CHICAGO – For the second week in a row, the No. 2 ranked Saint Xavier University men's volleyball team (5-2/0-0 CCAC) swept the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) Men's Volleyball Player of the Week awards when they were announced by the league office Tuesday morning. Junior outside hitter
Caydann Cox (Helena, Mont./Jamestown/Jamestown) earned his second consecutive CCAC Attacker of the Week award, senior libero
Andres Velez (Toa Baja, Puerto Rico/St. Francis) repeated as CCAC Defensive Player of the Week, and junior setter
Cameron Daniels (Omaha, Neb./Millard West) earned CCAC Setter of the Week for the third straight week for the Cougars. The trio held SXU defeat a pair of NAIA Top 15 opponents on consecutive days as they topped No. 11 Grand View University (Iowa) in three sets Friday evening at the Shannon Center, followed by a three-set triumph over No. 15 William Penn University (Iowa) Saturday afternoon on Bob Hallberg Court.
- Cox tallied 23 kills on a .333 attack percentage (23-6-51) with eight digs, six blocks and two service aces. He had a team-high 14 kills on a .370 attack percentage (14-4-27), four digs and a block in the win over Grand View. Cox added nine kills, five blocks and two aces to help best William Penn.
- Velez collected 21 digs, had a 100.0 percent reception percentage on 23 attempts, and four assists. He dug up a match-leading 12 digs with three assists against GVU, along with nine digs and an assist vs. WPU.
- Daniels handed out 70 assists for an average of 11.67 assists per set in six sets, along with 12 digs, two blocks, two kills and a service ace. He posted 39 assists, six digs and an ace in the victory over the Vikings, followed by a 31-assist effort with six digs, two blocks and two kills in the win over the Statesmen.
No. 2 Saint Xavier (5-2/0-0 CCAC) plays NCAA Division II Roosevelt University (Ill.) at the Shannon Center on Tuesday, February 10. The match is slated for a 7:00 pm start.
