Lily Chapman was named the female athlete of the month honors after recording 149 kills, 123 digs, 15 blocks, and six aces over UC’s ten games. The junior has tallied double-digit kill in nine consecutive matches, has notched eight double-doubles, including seven straight, and is averaging 4.03 kills per set over the month. The Iron Station, NC native opened the month with 14 kills and 11 digs in the sweep over Union. Her strong play carried over into conference matches, where she averaged 17.6 kills per match over the course of October. She tallied 19 kills and 14 digs against UT Southern and the following week helped lead the Patriots to a 3-1 win over (RV) Campbellsville when she recorded a season-high 22 digs to go along with 13 kills. Chapman converted a season-high 24 kills to pair with 16 digs as UC completed the season sweep over Georgetown for the first time in program history. The junior closed out the month with a 14 kills, 10 dig performance in the win at Shawnee State to lift Cumberlands to a 7-3 record on the month. Chapman is currently ranked second in the MSC in kills per set at 3.90, while her 359 kills are fourth most. She is currently fourth in program history with 1,224 kills.
