Bowling Green, KY – After helping the #25 Cumberlands volleyball team to a pair of wins, a pair of Patriots captured MSC Player of the Week honors, conference officials announced Monday.  Sara Zampedri was named the MSC Attacker of the Week, while Alana Shiery notched MSC Defensive Player of the Week honors.

Zampedri recorded her fourth MSC Attacker of the Week honor, after tallying 27 kills and posting a .239 attacking percentage.  The grad student opened the week with 10 kills and nine digs in UC's win over Lindsey Wilson.  She followed that up with 17 kills, 5.67 k/s, in Cumberlands sweep over Union Commonwealth.  Zampedri closed out the week with 15 digs, four blocks, and three aces.
 
A career performance leads to Shiery earning her first MSC Defense Player of the Week this season and the second of her career.  The junior notched 17 blocks to go along with 14 kills in the Patriots two wins on the week.  Shiery opened the week with a career-high nine blocks to go along with four kills against the Blue Raiders.  The Harrisburg, PA native followed that up with eight blocks and ten kills in the Patriots win over Union, extending their win streak to ten straight.  Shiery has 108 blocks on the season and leads the MSC in blocks per set.

Cumberlands returns to the court Tuesday, October 27th, when they travel to Lebanon, TN to face Cumberland.  First serve is set for 6 p.m.
 
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