Volleyball | 10/3/2016 4:09:00 PM

NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference has named Georgia Southern libero Alex Beecher (Orlando, Fla./Bishop Moore) its Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced today.

Beecher averaged 4.62 digs and 1.75 assists per set in a 2-0 week for the Eagles. She logged 23 digs and nine assists against South Alabama, giving her 41 career matches with 20-plus digs, and added 14 digs and five assists against Troy. 

Beecher ranks second in the league in digs per set and total digs and third in service aces. Already the school's all-time leader in digs, the redshirt senior now has 2,080 career digs, 322 shy of moving into the top-25 in NCAA history.

She is the second Eagle to win a Sun Belt weekly award this season as Katie Bange was named Offensive Player of the Week Sept. 12.

The Eagles host Appalachian State and Coastal Carolina in a pair of Sun Belt matches at Hanner Fieldhouse next week. GS faces App at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Coastal Carolina at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. 

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