Besecker, Jwainat Named GCAC Players of the Week

Besecker, Jwainat Named GCAC Players of the Week
October 9, 2017

Tougaloo, Miss. - The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference announced today its selections for players of the week for the week ending October 8th. Tougaloo's Megan Besecker and Alexandra Jwainat picked up two of the three honors for volleyball.

Megan Besecker
Attacker of the Week

Besecker, a junior outside hitter from Liberal, KS earns her second GCAC Player of the Week honor following a career week. In the victory over Rust College, Besecker had 5 kills. In the win against conference foe Talladega, however, Besecker had a career-high 25 kills and 5 aces for a hitting percentage of .426.

Alexandra Jwainat
Setter of the Week

Jwainat, a junior setter from Madison, MS also earns her second GCAC Player of the Week honor after helping the Lady Bulldogs to 2 victories on the week. In the game against Rust, Jwainat had 8 assists in the one set she played. In the victory over conference foe Talladega, Jwainat calculated over 30 assists.