WACO, Texas – Louisiana Christian University volleyball team middle blocker Mallory Wills blocked her way to a second-straight Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week award, the conference office announced on Monday.
 
Wills, a junior middle blocker from Lake Charles, La., averaged 1.38 blocks and 1.88 digs per set as Louisiana Christian picked up a pair of wins over the Southwest Mustangs in Hobbs, N.M. over the weekend, extending LCU's win streak to a program record-tying five-straight matches while winning its program record-tying ninth match in RRAC play this season.
 
In Friday's straight sets win over the Mustangs, Wills combined on four blocks while getting three digs in the win. She had a standout match in Saturday's five-set win to close out the regular season, recording seven solo blocks and 12 digs as the Wildcats rallied to move to 3-0 on the season in matches which go all the wat to the decisive fifth set.
 
Wills and the rest of the Wildcats (10-19, 9-11 RRAC) now head to Texarkana, Texas for the 2026 Red River Athletic Conference Championship Tournament as the four-seed. LCU opens the tournament at 10:30 a.m. on Friday against the fifth-seeded Southwest Mustangs (4-16, 4-16 RRAC) with both teams looking to advance to that afternoon's semifinal match at 4:30 p.m. against the RRAC's regular season champion and tournament host, the Texas A&M Texarkana Eagles (19-9, 18-2 RRAC).
 
The entirety of the 2026 RRAC Championship Tournament will be played at TAMUT's Patterson Student Center and will be live streamed on the RRAC Sports Network by Urban Edge Network.