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Pac-12 volleyball players of the week

Nov 7, 2016

Offensive: Lindsey Vander Weide, So., Oregon
• 4.25 kpg, .342 hitting pct., 1.50 dpg, 0.38 bpg, 4.6 ppg
• Led the Ducks in kills in a pair of conference road wins over two top-25 teams.
• Hit .393 with 14 kills to lead the Ducks to a dominating sweep over then-No. 8 Washington in Seattle, UO's first win against UW since 2012.
• Fourth-career weekly honor and 34th all-time for Oregon.

Defensive: Penina Snuka, Sr., Arizona
• 0.25 kpg, .000 hitting pct., 5.13 dpg, 0.25 bpg, 0.8 ppg 
• Tallied 24 digs against then-No. 25 USC, one off her season high, following up with 17 in three sets against then-No. 9 UCLA.
• Picked up her eighth- and ninth-consecutive (17th and 18th overall) double-doubles of the season.
• Helped Arizona sweep the LA series with both USC and UCLA for the first time in school history.
• Fourth-career weekly honor and 38th all-time for Arizona.

Freshman: Audriana Fitzmorris, Fr., Stanford
• 2.43 kpg, .444 hitting pct., 0.86 dpg, 1.71 bpg, 3.4 ppg
• Hit a team-best .444 (committing just one attack error on 36 attempts) as Stanford won road matches at Colorado and then-No. 19 Utah.
• Errorless with seven kills on .438 hitting and four blocks in a sweep over the ranked Utes.
• Earns fifth weekly honor of the season, including her third freshman of the week nod. Also named Offensive Player of the Week and Defensive Player of the Week once each earlier this season.

ALSO NOMINATED:
Offensive
: Kalei Mau, ARZ; Alexa Smith, COLO; Mary-Kate Marshall, OSU; Kathryn Plummer, STAN;
Reily Buechler, UCLA; Alysa Ford, USC; Adora Anae; UTAH.
Defensive: Cierra Simpson COLO; Amanada Benson, ORE; Kayla Ellis, OSU; Morgan Hentz, STAN; Taylor Formico, UCLA; Taylor Whittingham, USC; Berkeley Oblad, UTAH.
Freshman: Devyn Cross, ARIZ; Ronika Stone, ORE; Serena Bruin, OSU; Kylie Miller, UCLA; Khalia Lanier, USC; Brianna Doehrmann, UTAH.

2016 PAC-12 VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

  Offensive Defensive Freshman
Nov. 7 Lindsey Vander Weide, ORE Penina Snuka, ARIZ Audriana Fitzmorris, STAN
Oct. 31 Inky Ajanaku, STAN Taylor Formico, UCLA Kathryn Plummer, STAN
Oct. 24 Lindsey vander Weide, ORE Lauren Page, ORE Torrey Van Winden, UCLA
Oct. 17 Torrey Van Winden, UCLA Taylor Formico, UCLA Khalia Lanier, USC
Oct. 10 Courtney Schwan, WASH Tawnee Laufalemana,UTAH Shayne McPherson, WASH
Oct. 3 Taylor Mims, WSU Taylor Whittingham, USC Ronika Stone, ORE
Sep. 26 Kyra Holt, WSU Claire Martin, WSU Bailey Choy, UTAH
Sep. 19 Adora Anae, UTAH Megan Shughrou, UTAH Kathryn Plummer, STAN
Sep. 12 Crissy Jones, WASH Amanda Benson, ORE Kara Bajema, WASH
Sep. 5 Audriana Fitzmorris, STAN Naghede Abu, COLO Audriana Fitzmorris, STAN
Aug. 29 Jennie Frager, UCLA Audriana Fitzmorris, STAN Audriana Fitzmorris, STAN