PROVIDENCE, R.I. – SMU senior Caroline Young and Houston senior Natalie Keck garnered American Athletic Conference Player of the Week honors, with Young being named Offensive Player of the Week and Keck as Defensive Player of the Week.
 
Young led the Mustangs to a 3-0 record on the weekend, capped off by a come-from-behind victory over No. 24 Oklahoma Saturday night. SMU trailed 2-0 in the match before storming back to pull off the upset. Young had eight kills in the tide-turning third set of the match vs. the Sooners, including one on the 25^th point for SMU. For the weekend, Young hit .303 with 3.83 kills/set to push the Mustangs’ winning streak to five.
 
Keck tallied an impressive 6.20 digs/set on the weekend for the Cougars, who went 2-1 on the weekend. Keck had 24 digs in a three-set match against UT Arlington Friday, following it up with a 27-dig performance over just four sets Saturday at McNeese State. For the year, Keck is third in The American with 5.18 digs/set.
 
Offensive Player of the Week
Caroline Young, SMU: .303 hitting percentage, 3.83 kills/set, led Mustangs to upset of No. 24 Oklahoma
 
Defensive Player of the Week
Natalie Keck, Houston: 6.20 digs/set, 24 digs in three sets Friday, 27 digs in four sets Saturday
 
Honor Roll
Lauren Wright, Memphis: .467 hitting percentage, 3.23 kills/set, hit .611 in win over Tennessee-Martin
Erin Fairs, USF: 4.18 kills/set, 4.18 digs/set, 20-kill, 25-dig performance Friday
Morgan Heise, SMU: 4.17 digs/set, helped Mustangs to upset of No. 24 Oklahoma to cap off 3-0 weekend
Alyssa Drachslin, Temple: 4.75 digs/set, had matches of 28 and 22 digs in 3-0 week for 6-0 Owls
Erica Bohannon, Tulsa: .311 hitting percentage, 3.45 kills/set as Golden Hurricane went 3-0