FRISCO, Texas – The Southeastern Louisiana University volleyball team picked up its first Southland Conference weekly award of the year after the season's opening weekend as Rachel Hartmann was named the Conference's Offensive Player of the Week on Monday.
 
Hartmann, a junior setter and opposite from Slidell, made the most of her first weekend of Division I volleyball, averaging 2.64 kills per set with a .338 attack percentage over the 11 sets played in the three matches SLU appeared in as part of the Southeastern Showdown over the weekend. When she wasn't on the attack herself, she was setting up teammates as she averaged 3.73 assists on the weekend.
 
The transfer from William Carey tallied double-doubles in all three matches in the Southeastern Showdown, tallying 17 assists and 10 digs in the straight-sets win over Grambling, 13 kills and 12 assists in the four-set loss to (RV) Washington, and 12 kills and 12 assists in the four-set defeat to UTEP. Hartmann flirted with a triple-double in both of the four-set matches, racking up seven digs against the Huskies and nine digs against the Miners.
 
Hartmann and the rest of the Lady Lions (1-2) head out on the road for the first three of 13 straight matches away from home as Southeastern takes part in the Central Arkansas Invitational. SLU's first match in the UCA Invitational is at 1 p.m. on Friday against the Little Rock Trojans (0-3) before the Lady Lions wrap up day one with a 6 p.m. match against the host Sugar Bears (1-3). All matches at the Central Arkansas Invitational take place in the Prince Center on the UCA campus.
 
DIGGIN' IT CLUB / S CLUB
Fans interested in becoming active supporters of the Southeastern volleyball program are encouraged to join the Diggin' It Club. Lion volleyball alums are encouraged to join the exclusive S Club, which is restricted to Southeastern athletic letter winners.
 
All membership fees and donations to both the Diggin' It Club and S Club (volleyball) are available for the exclusive use of the Southeastern volleyball program. Membership information is available by contacting the Lion Athletics Association at laa@southeastern.edu or (985) 549-5091 or visiting www.LionUp.com.
 
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