Southern Oregon University’s Sadie Byrd was named the Rize Laboratory Volleyball Defender of the Week.
Byrd, a junior middle blocker from Maple Valley, Wash., broke the SOU single-match blocks record with 13 against (RV) Bushnell University, also going for a career-high 14 kills on 21 attempts. She averaged 1.7 blocks per set over the weekend and currently ranks fourth in the CCC with 1.1 blocks per set.