by Cory Guinn
HIGH POINT, N.C. – Barton College senior Pierre Tang-Taye has been named the Conference Carolinas Men's Volleyball Player of the Week for the 14th week of the season, the league announced Monday.
Tang-Taye, who was named Player of the Week for the second week in a row, led the Bulldogs in kills in all three matches played as the team went 2-1 in league play. Barton began the week with a 3-1 road loss to rival University of Mount Olive in which he totaled 18 kills with a .455 hitting percentage and six digs.
He followed that performance by leading the Bulldogs to back-to-back road wins over King University and Lees-McRae College. The Reunion Island, France native had 21 kills with 12 digs and five assists against King and added 14 kills with a .524 hitting percentage against Lees-McRae.
For the week, Tang-Taye averaged 4.42 kills per set while hitting .347. He also registered 1.67 digs per set and six total blocks.
The player of the week award is the second for Tang-Taye and the fifth for Barton in the program's five-year history.
Tang-Taye and the Bulldogs return to action on Tuesday when they host Pfeiffer University for a 7 p.m. matchup in Wilson Gymnasium with a share of the Conference Carolinas regular season title on the line and a No. 1 in the Conference Carolinas Tournament.
