Volleyball's Douglas and Dinkins Named to All-Conference First Team
Apr 5, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
NEW ORLEANS — Tulane volleyball's senior outside hitter Lexie Douglas and junior middle hitter Kayla Dinkins were named to the 2020 All-American Athletic Conference First Team, the league announced on Monday.
Douglas and Dinkins earned the honor for the second consecutive season after having been named to the 2019 all-conference first team and the 2020 preseason all-conference team.
It is the third consecutive year and fourth time since 2016 that the Green Wave have had multiple players named all-conference, while it's the third straight season that Tulane has had two representatives on the first team.Â
Douglas finished the season with a team-leading 260 kills in 20 matches, averaging 3.42 per set. The Plano, Texas, native also earned 19 service aces, 164 digs and 39.0 blocks, totaling seven double-doubles in her fourth year Uptown.
The senior earned a season-high 22 kills to tie her career high in back-to-back matches at SMU, also recording a career-high 21 digs in the first match against the Mustangs.
Dinkins led the way for the Green Wave at the net this spring, notching 88.0 blocks to average 1.16 per set. The Pittsburgh native also added 175 kills to average 2.30 per set, nine service aces and 23 digs.
The junior tied her career high with 15 kills in conference matches against Wichita State and Tulsa, hitting a respective .379 and .387 in the wins. Dinkins had five or more blocks in 10 matches in her third season in Olive and Blue, earning a season-high nine blocks in matches against Memphis and SMU.
Tulane volleyball wrapped up its season last weekend in the AAC Championship, falling to RV UCF in a five-set battle and moving to 10-10 overall and 7-3 in conference play this spring.
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