MIAMI– For their efforts over the weekend, volleyball athletes Jillian Huckabey (Offensive) and Marta Lazzarin (Defensive) earned Player of the Week honors from Conference USA, the league announced Monday.

Huckabey, who had a career night on Friday, led the way on the offensive side of the ball for FIU, earning her first-ever weekly honor from CUSA in her junior season. In two games, she racked up 34 kills (5.67/set), hitting .325 as the Panthers swept Liberty twice, never better than on Friday night, where she slammed a career-high 25 kills on 49 swings. It was the second 25-kill effort of the season for the Panthers (Lana Sesar), and the highest hitting % in a 25-kill match since Lucia Castro hit .533 (27-3-45) against South Dakota State on 9/12/14. She became the first FIU player to hit over .400 with 25+ kills since Katie Hogan hit .417 (25-8-48) against MTSU on 11/10/16. Huckabey also averaged 2.0 digs/set for the weekend.

Lazzarin, the team's libero, was all over the floor in the weekend against Liberty, averaging 6.17 digs/set, an outstanding performance. She had 21 digs in three sets (7/set) on Friday and another 16 on Saturday, also dishing 11 assists for the weekend. She is the first Panther to have at least 15 digs or more in consecutive three-set matches since Mandi Morioka did it on Sept. 23 & Sept. 29, 2023. For Lazzarin, it is her second career weekly honor across two conferences, as a little over one year ago, she was named Sun Belt Defensive POTW on Oct. 11, 2025 while at Georgia State.

Huckabey and Lazzarin are the second and third Panthers to win a weekly award this season, joining Sesar, who was named Freshman of the Week in week three.

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FIU heads out to Jacksonville to play Jax State, who remains winless in conference play.

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