TicketsFor the fifth time this season, the American Athletic Conference has named University of Cincinnati's Jordan Thompson its Offensive Player of the Week.
Thompson posted her best offensive numbers in a weekend so far this season to help the Bearcats go 2-0 while traveling to Tulsa and Wichita State. The redshirt-junior averaged an astounding 7.89 kills per set in nine sets played while attacking at .400 percent. She also totaled two aces, two assists, 27 digs and five blocks in the two matches. On Friday at Tulsa, Thompson had a double-double with 27 kills and 18 digs. Sunday's performance at Wichita State was one of the best single-game matches by a player in AAC history. Thompson shattered the single-match AAC, UC and Koch Arena records for total kills with 44. She tied the UC record with 36 in the first four sets then was unstoppable in the fifth with eight more kills on a .889 attack percentage. The prior Koch Arena record was 40 kills, which stood since November 1988. Thompson added in nine digs, two aces and two blocks in her effort against the Shockers to move the Bearcats to 7-0 in conference play.
Monday's conference honor is in addition to many others bestowed on Thompson this season. She was the AVCA National Player of the Week on September 18, VolleyMob National Player of the Week September 4, an all-tournament honoree in every non-conference tournament, Colorado State Tournament MVP and the Preseason AAC Player of the Year.
// UP NEXT
• UC takes a quick break from AAC action to travel to Dayton for a 7 p.m. match on Wednesday, October 17
• Thompson and the Bearcats return home to St. Ursula Academy this weekend for two matches
• On Friday, UC hosts USF at 7 p.m.
• Sunday's match is setting up to be a battle of the unbeaten as both UC and UCF are currently 7-0 in the conference and tied for first place. That match is set to begin at 1 p.m.
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Thompson posted her best offensive numbers in a weekend so far this season to help the Bearcats go 2-0 while traveling to Tulsa and Wichita State. The redshirt-junior averaged an astounding 7.89 kills per set in nine sets played while attacking at .400 percent. She also totaled two aces, two assists, 27 digs and five blocks in the two matches. On Friday at Tulsa, Thompson had a double-double with 27 kills and 18 digs. Sunday's performance at Wichita State was one of the best single-game matches by a player in AAC history. Thompson shattered the single-match AAC, UC and Koch Arena records for total kills with 44. She tied the UC record with 36 in the first four sets then was unstoppable in the fifth with eight more kills on a .889 attack percentage. The prior Koch Arena record was 40 kills, which stood since November 1988. Thompson added in nine digs, two aces and two blocks in her effort against the Shockers to move the Bearcats to 7-0 in conference play.
Monday's conference honor is in addition to many others bestowed on Thompson this season. She was the AVCA National Player of the Week on September 18, VolleyMob National Player of the Week September 4, an all-tournament honoree in every non-conference tournament, Colorado State Tournament MVP and the Preseason AAC Player of the Year.
// UP NEXT
• UC takes a quick break from AAC action to travel to Dayton for a 7 p.m. match on Wednesday, October 17
• Thompson and the Bearcats return home to St. Ursula Academy this weekend for two matches
• On Friday, UC hosts USF at 7 p.m.
• Sunday's match is setting up to be a battle of the unbeaten as both UC and UCF are currently 7-0 in the conference and tied for first place. That match is set to begin at 1 p.m.
// FOLLOW US
For up to the minute updates, follow UC Volleyball (@GoBearcatsVB) and Coach Alvey (@CoachAlveyUC) on Twitter. You can also find the Bearcats on Facebook (GoBearcatsVB) and Instagram (GoBearcatsVB).