LAKELAND, Fla.- Upon conclusion of the regular season, Southeastern volleyball landed five individuals on All-Sun Conference teams.
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Earning First Team All-Sun Conference honors are
Grace Petty,
Emilia Harding, and
Alexandra Postlethwaite with
Tatyana Lyons and
Cambry Pope earning Second Team All-Conference honors.
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Petty earned First Team All-Conference honors for the second consecutive season, leading the Fire in kills with 271 (3.23 per set) and digs with 278 (3.31 per set). The senior also led the Fire in service aces with 35 and recorded 32 blocks. Throughout the season, Petty recorded a double-double on 10 different occasions and was named the conference Attacker of the Week twice.
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Harding was also named First Team All-Conference last season and was second on the team in kills this season with 228 total and 2.85 per set while hitting a team-best .309. Defensively, Harding recorded 54 blocks.
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Postlethwaite earned her second All-Conference honor after recording 711 assists for an average of 8.57 assists per set, ranking her third in the conference. The junior has aided a Fire offense that averages 12.9 kills per set while also recording 19 service aces and 213 digs, the third most on the team, and earned Setter of the Week honors on two different occasions.
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Lyons earned Second Team All-Conference honors after leading the defense with 72 total blocks for an average of .89 per set which ranks sixth in the conference. The graduate student also sits fourth on the team in kills with 183 total (2.26 per set). Lyons was named the conference Defender of the Week twice throughout the regular season.
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During the regular season, Pope averaged 2.56 kills pers set with 192 total and sits second on the team in digs with 220 total and 2.93 per set. The junior also recorded 37 blocks and 22 service aces and was named the conference Attacker of the Week on October 9
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Southeastern will next take on Keiser University in the SUN Semifinal on Friday at 4 p.m. in Miami Gardens, Fla.
