New Orleans - The final week of the 2020 Sun Belt volleyball regular season is in the books and undefeated No. 15 Coastal Carolina (16-0) was crowned the Sun Belt regular season champion. This marks the Chants' fourth regular season Sun Belt Conference title (2016, 2017, 2019, 2020).
Last year, Coastal fell to Texas State in the Sun Belt Championship match to finish the season at 24-6 overall. Head coach Jozsef Forman has a 183-70 record in nine seasons at the helm of the Chanticleers.
The 2020 Sun Belt Championships will include all 12 SBC teams this year and is set to begin on Wednesday and run through Sunday at the Foley Sports Complex in Foley, Alabama. The teams will be divided into four three-team pools. (Scroll down for pool listings.) All of the Sun Belt Volleyball Championship matches will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
Here are the final Players of the Week for the 2020 season:
Offensive Player of the Week
Anett Nemeth, Coastal Carolina
(#13, Jr, Opposite, Pecel, Hungary)
Nemeth led the Chanticleers to a perfect season at 16-0 overall and in Sun Belt play with a two-match sweep of App State this past week. Nemeth opened the weekend series with 16 kills, a .464 hitting percentage, one service ace, and six digs in the first match. She topped that performance in the second match by recording 20 kills, a .514 hitting percentage, one service ace, one block, and eight digs. For the week, Nemeth totaled 36 kills, a .492 hitting percentage, two service aces, a block, and 14 digs.
Defensive Player of the Week
Alli Wells, UTA
(#7, So, DS - Waxahachie, Texas)
Wells earned her third Player of the Week honor this season after helping lead UTA's upset over No. 11 Texas State. The sophomore recorded 47 digs on the weekend, finishing with match-highs in both matches. She finished with 23 digs on Saturday to help the Mavericks pick up a huge 3-0 sweep against the Bobcats.
Setter of the Week
Madison Brown, Georgia Southern
(#18, Jr, S - Lake City, Ill.)
Brown averaged 11.56 assists, two digs and 0.4 blocks per set in a 2-1 week for the Eagles. She tallied 27 assists, four digs and four blocks vs. Troy in the first match on Thursday and 36 assists, seven digs and an ace in the the night cap. On Friday the junior capped the series with 41 assists, seven digs and an ace. She recorded a .378 set percentage for the week.
Freshman of the Week
Briana Brown, UTA
(#10, Fr, OH - Whitehouse, Texas)
Brown earned her third Player of the Week honors after recording 23 kills, 9 digs and 3 total blocks on the weekend. The freshman finished with a match-high 16 kills, 5 digs and a pair of blocks on Saturday to help the Mavericks pick up a 3-0 sweep of No. 11 Texas State.
Visit our Sun Belt Championship page for more details on this week's tournament.
POOL A
#1E Coastal Carolina
#4W Arkansas State
#6E Appalachian State
POOL B
#2E Troy
#3W UTA
#5E Georgia Southern
POOL C
#1W Texas State
#4E South Alabama
#6W ULM
POOL D
#2W Louisiana
#3E Georgia State
#5W Little Rock