Dig this: Harris repeats as GCAC Defender of the Week

NEW ORLEANS — For the second consecutive week, Xavier University of Louisiana's Darian Harris is the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Defender of the Week in women's volleyball.
    
Harris, a senior from Gretna, La., and a graduate of McGehee School, had 78 digs and averaged 4.59 digs per set during four matches at the Mariner Invitational at Brunswick, Ga. Harris had 30 digs, one less than her career high, in a five-set victory Saturday against Bryan. Against Martin Methodist earlier that day, she served the final six points of a 7-0 run to close the second set and ended with an ace.
    
It's the second straight year that Harris is the back-row leader of Xavier's defense. Harris has a team-best 146 digs through nine matches, and Xavier ranks 19th in the NAIA and No. 1 in the GCAC through Monday with 17.52 digs per set.
    
Xavier (5-4, 1-0 GCAC) will play Edward Waters at 6 p.m. EDT Friday in a GCAC match at Jacksonville, Fla. The Gold Nuggets' next home match will start at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 19 against the GCAC's Tougaloo.

Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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