Eastern Michigan Athletics
Ashley Cudney Ties MAC Record For Digs In A Single Match
10/8/2006 6:17:14 PM | Volleyball
Senior Ashley Cudney notched a career-high 50 digs and became Eastern Michigan's all-time digs leader, and set a team and MAC record for digs in a single match.
YPSILANTI, Mich. – Senior libero Ashley Cudney (La Porte, Ind.-La Porte) notched a career-high 50 digs to become the
The 50 digs topped the previous school record of 44 set by Erin Chase versus Ohio University, Sept. 16, 1994. In addition, she became just the third player in the country – joining Arizona State’s Sydney Donahue who recorded 50 versus Loyola Marymount on Aug. 26 – to hit the half-century mark this season.
Cudney is one of 15 players in NCAA Division I history to post 50-or-more digs in a match, with two players – Allison Anderson (Boston College) and Catalina Suarez (UMKC) – reaching the mark twice. The NCAA Division I record for digs in a match is 58 by Northwestern State’s Tanya Champagne in a five-game match versus Nicholls State on Nov. 1, 1985.
Cudney was not set etching her name in the record books though, as she also became the EMU career-leader in digs. Entering the NIU match, the La Porte, Ind. native needed just 35 digs to top Jennifer Nighswander’s all-time record of 1,897 that was set from 2000-03. Cudney’s 35th dig came in EMU’s game four win, and she added 12 more in the deciding fifth game to surpass her previous single-match high of 41 set last season at IPFW, Oct 18, 2005.
On the season, Cudney averages 5.62 digs per game (354 total), which places her third in the MAC for digs per game.
Eastern Michigan returns to Ypsilanti to open a four-match homestand beginning Thursday, Oct. 12, against Miami. First serve is set for 8 p.m. at the Convocation Center.
(Ball State Sports Information Contributed to Portions of this Release)
