Valparaiso University senior libero Morganne Longoria (Burlington, Wis./Burlington) has repeated as the Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week after another strong week setting in addition to her back-row duties.

Longoria continued to function as Valpo’s primary setter while playing libero for the second consecutive week, averaging 5.55 digs and 5.09 assists per set over last week’s three matches as the Crusaders went 2-1. The senior posted 16 assists and 12 digs in Valpo’s sweep of Chicago State on Tuesday, and finished with 13 digs and 14 assists against Northern Kentucky on Saturday.

Friday’s five-set victory over Wright State was the highlight of the week, however. Longoria picked up a new career high with 36 digs, easily out-pacing her previous career best of 30, and found the time to hand out 26 assists as well – just two shy of her career high set the previous week. Longoria registered 11 digs and five assists in the fifth set as the Crusaders completed the crucial league win. Her 36 digs mark the fifth-most in a five-set match in Valpo history.

Longoria is the first Crusader player to earn league weekly honors in back-to-back weeks since Taylor Root did so in the first two weeks of the 2010 campaign.