USC Women's Volleyball's Skylar Fields and Mia Tuaniga Earn AVCA All-Region Laurels

by usctrojans.com
Dec 6, 2022

LEXINGTON, Ky. – USC women's volleyball senior outside hitter Skylar Fields (Missouri City, Texas/Ridge Point HS) and sophomore setter Mia Tuaniga (Long Beach, Calif./Mater Dei HS) were each named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Pacific South Region Team on Tuesday, Dec. 6.
 
The two Trojans represent the 67th and 68th AVCA all-region certificates earned by USC players. It is the first time Tuaniga's has been named to the all-region team. Last year (2021) she was chosen as the Pacific South Region's Freshman of the Year. For Fields, it is her fourth-career all-region nod. She was named to the Southwest Region Team three times while at Texas. Both are now eligible to be chosen for AVCA All-America honors. The teams will be announced next week.
 
Fields owns four Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week awards this season and led the conference in kills (598), kills per set (5.11 kps), points (650.0) and points per set (5.56 pps). Her total kills and points each rank third in USC single-season history. Tuaniga is the league leader in assists (1,308) and service aces (58). She set the Trojans' school record with 10 aces in a match this season and produced the second triple-double in program history during the rally-scoring era.
 
USC (22-11) finished fourth in the Pac-12 standings (13-7) and was awarded one of 32 at-large berths into the 2022 NCAA tournament last week. The Women of Troy defeated High Point in the first round of the tourney but were eliminated by 10th-ranked site host Ohio State. It was the first NCAA tournament victory for third-year head coach Brad Keller and the program's first appearance in the tourney since 2019.
 
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