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Offensive Player of the Week  Victoria Marthaler, Sacramento State | Junior • Outside Hitter • Alburquerque, N.M.

• With a pair of 20-kill road outings to lead Sacramento State to victory, Victoria Marthaler has been voted Big West Offensive Player of the Week for Oct. 12. This is a second such award of the season (Sept. 7). 

• Marthaler opened the week at UC San Diego with a match-best 20 kills, six digs and a pair of aces as the Hornets downed the Tritons in four on Friday.  

• Saturday, the junior outside hitter from Alburquerque, N.M., put down 21 kills with five digs and two blocks as Sacramento State got a four-set win at UC Irvine.  

• All told, Marthaler averaged an impressive 5.13 kills and 5.63 points per set on the successful Southern California road swing. 

• After the big weekend, Marthaler currently leads The Big West in both kills (4.04) and points (4.54) per set.  

Also Nominated: Hailey Brockway (CSUN); Sidney Hamaker (Long Beach State); Charlotte Kelly (Cal Poly); Suelen Lima (Cal State Bakersfield); Gabi Martinez (UC Santa Barbara); Gia Rivera (UC San Diego); Brielle Rueckert (Utah Valley); Sofia Shine (Cal State Fullerton)

Defensive Player of the Week  Skyler Gartin, Sacramento State | Junior • Middle Blocker • Scottsdale, Ariz.

• Providing a wall at the net in a pair of road wins for Sacramento State, Skyler Gartin has been named Big West Defensive Player of the Week for Oct. 12. This is a second career honor, also earning the nod on Sept. 7. 

• For the week, Gartin averaged 2.00 kills, 1.75 blocks, 1.00 digs and 3.63 points per set while also serving up five aces in victories at UC San Diego and UC Irvine.  

• In Friday’s four-setter against the Tritons, the junior middle blocker finished with six blocks, five digs and four aces along with seven kills on .429 hitting.  

• The product of Scottsdale, Ariz., finished out the week with nine kills on 18 errorless swings to hit .500 with eight blocks in the win in four against the Anteaters.  

• All told, the Hornet defense limited the opposition to a .197 hitting percentage on the weekend.   

Also Nominated: Lucia Barroso (UC San Diego); Alexis Haury (Cal Poly); Suelen Lima (Cal State Bakersfield); Madi Maxwell (Long Beach State); Paige Sentes (CSUN); Whitney Wallace (UC Irvine)

Setter of the Week  Alexis Haury, Cal Poly | Junior • Setter • Silverton, Ore.

• Directing Cal Poly to a third straight winning weekend, Alexis Haury has been selected as back-to-back Big West Setter of the Week. The award is the third of the season for the transfer from Washington.  

• In Friday’s sweep at Cal State Fullerton, the junior from Silverton, Ore., assisted on 32 scoring plays with 10 digs, two blocks and an ace. 

• Saturday at Long Beach, the Mustangs swept through their opponent with Haury compiling 34 assists and 15 digs with another ace. As a team, Cal Poly hit .378 in the match.  

• Haury currently leads The Big West with 10.09 assists per set and is fifth in the conference in aces average at 0.40. After a second consecutive six-set weekend, Cal Poly’s offense is hitting at a .291 clip which rates ninth in NCAA Division I as the squad also leads the league in assists (12.53) and kills (13.65) average. 

Also Nominated: Luiza Da Cruz (Cal State Bakersfield); Nicole Feliciano (UC Irvine); Katie Kolar (CSUN); Brynne McGhie (UC San Diego); Madi Maxwell (Long Beach State); Makenna Wiepert (Sacramento State)

Rookie of the Week  Gia Rivera, UC San Diego | Freshman • Outside Hitter • Redwood City, Calif.

• Leading UC San Diego in a split weekend, true freshman Gia Rivera has claimed Big West Rookie of the week for Oct. 12. The award is the second of the season, also picking up honors on Sept. 14.  

• The outside hitter averaged 4.57 points per set on .414 hitting, recording 31 kills on 60 swings with just six errors, as UCSD hosted a pair of new members to The Big West. The Triton outside hitter recorded 31 kills on 60 swings with just six errors for a blazing .417 hitting percentage in seven sets.  

• On Friday, Rivera tallied a team-high 18 kills with a .412 hitting percentage, adding four digs and one solo block in the four-set loss to Sacramento State.  

• The native of Redwood City, Calif., led the offense once again on Saturday, recording 13 kills while hitting a season-best .423 in the sweep of Utah Valley. 

Also Nominated: Memphis Burnett (UC Irvine); Anaiya Campbell (California Baptist); Leylah Duran (Cal State Bakersfield); Nikola Gamlin (Sacramento State); Chloe Johnson (Long Beach State); Audrey Nuckols (CSUN); Sofia Shine (Cal State Fullerton); Noe Vanacht (Cal Poly)