University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Hazelwood Earns Second SBC Setter of the Week Award
9/29/2026 3:09:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Senior Setter Allie Hazelwood earned her second Sun Belt Conference Setter of the Week honor of the 2026 season Tuesday following a pair of road victories at LA Tech over the weekend.
Hazelwood facilitated a dominant Southern Miss offense as the Golden Eagles opened Sun Belt play with a 2-0 record in Ruston, La. Southern Miss averaged 14.57 kills per set, the third-highest mark in the conference this week, while hitting .239 as a team, which ranked fifth in the league. The setter led the Sun Belt in both total assists and assists per set for the week, recording 83 assists while averaging 11.86 assists per set.
Hazelwood opened the weekend with 37 assists, the most in a three-set match by any Sun Belt player this week, in Southern Miss' 3-0 victory over LA Tech on Friday. She added two kills and five digs in the win.
The Golden Eagles completed the weekend sweep with a four-set victory on Saturday, with Hazelwood recording her third double-double of the season. She posted 46 assists to go along with 14 digs and two block assists. Her 46 assists were the most by any Sun Belt player in a single match this week.
Through 13 matches this season, Hazelwood leads the Sun Belt with 10.74 assists per set, a mark that ranks 14th nationally. She has also recorded 494 total assists, the second-most in the conference.
With Tuesday's honor, Hazelwood becomes the first Southern Miss volleyball player to earn multiple conference Setter of the Week awards in the same season since 2011 when Kelsea Seymour earned back-to-back Conference USA Setter of the Week honors on Nov. 14 and Nov. 21. Hazelwood is the first player in program history to earn multiple Sun Belt Setter of the Week honors in their career since Southern Miss joined the conference in 2022.
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