After picking up a pair of wins in its final weekend of nonconference play at the Leatherneck Invitational, the Valpo volleyball team was honored with a pair of All-Tournament Team honorees, as Emma Hickey (Granger, Ind./Penn) and Lilly Merk (Terre Haute, Ind./Terre Haute South Vigo) earned the accolades.
 
Hickey averaged a team-best 4.09 digs/set for the weekend, had 40% of her digs converted immediately to kills and did not commit a serve reception error on 50 attempts over the three matches. She tallied 24 digs against #22 Missouri, posted 12 digs in the sweep of Western Illinois and paced the Beacons in digs against Chicago State. Over the course of the weekend, Hickey moved into third place in program history and into a tie for eighth place in MVC history in career digs.
 
Merk averaged 2.63 kills/set on .341 hitting for the weekend and was also part of four blocks. She was the Beacons' standout on the attack against #22 Missouri, tallying a team-best 13 kills on .435 hitting. Merk proceeded to notch six kills on 11 swings, hitting .364, in just two sets of action in the sweep of Western Illinois.
 
Hickey and Merk each picked up their respective second All-Tournament honor of the season, as Hickey previously received plaudits at the USI Invitational and Merk at the EMU Tournament. Hickey now has six career All-Tournament Team awards.