CHICAGO — Chicago State redshirt sophomore Yanlis Feliz has been named the Western Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week after commanding performances in wins over California Baptist and Seattle U.
An outside hitter from Pedernales, Dominican Republic, Feliz racked up a career-best 39 kills on 93 attacks, hitting .301%, in a five-set victory over then-first place California Baptist Thursday night. She then posted 17 kills in a Saturday sweep of Seattle.
Feliz has registered double-digit kills for 33rd consecutive matches, continuing her reign as the WAC's most prolific player. No one in the conference has more than 370 kills other than Feliz, who has hammered home 456. Her 5.18 kills per set ranks third in NCAA Division I.
The Seattle victory was the Cougars' sixth win in their last seven matches, continuing the best season in Division I program history, with a record 16 wins. Prior to this season, no CSU volleyball team in the Division I era had won more than 12 matches.
The Cougars have already clinched a berth in their second consecutive WAC Tournament and are a half-game out of first place in the WAC West Division.
The Cougars next face Grand Canyon on Thursday at 7 p.m. in Phoenix before rounding out the regular season on Saturday, November 13 against New Mexico State. CSU will then plunge into its second consecutive WAC Tournament.
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title and made an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet.
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