MAIA DVORACEK, CAL POLY
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior • OH • Truckee, Calif. • Truckee HS
• Claiming Big West Women’s Volleyball Player of the Week accolades for the third time in a four-week stretch, junior Maia Dvoracek starred in a pair of conference wins to keep Cal Poly tied atop the league standings.
• Dvoracek averaged 3.88 kills, 1.50 digs and 0.88 blocks per set as the Mustangs swept UC Riverside and held off UC Davis in a five-set thriller.
• The 6-foot-1 outside hitter hit .247 (31-12-77) with 31 kills, 12 digs, seven blocks and a pair of service aces as Cal Poly extended its winning streak to seven straight, including a 5-0 mark in Big West play.
• Dvoracek notched 10 kills with seven digs, three blocks and an ace against the Highlanders.
• She posted a match-high 21 kills to go along with five digs, four blocks and ace versus the Aggies. Dvoracek sealed the 15-10 victory in the fifth set with the match-deciding kill.
• Cal Poly lengthened its nation’s-best home winning streak to 27 matches.
Others nominated: Kashauna Williams (Long Beach State); Onye Ofoegbu (UC Irvine); Tallulah Froley (UC Santa Barbara); Norene Iosia (Hawai‘i)
TALLULAH FROLEY, UC SANTA BARBARA
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
RS • Half Moon Bay, Calif. • San Francisco Waldorf School
• UC Santa Barbara right side hitter Tallulah Froley earned her second Big West Women’s Volleyball Freshman of the Week award after hitting .600 in a pair of conference wins.
• Froley tallied 24 kills with just three errors in 35 swings as UCSB tallied its 12th and 13th straight wins with a back-to-back sweeps of UC Davis and UC Riverside.
• She averaged 4.00 kills and 1.33 blocks per set.
• Froley amassed nine kills on .438 (9-2-16) hitting and added three blocks against the Aggies.
• The Bay Area native moved into the school record book with the 10th-best hitting percentage in rally scoring era program history after hitting .737 (15-1-19) with 15 kills versus the Highlanders. She also had five stuffs to boost her stat line.
Others nominated: Katie Kennedy (Long Beach State); Onye Ofoegbu (UC Irvine); Hanna Hellvig (Hawai‘i)
HAILEY HARWARD, LONG BEACH STATE
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Senior • DS/L • Phoenix, Ariz. • Desert Vista HS
• Long Beach State senior Hailey Harward collected her fifth career Big West Women’s Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week award with a 22-dig performance in a four-set road win over CSUN.
• The defensive specialist/libero was just three short of season-high as her defensive effort kept the Matadors off balance late in the match and enabled LBSU to overcome a first set deficit.
• Harward contributed three assists and a pair of aces as the Beach snapped a six-match losing streak.
• Harward has recorded 20 or more digs five times in a match this season.
Others nominated: Mika Dickson (Cal Poly); Onye Ofoegbu (UC Irvine); Zoe Fleck (UC Santa Barbara); Amber Igiede (Hawai'i)