Mount Olive’s White Named Women’s Volleyball Player of the Week for Second Time

Mount Olive’s White Named Women’s Volleyball Player of the Week for Second Time

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High Point, N.C.> Mount Olive College’s Carly White has been selected as the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas women’s volleyball Player of the Week during week number nine in the 2011 season. This is second time this year she has won the award, taking the honor also in week six. White averaged 4.58 kills and 1.00 blocks per set to go with a .413 hitting percentage in three matches last week to help Mount Olive clinch a spot in the Conference Carolinas Tournament. She had 18 kills and .484 hitting percentage in the Trojans' three-set win over King. White, who had nine of her kills in a dramatic 26-24 second-set win, recorded kills on set point in the first two sets and finished with a kill on match point. White followed with 22 kills, 7 blocks and a .528 hitting percentage in Mount Olive's come-from-behind five-set win over North Greenville. She had 5 kills and no errors in 5 attempts in the deciding fifth set. White started the week with 15 kills in a four-set match at East Division leader Queen and has reached double figures in kills in each of her last 13 matches, averaging 4.78 kills per set with a .422 hitting percentage. Mount Olive is now 15-13 overall and 8-8 in Conference Carolinas play.