TOWSON, Md. – Three Towson University volleyball players earned Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) postseason honors, announced by the league office on Wednesday afternoon.
 
Sydney Stewart was named the CAA Libero of the Year and earned an All-CAA Second Team selection. Middle blocker Erin Brothers and OH/Opp. Ella Sanders also earned All-CAA Second Team honors.
 
Stewart was named the CAA Libero of the Year after finishing second among league leaders with 525 digs, averaging 4.82 per set. The Elizabethtown native earned three-consecutive CAA Defensive Player of the Week awards from Sept. 22—Oct. 6. Stewart's 525 digs this season ranks fifth all-time in Towson single season history. She's added 99 assists, 27 aces and nine kills on the year.
 
The senior cemented herself among Towson's all-time dig leaders this season as she now stands fourth all-time with 1,442 career digs. Among service ace leaders in program history, Stewart stands 15^th all-time with 109 aces.
 
Brothers earned an All-CAA Second Team nod as a middle blocker after pacing the league with a .379 hitting percentage. The senior averaged 2.64 kills and 0.51 blocks per set on the year.
 
The Ohio native totaled 272 kills on 562 total attempts with just 59 hitting errors, adding 53 blocks and 10 digs. Brothers finished with double-digit kills 14 times, including seven of her last nine matches played.
 
Sanders was named to the All-CAA Second Team after pacing the Tigers with 316 kills on the season, averaging 3.04 per set. The redshirt sophomore's per set average ranked seventh in the conference and her 3.49 points per set ranked eighth.
 
She hit at a .225 mark on the season and added 224 digs, 45 blocks, 24 service aces and 12 assists. The New Mexico product finished with double digit kills in 19 matches and recorded seven double doubles this season. She is one of just three players this season to have at least 15 kills, 25 digs and 3 service aces in the match, according to evollve.net.
 
Up Next
Towson enters the CAA Championship, hosted at SECU Arena, as the No. 3 seed, set to face No. 6 Stony Brook in the opening round on Thursday evening at 6 p.m.
 
-TowsonTigers.com-