PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Sophomore Sya McKay (Somersworth, N.H.) earned Little East Conference (LEC) honors for the fourth time this season as the league announced its weekly award winners on Monday.
 
McKay was named LEC Women's Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week after helping the Panthers earn a pair of victories, including a five-set win over the University of Massachusetts Boston on Saturday that denied the Beacons an unbeaten conference season.
 
McKay hit .305 with 3.13 kills per set and three blocks as the Panthers earned wins over Colby-Sawyer College on Thursday and UMass Boston on Saturday. She was nearly unstoppable against the Beacons in the regular-season finale, slamming a match-high 20 kills while hitting .326. McKay added seven digs, three blocks and an ace.
 
McKay also recorded five kills and five digs in Thursday's sweep of Colby-Sawyer.
 
McKay ranks third in the LEC in hitting percentage (.304), total blocks (76), blocks per set (0.87) and total points (313.5), fourth in points per set (3.60) and sixth in kills (249) and kills per set (2.86).
 
Plymouth State (20-5) secured the fourth seed for this week's LEC Tournament and will host fifth-seeded Eastern Connecticut in a first-round match on Tuesday (Nov. 10) at 7 p.m.