DALLAS – Liberty’s Paige Overcash, Melis Ural, Alison Bierwagon and Charli Crowson, along with MTSU’s Jaslyn Reed earned the Conference USA Volleyball Player of the Week honors.

CUSA Offensive Player of the Week – Paige Overcash, Liberty – Jr. – OH – Warrensville, Va.
Overcash played six-rotation outside hitter for the first time this season and had an outstanding weekend, helping Liberty to a 2-0 weekend against Sam Houston. The Lady Flames outhit the Bearkats .301-.166. For the weekend, Overcash scored 4.71 kills per set at a .351 clip and added 0.57 aces, 2.29 digs and 0.86 blocks per set. On Friday, she scored a match-high 14 kills while hitting .310 and added one ace, five digs and one block as Liberty swept Sam Houston. She scored five kills each in the first and second sets, before sending down four kills on six swings with no errors in the third. On Saturday, Overcash tied with teammate Jenna Otts for the match lead with 19 kills (.378) in a 3-1 win over Sam Houston, while adding a career-high three aces plus 11 digs and five blocks. She scored eight kills during a 27-25 set-two win, and hit 5-0-10 during set four, including the match-clinching kill at 26-24. 
 
CUSA Defensive Player of the Week – Melis Ural, Liberty – Fr. – L – Istanbul, Türkiye
Ural played a major role in Liberty's 2-0 weekend against Sam Houston, averaging 4.86 digs per set. Sam Houston came into the weekend hitting .212 as a team, and Ural and the Lady Flames held them to just a .166 hitting percentage in two matches. On Friday, Ural collected a team-best 12 digs, as Liberty held Sam Houston to just a .115 hitting percentage for the match, resulting in a 3-0 Lady Flames sweep. During Saturday's 3-1 win over the Bearkats, Ural collected a career-high 22 digs as Sam Houston hit just .202. Ural's 22 digs on Saturday were the most by a Lady Flame in any match so far this season. 
 
CUSA Co-Setter of the Week – Alison Bierwagen, Liberty – So. – DeLand, Fla.
Bierwagen helped Liberty to a pair of wins over Sam Houston this past weekend. The Bearkats came into the weekend with the lowest opponents' hitting percentage in CUSA in conference-only matches at .156. The Lady Flames hit a combined .301 on the weekend, averaging 15.71 kills per set as a team. For the week, Bierwagen dished out 55 assists and had 15 digs. Liberty converted .402 of their sets into kills over the span of two matches. On Friday, Bierwagen scored kills late in set two to make it both 26-25 and 27-26. During Saturday's 3-1 win, Bierwagen recorded a double-double with 33 assists and 10 digs.
 
CUSA Co-Setter of the Week – Charli Crowson, Liberty – Jr. – College Station, Texas
Running a 6-2 system with Bierwagen, Crowson led the Lady Flames to secure two wins over Sam Houston. She helped Liberty hit a combined .301 on the weekend, averaging 15.71 kills per set as a team. Crowson averaged 5.0 assists per set, while adding 14 digs and three aces on the weekend. On Friday, Crowson dished out 14 assists, two aces and three digs. During Saturday's 3-1 win, Crowson posted a double-double with 21 assists and 11 digs.
 
CUSA Freshman of the Week – Jaslyn Reed, MTSU – OH – Lake Oswego, Ore.
Reed was efficient offensively with 29 total kills and a .509 hitting percentage in the Blue Raiders 1-1 week against NM State. The outside hitter recorded 12 kills on a .458 hitting clip in a 3-0 sweep on Friday. She followed that performance with a career-high 17 kills on Saturday while hitting an impressive .52.
 
2026 CUSA Offensive Players of the Week
A31    Laney Daniell, Liberty
S7      Ashley Herman, NM State
S14    Jenna Otts, Liberty
S21    Sophia Henry, MTSU
S28    Kaira Knox, WKU
O5      Michaela Dlouhá, MTSU
O12    Sophia Henry, MTSU
O19    Jillian Huckabey, FIU
O26    Paige Overcash, Liberty     
  
2026 CUSA Defensive Players of the Week
A31    Michaela Dlouhá, MTSU
S7      Brooke Eslinger, Missouri State
S14    Tayler Baron, WKU
S21    Alison Bierwagen, Liberty
S28    Chelsea Butler, Sam Houston
O5      Olivia Burrage, Kennesaw State
O12    Michaela Dlouhá, MTSU
O19    Marta Lazzarin, FIU
O26    Melis Ural, Liberty      
 
2026 CUSA Setters of the Week
A31    Kate Rush, WKU
S7      Kate Rush, WKU
S14    Hannah Gardner, Missouri State
S21    Brenlin Garlitz & Lauren Pyle, Sam Houston
S28    Kate Rush, WKU
O5      Alison Bierwagen & Charli Crowson, Liberty
O12    Kate Rush, WKU
O19    Kate Rush, WKU
O26    Alison Bierwagen & Charli Crowson, Liberty
         
 
2026 CUSA Freshmen of the Week
A31    Marianne Garcia, MTSU
S7      Alexis Sowers, Kennesaw State
S14    Lana Sesar, FIU
S21    Halle Rillie, Missouri State
S28    Eliza McKnight, WKU
O5      Eliza McKnight, WKU
O12    Hunter Cook, Kennesaw State
O19    Faith Roulston, Sam Houston
O26    Jaslyn Reed, MTSU