Rachel Engel earns seconds SEC Defensive Player of the Week
October 24th, 2005
University of Florida senior libero Rachel Engel was honored for the second time this season as the Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Week for her efforts in wins last weekend against Arkansas and LSU.
Engel averaged 6.83 digs per game vs. the Lady Razorbacks and Tigers as UF (20-1, 10-0) swept both opponents. Engel led all players with 23 digs vs. Arkansas before tallying a match-high 18 digs against LSU. Engel is averaging an SEC record 5.61 digs per game in 2005 - more than a full dig per game better than the previous record of 4.55 per contest set by Georgia's Shelly Gross in 1986. Gross also set the record for digs in a season in the same campaign with 655. At her current rate, if the Gators played 120 games this season, Engel would finish with 673 digs.
