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Inside Hokie Sports
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ORLANDO, FLORIDA
LINDSEY
OWENS
VOLLEYBALL
A
lready a standout performer, Lindsey Owens
closed her volleyball career in fine fashion, earning
All-ACC recognition for the fourth straight time
and becoming one of just four players in
program history to accomplish that (Felicia
Willoughby, Cara Baarendse and Lisa
Pikalek).
Owens started all 31 matches this
season and led the Hokies in both kills (403)
and kills per set (3.50), ranking sixth in the
ACC in the latter category. She also led the team
in points (443) and points per set (3.85), and she
ranked 10th in the ACC in points per set. In addition,
she was second on the team total digs (372) and
digs per set (3.23), and her 41 blocks ranked third
on the team.
Owens finished 2016 with 15 double-doubles,
four 20-plus kill performances and set a career high
with a .643 hitting percentage in a 3-0 win over
UMBC on Aug. 27. Owens is also the only ACC
student-athlete to collect at least 400 kills and 200
digs in each of the past three seasons.
Owens will leave Blacksburg ranked fourth in the
program record book with 1,514 kills; fifth at 3.28
kills per set; sixth with 1,309 digs and 11th with 115
service aces. After tallying her 1,000th career dig on
Sept. 2 against Temple, she became only the sixth
Hokie with 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career.
Needless to say, her production will be missed.