Mason Wins Southland Offensive Player of the Week

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi volleyball team earned accolades from the Southland conference office this afternoon as Tatum Mason was named the SLC Offensive Player of the Week. It is the first SLC weekly award for Mason with the Islanders.

The Islanders are coming off a 1-1 week at home, defeating Northwestern State in four sets on Thursday before falling to East Texas A&M on Saturday afternoon. Mason had a career week offensively, finishing with 30 kills over the two matches. The sophomore set her high in the 3-1 win against the Demons with 16 kills while hitting an efficient .438. She followed that performance up with a 14 kill effort against the Lions where she hit .414.

"Tatum has started to shine attacking in practice and in matches," said head coach Steve Greene. "This weekly honor shines a light on her effort and how much she is helping our team. She has opened up her range attacking and is extremely efficient both in and out of system."

Tatum has come on late in the season for the Islanders. She has finished with double figure kills in five straight matches, all of which would have tied or set a new career-high prior to the streak. 

The Islanders have two matches remaining in their regular season, on the road at Houston Christian on Thursday and Incarnate Word on Saturday. They sit in a tie for fifth in the league as they look to position themselves for the SLC Tournament which takes place in the Dugan Wellness Center the following weekend.

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