SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Junior outside hitter Allie Sweet and junior libero Chloe Nussbaum of the UNC Greensboro (UNCG) volleyball team have both earned weekly honors from The Southern Conference (SoCon), announced by the league office on Monday.
The Spartans concluded their 2026 home slate this past weekend with back-to-back victories over Samford. The Spartans improved to 19-8 overall and 12-4 in conference, sitting in second place in the league standings.
Sweet was dominant offensively this past week, notching 53 kills, a 5.89 kills per set average and a .311 hitting percentage. She produced 20 kills on Friday night and then returned to the court to boast 33 kills in Saturday's win over Samford. In addition, she recorded two double-doubles on the week, marking 42 in her career and 19 this season. Sweet added three service aces, 38 digs, 7.0 total blocks and 59.5 points in nine sets.
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Sweet's 33 kills on Saturday brought her season total to 543, which ties the UNCG volleyball program record for kills in a single season. The record was previously set by Branagan Fuller in the 2007 season.
Sweet is currently top three in the nation in six total categories, including first in kills (543), points (616.0) and total attacks (1,385) and second in points per set (5.81), kills per set (5.12) and attacks per set (13.07). She has paced the nation in total points and total kills for seven out of the last eight weeks. Monday's SoCon weekly honor is the eighth of Sweet's career and fourth this season. She is the first player in UNCG volleyball history to earn a SoCon Player of the Week recognition eight times in their career.
Nussbaum paced the UNCG defense with back-to-back matches with 28 digs, recording 56 digs on the week and a 6.22 digs per set average. Nussbaum added nine assists on the week and led UNCG's win over Samford on Saturday with three service aces.
Nussbaum is currently pacing UNCG and is sixth in the conference with 401 digs and a 3.78 digs per set average on the season. The junior has registered 23 double-digit dig matches out of 27 contests this season.
Monday's recognition is Nussbaum's second SoCon Defensive Player of the Week of her career.
The Spartans have now received 10 SoCon Player of the Week accolades this season, including Sweet earning SoCon Offensive Player of the Week four times (Sept. 21, Sept. 28, Oct. 19 and Nov. 9), Izora Gragg being named SoCon Setter of the Week four times (Aug. 31, Sept. 7, Oct. 26 and Nov. 2), Hailey Clifton earning SoCon Offensive Player of the Week once (Oct. 26) and Nussbaum being named SoCon Defensive Player of the Week once (Nov. 9).
The 10 SoCon Player of the Week honors mark the first time in program history that UNCG has earned 10 SoCon weekly nods in a season. The three position awards were first integrated in the 2019 season. Prior to that, the SoCon just recognized Offensive and Defensive Player of the Weeks and Freshman of the Week from 2010-14.
As a team, the Spartans are second in the SoCon in assists per set (12.49), hitting percentage (.234), kills per set (13.45), team assists (1,324) and kills (1,426).
