DENVER, CO – After leading Tarleton to a pair of victories last week, Tarleton senior outside hitter Carmen Kinsey has earned her first career TicketSmarter WAC Player of the Week award.
 
Kinsey, a senior from Norman, Okla., turned in a pair of dominant performances to lead the Texans to a perfect 2-0 record on the week. In back-to-back home matches, Kinsey combined to average 3.57 kills per set on .490 hitting while recording no errors.
 
Her week was highlighted by a 17-kill outing in a four-set victory over Abilene Christian on Saturday. Against the Wildcats, Kinsey posted a .500 hitting percentage to account for 4.5 points per set.
 
Kinsey's performance against ACU on Saturday featured a return to the volleyball court between longtime rivals Tarleton and Abilene Christian. In the first meeting since 2012, the Texans lit up the Wildcats offensively and coasted to a four-set victory in set scores of 25-14, 23-25, 25-20 and 25-19.
 
The contest marked the first-ever meeting between Tarleton and ACU as members of the Western Athletic Conference in any sport. Tarleton has now claimed three consecutive meetings vs. the Wildcats on the volleyball court dating back to the previous decade when both schools called the Lone Star Conference home.
 
Kinsey and the Texans will make the short trip to Abilene this weekend for a pair of neutral site matches against West Division teams from the WAC – California Baptist and Dixie State. Tarleton plays CBU at 1 p.m. Friday and Dixie State at 4 p.m. Saturday at the home of the Wildcats.