Sept. 8, 2008

COLUMBIA, Mo.—The Big 12 office announced Monday that Missouri sophomore Caitlyn Vann (Muncie, Ind.) was named as the league's volleyball Defensive Player of the Week. Vann, collecting her first league honor, helped the Tigers (4-2) to a 2-1 record in the Spring Hill Suites at Arundel Mills Invitational in College Park, Md., last weekend, collecting 58 digs on the weekend (5.27 dps) including a Big 12 and career-high 34 in a five-set win over St. John's.

Mizzou swept host Maryland on Friday and won a 59-tie, 27-lead-change thriller over St. John's, a 2007 NCAA regional semifinalist, on Saturday. Kentucky, a 2007 NCAA-Tournament team, handed the Tigers its only loss in the tourney on Saturday morning.

Vann, the team's libero, also had double-digit dig totals in the sweep of Maryland (13) and against Kentucky (11).

Vann leads the Big 12 by a wide margin with 5.21 digs per set so far this season. Texas' Heather Kisner is next on the roll with 4.50 dps.

Mizzou travels to Reno, Nev., this weekend for Nevada's AT&T Invitational. Along with the Wolf Pack, No. 24 Pepperdine, and UC-Davis will be in attendance.

MIZZOU VOLLEYBALL HISTORY
Conference Players of the Week
 
BIG EIGHT
Oct. 29, 1990, Sherri Gentry
Sep. 14, 1992, Yvette Buhlig
Oct. 26, 1992, Yvette Buhlig
 
BIG 12
Oct. 16, 2000, Lisa Morris
Nov. 6, 2000, Heather Gerber
Oct. 15, 2001, Naaron Branson
Sep. 9, 2002, Shen Danru
Sep. 30, 2002, Mary Lauren Smith*
Sep. 29, 2003, Shen Danru
Sep. 5, 2005, Lindsey Hunter
Sep. 26, 2005, Nicole Wilson*
Sep. 4, 2006, Jessica Vander Kooi
Sep. 25, 2006, Jessica Vander Kooi*
Oct. 8, 2007, Weiwen Wang (Offensive)
Oct. 15, 2007, Tatum Ailes (Defensive)
Sept. 8, 2008, Caitlyn Vann (Defensive)

 

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