments have led Campbell to a 10-5 overall mark on the season and a 5-1 A-Sun tally for only the third time in program history. The mark matches the records of both the 1998 and 2000 squads’ six-game starts. This year's Camels became the-third fastest Campbell team to 10 wins in school history, hitting the mark in 15 matches. The 1998 team hit double digit wins on its 14th try, while in 1997, the Camels started the year 17-0. The win versus the Bucs marked the Camels' first ever over the Buccaneers in seven tries.

The Atlantic Sun Conference is an 11-member league committed to Building Winners for Life. The A-Sun stands for achievement with integrity in both the academic and athletic arenas, with a focus on the balance between the two for our student-athletes. Headquartered in Macon, Ga., the A-Sun boasts six of the top eight media markets in the Southeast. The A-Sun includes a blend of the most prestigious and dynamic private and public institutions in the region: Belmont University, Campbell University, East Tennessee State University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Jacksonville University, Kennesaw State University, Lipscomb University, Mercer University, University of North Florida, University of South Carolina Upstate and Stetson University.

Other Top Performers
Maggie Johnson – Belmont (So. - OH - Naperville, Ill. - Undeclared) -- Johnson led the Bruins back to .500 (8-8) with three victories last week, totaling 53 kills and 29 digs. At Chattanooga, Johnson notched a double-double in two matches with 17 kills and 11 digs and collected 16 kills and a career-high 14 digs against Mercer. Johnson also recorded a career-high 20 kills to guide Belmont to a comeback win against Kennesaw State after a two-set deficit and tied a career high of four blocks against the Owls. Johnson set another career high against Mercer with four aces and became just the third player in the A-Sun to surpass 200 kills on the season last week, now with a total of 204.

Alex Kelly – Lipscomb (Jr. - MH - Kansas City, Mo. - Marketing) -- Kelly became only the fourth player in the history of the program to break the 1,000 kills mark for her career with 16 against Mercer Friday night. She added 10 against Kennesaw State Sunday as the Lady Bisons ran their record to 7-0 in the A-Sun, including 21 set wins without a loss. She had a match-high 16 kills against Mercer and a double-double against the Owls with 10 kills and 13 digs.

Kaley Read – UNF (Jr. - OH - Tampa, Fla. - Nutrition) -- Read led the Ospreys to a split on the weekend, notching 23 kills against FGCU and moving into UNF's all-time kills top-10 list.

Brooke Singleton – Jacksonville (Sr. - OH - Roseville. Ill. - Geography) -- Singleton had a career weekend to help push the Dolphins' match winning streak to five with wins versus FGCU and Stetson. In an epic five-set contest with the Eagles, she finished with 14 kills and a career-high 18 digs to notch her third career double-double. In a sweep of Stetson, Singleton kept things rolling with a career-high 17 kills and nine digs while also hitting .375 (17-5-32) in the contest. For the week, Singleton led the squad with 31 kills, a 3.88 kills per set average and three aces while ranking second with 27 digs and a 3.38 digs per set average and hitting .333.

Morgan Thomas – USC Upstate (So. - MB - Plantation, Fla. - Undeclared) -- Thomas posted 15 kills and six blocks on Tuesday at Presbyterian she tallied a stretch of eight kills in as many swings between the first and third sets. Against Campbell, Thomas notched 10 kills, a dig and a block.