Volleyball | 11/14/2016 5:51:00 PM

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

The libero averaged 6.50 digs and 0.62 assists in a 2-0 week for the Eagles. She collected 27 digs and an assist at Georgia State Thursday and posted 25 digs and four assists against the Panthers Saturday. Beecher broke her own school record for digs in a season with 616. The old record was 604 set in 2012. 

She ranks seventh in the country in total digs and has 48 career matches with 20-plus digs. Already the school's all-time leader, Beecher has 2,363 digs for her career, 39 shy of moving into the top-25 in NCAA history. It's the second time she has earned the honor from the Sun Belt this season.

Georgia Southern finished third in the East Division and earned the No. 7 seed for the Sun Belt tournament Nov. 18-20 in Arlington, Texas. The Eagles will take on second-seeded Coastal Carolina, which won the East Division, Friday at 3:30 p.m. ET, and the contest will be broadcast live on ESPN3. The winner gets the winner of Texas State vs. South Alabama in the semifinals at 5 p.m. ET Saturday.

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