Date Posted: 10/22/2007

MACON, Ga. – Patience paid off for Lipscomb’s Sarah Snider as the dynamic outside hitter earned Atlantic Sun Player of the Week honors following a record setting performance.

The junior set A-Sun records for kills with 37 and total attempts with 109 in a five-game match, a 3-2 win at Tennessee-Chattanooga to start the week. The old record was 35 set twice by UCF’s Leyre Santaella Sante against Stephen F. Austin Sept. 7, 2002 and a second time versus Belmont Sept. 28, 2001. Her 37 kills ties Cori Dayton of Charlotte for the most by an individual this season.

Snider added a match-high 14 kills Saturday in a 3-0 sweep of A-Sun foe Kennesaw State. Additionally, she added double figure digs in both matches as well. The Alabama transfer paced the Lady Bisons in kills for the 17th time this season and has finished in double figures in kills 20 times this year. Snider, a native of Oswego, Ill., leads the conference in kills (5.14) and points (5.65) and looks to become just the third A-Sun player to average better than five kills per game since 2001.

The Lady Bisons have won a school record eight straight matches, climbing into a tie for third in the conference standings.

The Atlantic Sun Conference is a 12-member league committed to Building Winners for Life, with a focus on academic and athletic integrity and a balance between the two for the student-athlete, and maintaining a high level of sportsmanship. Headquartered in Macon, Ga., the A-Sun encompasses six of the top eight media markets in the Southeast. The A-Sun consists of some of the most dynamic private and public institutions in the region: Belmont University, Campbell University, East Tennessee State University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Gardner-Webb University, Jacksonville University, Kennesaw State University, Lipscomb University, Mercer University, University of North Florida, University of South Carolina Upstate and Stetson University.

Other Top Performers

Regina Feagin, Gardner-Webb (So. – S – Bloomington, Ill. – Undeclared) – Set a school record with 73 assists in a 3-2 win over USC Upstate.

Melissa Merchant, Jacksonville (Sr. – MB – Oakley, Calif. – Political Science) – Tallied 33 kills and a .441 hitting percentage to go along with 14 blocks in the Dolphins 2-1 effort last week.

Colleen Nilson, Belmont (Sr. – S – McHenry, Ill. – Political Science) – Established a new A-Sun record for career assists with 5462.

Jesicah Ambrisco, USC Upstate (So. – OH – Iowa City, Iowa. – Elementary Education) – Added a team-high 22 kills, her third game of 20 or more kills this season, in five-match loss to Gardner-Webb.

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