Anna Ferguson earns Southland player of week honor
10/12/2009 3:30:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Sam Houston State senior middle blocker Anna Ferguson has earned Southland Conference Volleyball "Offensive Player of the Week" honors after leading the Bearkats to a pair of road league victories Thursday and Saturday.
Southland Conference players-of-the-week are decided by vote of the league's sports information directors. Ferguson takes home her first award of the season giving the Bearkats three player of the week awards in the last two weeks.
Ferguson led Sam Houston volleyball to a pair of five-set road wins at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and UTSA. The victories extended the Bearkats' current winning streak to five, the longest for Sam Houston since 2005.
Sam Houston is currently 5-1 and in first place in the Southland West Division, the team's best conference start in five seasons. Sam Houston now has wins over each of the teams in the West Division.
Ferguson totaled 18 kills against the Islanders and a season high 24 kills in the victory over UTSA. For the weekend, Ferguson had 42 kills and only six errors in 91 attempts to produce a .391 hitting percentage.
The Southland's volleyball defensive player of the week was Danielle Daigle of Nicholls.
Sam Houston State brings its five-match winning streak back to Johnson Coliseum Wednesday when the Bearkats play host to Southeastern Louisiana. Match time is 7 p.m.
Tickets for Sam Houston home volleyball matches are $5 for adults and $3 for youth.
For complete ticket information for all Bearkat sports, go to www.gobearkats.com or contact the Sam Houston State athletic ticket office located in the Ron Mafrige Field House in the south end zone of Bowers Stadium. Ticket office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The ticket office telephone number is (936) 294-1729.
