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Offensive Player of the Week Skyler Varga, Long Beach State | Junior • Opposite Hitter • Muenster, Saskatchewan

• Long Beach State’s Skyler Varga paced the nation’s top squad to two wins to earn a first career Big West Offensive Player of the Week nod.  

• The junior led the team with six kills on .600 hitting in Friday’s sweep of No. 7 CSUN, adding four aces and three blocks to finish with 11.5 points.  

• On Saturday, Varga was the LBSU team leader in kills, aces, and digs against No. 19 Princeton, finishing with 11 kills on .476 hitting with four aces and five digs. The opposite hitter from Muenster, Saskatchewan was also in on three blocks against the Tigers, finishing with 16.5 points.  

• All told, Varga hit .516 in total on the week, averaging 2.83 kills, 4.67 points, 1.33 aces and 1.33 digs per set as the Beach improved to 18-0 (2-0 BW) on the season. 

• After the effective week from the floor, Varga bumped the season hitting average to .419 which is good for second in the league and ninth in the country. 

Also Nominated: Geste Bianchi (UC Santa Barbara); Adrien Roure (Hawai’i); Peter Selcho (UC San Diego)

Defensive Player of the Week Nato Dickinson, Long Beach State | Senior • Opposite Hitter • Corona Del Mar, Calif.

• Long Beach State’s Nato Dickinson was stout on the front line in a pair of sweeping victories to claim Big West Defensive Player of the Week for the first time.  

• The senior from Corona Del Mar, Calif., averaged 1.67 blocks per set, leading the Beach netminders that finished with 19 total team blocks against No. 7 CSUN and No. 19 Pepperdine.  

• In Friday’s match against the Matadors, Dickinson finished with three blocks, a digs and six kills on .500 hitting.  

• Saturday, the opposite hitter followed up with a career-high seven blocks against the Tigers to go along with three assists and four kills.  

Also Nominated: Nick Rigo (UC San Diego); Adrien Roure (Hawai’i); Joe Wallace (UC Santa Barbara)

Setter of the Week Moni Nikolov, Long Beach State | Freshman • Setter • Sofia, Bulgaria

• After another sweeping set of victories with Moni Nikolov directing the Long Beach State offense, the freshman has earned Big West Setter of the Week for the second time this season. The first nod came on Feb. 17, which was also coupled with freshman honors. 

• Nikolov averaged 10.0 assists per set, finishing with 30 apiece in a pair of sweeps of No. 7 CSUN and No. 19 Princeton. Nikolov led Long Beach State to team hitting totals of .387 against the Matadors and .333 against the Tigers. 

• On Friday, the product of Sofia, Bulgaria, was in on four blocks and served up seven strikes against CSUN. With a tally of 65 aces and counting, Nikolov is now the Long Beach State single-season aces record holder with more than a month remaining of the season. 

• In Saturday’s win against the Tigers, Nikolov added four kills, two blocks and three aces to the stat sheet, alongside the 30-assist effort. Starting every match at setter, Nikolov and the Beach are now 18-0 on the year.  

• Nikolov leads the country in ace average at 1.121, far and away ahead of second-place Hilir Henno of UC Irvine at 0.673. Nikolov’s 9.60 assists per set season average rates fifth in the league and 20th nationally. 

Also Nominated: Nick Rigo (UC San Diego); Adrien Roure (Hawai’i); Joe Wallace (UC Santa Barbara)

Freshman of the Week Moni Nikolov, Long Beach State | Freshman • Setter • Sofia, Bulgaria

• Long Beach State’s Moni Nikolov has claimed Big West Freshman of the Week honors after directing the Long Beach State offense to a pair of sweeping victories over ranked foes. This is the setter’s fourth freshman award of the season (Jan. 20, Feb. 10 and 17). 

• Nikolov leads the country in ace average at 1.121, far and away ahead of second-place Hilir Henno of UC Irvine at 0.673. Nikolov’s 9.60 assists per set season average rates fifth in the league and 20th nationally. 

• In Saturday’s win against the Tigers, Nikolov added four kills, two blocks and three aces to the stat sheet, alongside the 30-assist effort. Starting every match at setter, Nikolov and the Beach are now 18-0 on the year.  

• On Friday, the product of Sofia, Bulgaria, was in on four blocks and served up seven strikes against CSUN. With a tally of 65 aces and counting, Nikolov is now the Long Beach State single-season aces record holder with more than a month remaining of the season. 

• Nikolov averaged 10.0 assists per set, finishing with 30 apiece in a pair of sweeps of No. 7 CSUN and No. 19 Princeton. Nikolov led Long Beach State to team hitting totals of .387 against the Matadors and .333 against the Tigers. 

Also Nominated: George Bruening (UC Santa Barbara); Adrien Roure (Hawai’i)