[Students] 9/9 VB: Texas A&M-Commerce's Flynn, Faudoa earn awards for play at Bearcat Challenge

[Danny Kambel]

The Lone Star Conference announced Tuesday that Texas A&M
University-Commerce junior libero Lauren Flynn earned Lone Star Conference
Co-Defensive Player of Week honors after her performance in the SBU Bearcat
Challenge Tournament last weekend in Bolivar, Mo.

³It¹s nice to see the LSC taking notice of her individual achievements last
weekend,² said Lions head volleyball coach Mark Pryor.

Flynn made it hard not to notice her play as she totaled 104 digs in four
matches against Wayne State, Missouri S&T, Southwest Baptist and Rockhurst.
She opened the tourney with a season-high 36-dig performance against
undefeated Wayne State and followed with a 22-dig effort in the Lions¹ 3-1
win over Missouri S&T. Flynn added 46 digs over the final two matches for an
average of 26 per match.

The Deer Park, Texas native¹s 6.93 digs per set throughout the tourney
helped lift her to the top of the LSC with 5.38 digs per set.

Flynn has accumulated 129 digs for the season and now has 1,395 for her
career, which moved her into second all-time in the A&M-Commerce record
books. She needs 249 more to take over the top spot.

³She is well on her way to becoming the A&M-Commerce record-holder in digs
and has the opportunity to put it out of reach for a long, long time,² said
Pryor.

Lions¹ setter Perla Faudoa made news as well after being named to the SBU
Bearcat Challenge all-tournament team.

³She did a great job of putting hitters in the right position at the right
time,² said Pryor. ³We are very pleased with her play, her level of energy,
and her leadership.²

Faudoa tallied 139 assists, 38 digs, 13 kills and two blocks for
A&M-Commerce in the two-day tournament. Wayne State¹s Jennifer Hefner (MVP)
and Danielle Wessel, Rockhurst¹s Maggie McGovern, Arkansas Tech¹s Racheal
Urquhart and Brennae Benda and SBU¹s Kinsey Palmer and Ashley Jurgensmeyer
joined her on the all-tournament team.