CLEVELAND, Ohio - - For her role in leading the Ball State women's volleyball team to a 4-0 record and the Tiger Invitational championship last week, Meg Starling has been named the Mid-American Conference West Division Defensive Player of the Week.
Starling, a redshirt senior from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, earns the honor for the first time in her career after a dominating effort at the net last week in which she collected 23 total blocks and averaged 1.64 blocks-per-set. She opened the week with seven total blocks in the sweep of IUPUI (Sept. 11) and followed with seven more in the five-set victory over UMBC (Sept.