Rice's Schamun C-USA Setter of the Week

HOUSTON, TEXAS (September 29, 2008) Rice University vollyeball player, Meredith Schamun, of Murrieta, Calif. (Vista Murrieta H.S.), has been selected as the Conference USA Setter of the Week for her performance this past weekend.

Schamun dished out 104 assists in two C-USA road matches for a sterling 13.00 assist-per-set average, the most in C-USA for the week. She had 54 assists in a four-set win at UTEP and totaled 50 in a tight four-set match at Tulane. She also had four block assists and 11 digs while directing a balanced attack as four players reached double-digits in kills (three over 20) on the weekend.

The sophomore is now averaging 11.88 assists-per-set, which ranks as the third-best average in the nation. Penn State's Alisha Glass is first at 12.29 (516 assists; 42 sets), while Jenna Hagglund of Washington is second at 12.10 (508 assists; 42 sets).

The Owls (9-2 and 1-1 in C-USA play) are in action this weekend as they host SMU on Friday at 7 p.m. and Tulsa on Sunday at 1 p.m. Matches are in Fox Gymnasium and admission is free.