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Petties, Coulter Earn SEC Weekly Honors
August 29, 2022 | Volleyball
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Mississippi State's Sania Petties and Gabby Coulter collected a pair of SEC weekly honors following the Bulldogs' sweeps over Milwaukee and Notre Dame this past weekend.Â
Petties earned Co-Offensive Player of the Week accolades, while Coulter picked up this week's SEC Setter of the Week honor. For Petties, it marks the first weekly honor of her career.Â
"I am really excited to see Sania [Petties] earn this honor," head coach Julie Darty Dennis said. "We are asking our middles to get way more involved offensively and that makes a ton of work. Sania is working super hard to get up and available for us and she had an incredible match against Notre Dame. She is helping our team be more balanced offensively and she did an incredible job executing this weekend."
Coulter is the only MSU player in program history to earn an SEC Setter of the Week accolade from the conference office, and her second time to earn the Setter of the Week honor.Â
"I am excited to see [Gabby] Coulter earn Setter of the Week honor after an outstanding opening weekend performance," said Dennis. "We are asking her to step up and do a lot and it is great to see that she is willing to lead and take on such a bigger role this season. I am extremely proud of her confidence, composure and competitiveness when she is out there running the show for us."
Petties played a major role in Mississippi State's sweeps over Milwaukee and Notre Dame. She cranked out a career-high 13 kills with no errors and .765 hitting percentage. She also cranked out another career-high 15.5 points against Notre Dame.Â
Throughout the Irish Invitational, Petties was errorless in the attacking category. Petties averaged 3.33 kills per set, an improvement of close to 1.34 kills over her 2021 season's average. She saved her best for high leverage situations as she powered seven critical kills during the third set against Notre Dame. The third set was back-and-forth between the Irish and the Bulldogs, but State pulled away with Petties' help. She got the starting nod in both matches during the weekend.Â
Coulter did her part in conducting the 5-1 offense to get the sweeps over Milwaukee and Notre Dame. She had a career-high of 36 assists and tacked on six digs against Milwaukee. Coulter amassed 11.67 assists per set. She also added another career-high four kills against Milwaukee, then adding one during Notre Dame to have a total of five kills for the weekend. Coulter earned the starting nod in both matches for the Bulldogs. She also sits at the No. 1 spot for assists on the SEC individual leaders, with a total of 70 assists.Â
Following the weekend sweep, Mississippi State is receiving votes in this week's AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll entering the Lippy Invitational.Â
Mississippi State hits the road to Nashville, Tenn., to play in the Lippy Invitational. The Bulldogs kicks things off against Lipscomb on Friday Sept. 2 at 11 a.m. CT. The following day State has a matchup against Oklahoma at 11 a.m. CT and Ball State at 3 p.m. CT.Â
For more information on the Bulldog volleyball program, visit HailState.com or search for "HailStateVB" on Twitter, Instagramand Facebook.
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Petties earned Co-Offensive Player of the Week accolades, while Coulter picked up this week's SEC Setter of the Week honor. For Petties, it marks the first weekly honor of her career.Â
"I am really excited to see Sania [Petties] earn this honor," head coach Julie Darty Dennis said. "We are asking our middles to get way more involved offensively and that makes a ton of work. Sania is working super hard to get up and available for us and she had an incredible match against Notre Dame. She is helping our team be more balanced offensively and she did an incredible job executing this weekend."
Coulter is the only MSU player in program history to earn an SEC Setter of the Week accolade from the conference office, and her second time to earn the Setter of the Week honor.Â
"I am excited to see [Gabby] Coulter earn Setter of the Week honor after an outstanding opening weekend performance," said Dennis. "We are asking her to step up and do a lot and it is great to see that she is willing to lead and take on such a bigger role this season. I am extremely proud of her confidence, composure and competitiveness when she is out there running the show for us."
Petties played a major role in Mississippi State's sweeps over Milwaukee and Notre Dame. She cranked out a career-high 13 kills with no errors and .765 hitting percentage. She also cranked out another career-high 15.5 points against Notre Dame.Â
Throughout the Irish Invitational, Petties was errorless in the attacking category. Petties averaged 3.33 kills per set, an improvement of close to 1.34 kills over her 2021 season's average. She saved her best for high leverage situations as she powered seven critical kills during the third set against Notre Dame. The third set was back-and-forth between the Irish and the Bulldogs, but State pulled away with Petties' help. She got the starting nod in both matches during the weekend.Â
Coulter did her part in conducting the 5-1 offense to get the sweeps over Milwaukee and Notre Dame. She had a career-high of 36 assists and tacked on six digs against Milwaukee. Coulter amassed 11.67 assists per set. She also added another career-high four kills against Milwaukee, then adding one during Notre Dame to have a total of five kills for the weekend. Coulter earned the starting nod in both matches for the Bulldogs. She also sits at the No. 1 spot for assists on the SEC individual leaders, with a total of 70 assists.Â
Following the weekend sweep, Mississippi State is receiving votes in this week's AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll entering the Lippy Invitational.Â
Mississippi State hits the road to Nashville, Tenn., to play in the Lippy Invitational. The Bulldogs kicks things off against Lipscomb on Friday Sept. 2 at 11 a.m. CT. The following day State has a matchup against Oklahoma at 11 a.m. CT and Ball State at 3 p.m. CT.Â
For more information on the Bulldog volleyball program, visit HailState.com or search for "HailStateVB" on Twitter, Instagramand Facebook.
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