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Weekend sweep propels Engle, Lucas to C-USA weekly honors

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Western Kentucky's Jessica Lucas and Sydney Engle repeated Monday as the Conference USA Setter of the Week and Defensive Player of the Week, respectively. The Lady Toppers improved to 15-2 after a five-set victory over Florida Atlantic and a sweep of Charlotte on the road.

For the fourth consecutive week, Lucas has collected Setter of the Week honors after helping the offense to a .414 weekend hitting percentage. The Seymour, Ind., native registered an average of 13 assists per set while racking up 104 total assists across the eight sets.

In WKU’s five-set win at Florida Atlantic, Lucas and the WKU attackers were nearly perfect as 59 of her 64 sets (92.