FRISCO, Texas – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Kyndal Payne, Belle Morgan and McNeese’s Bailey Tillman earn SLC Volleyball Weekly Awards as announced by the conference office on Monday. 

Offensive Player of the Week: Kyndal Payne, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi – Jr. – OH – Haslet, Texas (V.R. Eaton HS)
For the second time this season, Kyndal Payne is named the SLC Offensive Player of the Week. Payne averaged 4.50 kills per set through three sweeps for the Islanders. She turned in a .417 hitting percentage on the week and contributed 40.5 points for a 5.06 points per set average. She posted a 19-kill, 12-dig double-double in the win over HCU and recorded at least eight kills and five digs in all three matches. Payne totaled seven blocks, including three against both UIW and Nicholls. Kyndal leads the league in kills, kills per set, points, and points per set.

Defensive Player of the Week: Bailey Tillman, McNeese – Jr. – L – Sugar Land, Texas (Fort Bend Austin)
Bailey Tillman earned herself the title of SLC Defensive Player of the week for the third week in the row and for the fourth time this season. She continued her stellar back row play leading the Cowgirls in assists in all three matches last week. Tillman collected 55 digs for an average of 5.50 per set. She moved into ninth place in McNeese career digs with 18 against Texas A&M-Commerce to push her career total to 1,242.

Setter of the Week: Belle Morgan, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi – Gr. – S – Fort Mitchell. Ky. 
This is the fifth time this season that graduate transfer, Belle Morgan has earned herself the title of SLC Setter of the Week. Belle ran the offense to a perfect week of three sweeps for a .381 team hitting percentage. She recorded 121 assists for a 13.44 assists per set mark while adding nine kills herself for an individual .438 hitting clip on the week. She picked up seven digs against both UIW and HCU and had six service aces through the three matches, including four against Nicholls. Morgan leads the SLC in assists, recording at least 80 more than the rest of the league for a conference-best 12.47 assists per set average.
 

Date	Offensive	Defensive	Setter
Aug. 22	Rachel Hartmann, Southeastern	Kendall Mahaney, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Belle Morgan, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Sept. 4	Annamarie Alvarez, UIW	Audrey Pearce, Houston Christian	Grace McLaughlin, Houston Christian
Sept. 11	Kailin Newsome, Southeastern	Jacqueline Arrington, Southeastern	Megan Grose, McNeese
Sept. 18	Kayla Wilson, McNeese	Reaghan Thompson, Northwestern State	Belle Morgan, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Sept. 25	Kailin Newsome, Southeastern	Bailey Tillman, McNeese	Grace McLaughlin, Houston Christian
Oct. 2	Kyndal Payne, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Ashlyn Svoboda, Northwestern State	Belle Morgan, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Oct. 9	Rachel Hartmann, Southeastern	Kayla White, A&M-Corpus Christi	Gracie Duplechein, Southeastern
Oct. 16	Kailin Newsome, Southeastern	Bailey Tillman, McNeese	Belle Morgan, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Oct. 23	Rachel Hartmann, Southeastern	Bailey Tillman, McNeese	Gracie Duplechein, Southeastern
Oct. 30	Kyndal Payne, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Bailey Tillman, McNeese	Belle Morgan, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi