Bitsaktsi Earns First OVC Weekly Honor After Stellar Week

By: Ella Clark, Coordinator – Communications & Creative Content BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Tennessee State’s libero Eirini Bitsaktsi has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced Monday afternoon. The freshman standout delivered a dominant performance in the Tigers’ two-match road series at UT Martin, continuing her rise as one of the league’s most reliable back-row anchors. Bitsaktsi piled up 58 digs across eight sets, averaging an impressive 7.25 digs per set, the top defensive mark in the conference for the week. She opened the series with 24 digs in Thursday’s contest before erupting for…