The Pac-12 today announced its Players of the Week for Women's Soccer, Men's Soccer and Volleyball, highlighting several key performances from the week that was.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Offensive Player of the Week: F Mia Lane, Boise State (Recorded four goals for eight points over the week - two each in a 4-1 victory over San Diego State on Oct. 1 and a 3-0 win over Gonzaga on Oct. 4. Lane was the league's only player to notch a pair of braces this past week)
Defensive Player of the Week: GK Ivy Nystrom, Utah State (Helped No. 19 Utah State to a 2-0 week with a 2-1 win over No. 22 Texas State and a 3-0 win at Colorado State and played all 180 minutes in goal on the week, allowing just a single goal)
Newcomer of the Week: F Delaney Hawkins, Washington State (Scored three goals over two games in the opening weekend of Pac-12 play, including a brace in the first seven minutes of Thursday's win over Oregon State, first multi-goal game of her career and the first multi-goal game by a Coug this season and followed with a third goal in conference play in WSU's shutout win over Fresno State, Sunday)
Pac-12 programs are back in action on Thursday with four matches. For a full look at the Pac-12 women’s soccer schedule, click
here.
Previous women's soccer players of the week:
Sept. 29
Offensive: MF/F Campbell Wilson, Boise State
Defensive: GK Ava de Leest, Boise State
Newcomer: MF/F Campbell Wilson, Boise State
Sept. 22
Offensive: MF Amelia Severn, Gonzaga
Defensive: GK Ashlyn Dvorak, Washington State
Newcomer: MF KK Chowanda-Bandhu
Sept. 15
Offensive: F Solena Sellers, Utah State
Defensive: D Summer Sofonia, Utah State
Newcomer: MF/F Campbell Wilson, Boise State
Sept. 9
Offensive: MF Victoria Meza, Texas State
Defensive: GK Jesse Reiss, Fresno State
Newcomer: MF/F Campbell Wilson, Boise State
Sept. 1
Offensive: F Ellie Hendrix, Utah State
Defensive: GK Ivy Nystrom, Utah State
Newcomer: MF/F Campbell Wilson, Boise State
Aug. 25
Offensive: MF Helen Alormenu, Texas State
Defensive: D Jenny Ngankem, Texas State
Newcomer: F Lea Gentry, Oregon State
Aug. 18
Offensive: MF Amelia Severn, Gonzaga (also named IWSOC National Player of the Week)
Defensive: GK Kailey Carlen, San Diego State
Newcomer: MF/F Campbell Wilson, Boise State
MEN'S SOCCER
Offensive Player of the Week: F Justin Ojo, California Baptist (Scored four goals in first two conference matches, including a hat-trick in a 5-2 win over Gonzaga, just the fourth in CBU's Division I history)
Defensive Player of the Week: D Stavros Charalampous, California Baptist (Anchored the CBU defense that went 2-0-0 and outscored opponents 8-3 this past week - tallied two assists and a goal, including a goal and an assist in the 3-1 win over Cal Poly)
Newcomer of the Week: F John Koutelieris, Oregon State (Recorded three assists over the Beavers' two games, which saw Oregon State go
1-0-1 on the week, with a 2-2 draw vs. SDSU and 4-1 win at UC Riverside)
Pac-12 men's soccer programs are back in action beginning on Wednesday, with four matches set to take place, including three in conference play. For a full look at the Pac-12 men's soccer schedule, click
here.
Previous men's soccer players of the week:
Sept. 29
Offensive: D Charlie Hogan, Cal Poly
Defensive: GK Mathew Guerra, Cal Poly
Newcomer: F Devin Bening, Cal Poly
Sept. 22
Offensive: MF Tim Hoffman, Oregon State
Defensive: GK John Nicolson, Oregon State
Newcomer: GK Ulrik Stroem, California Baptist
Sept. 15
Offensive: F Drew Pedersen, Gonzaga
Defensive: D Keenai Brown, UC San Diego
Newcomer: GK Ulrik Stroem, California Baptist
Sept. 9
Offensive: F Nik Orth, San Diego State
Defensive: D Gavin Carlson, UC San Diego
Newcomer: D Gavin Carlson, UC San Diego
Sept. 1
Offensive: F Max Eisenberg, Oregon State
Defensive: GK Nic Thiele, UC San Diego
Newcomer: D Carson Hammond, Gonzaga
Aug. 25
Offensive: MF Oren Stuppel, UC San Diego
Defensive: D Gavin Carlson, UC San Diego
Newcomer: F Wyatt Borso, Oregon State
VOLLEYBALL
Offensive Player of the Week: OH Olivia Ruy, Utah State (Led USU with 37 kills on the week while hitting .341 on 88 total attempts, adding 12 blocks and seven digs, averaged 4.11 kills, 1.33 blocks and 4.83 points per set on the week, recorded a career-high 25 kills in USU’s five-set match against Colorado State, tying for the ninth-most kills by an Aggie during the 25-point, rally-scoring era - the third-most kills in a single match by a Pac-12 player this season. She also hit .382 against the Rams on a career-high 55 attempts and added six blocks and two digs, posted 12 kills with six blocks and five digs against Fresno State and set a career-high in blocks against Fresno State and again tied it against CSU)
Defensive Player of the Week: L Maggie Rickert, Gonzaga (Totaled 36 digs (7.2 digs per set) in a match, .939 serve receive rate, 3 assists and an ace. Set a Pac-12 record with 36 digs in a single match, helping to hold Colorado State to just a .185 hitting percentage while serving as the GU libero and her 36 digs were the second highest single game total in Gonzaga program history. No other Pac-12 player has had more than thirty digs in a match this season. She also added an ace and three assists)
Setter of the Week: S Kendall Mairs, San Diego State (Enjoyed another set of all-round performances in two matches at Boise State and Washington State, leading the team with 77 assists (11.00/set) and 23 digs (3.29/set) while adding seven kills (1.00/set), two block assists and a service ace. Led the Pac-12 with an average of 11.00 assists per set and ranked eighth with 3.29 digs per set. In addition, her dig-total helped the Aztecs limit their two opponents to a combined .125 hitting percentage, which ranked second in the Pac-12. Completed two double-doubles for the week, raising her total to 10 for the season and 21 for her career. Set a career high with 50 assists at Boise State and added 10 digs, helping the Aztecs defeat the Broncos in Boise for the second year in a row. Additionally, she blasted a season-high five kills at Boise State to go with a service ace and a block assist. Continued her stellar play with match highs of 27 assists and 13 digs at Washington State, helping the Aztecs to their fifth sweep of the season)
Pac-12 volleyball programs are back in action on Thursday night. For a full look at the Pac-12 volleyball schedule, click
here.
Previous volleyball players of the week:
Sept. 29
Offensive: OH/OPP Claire Wagstaff, Gonzaga
Defensive: MB Kendall Hastings, Boise State
Setter: S Jackie Matias, Oregon State
Sept. 22
Offensive: OH/OPP Claire Wagstaff, Gonzaga
Defensive: MB Kekua Richards, Colorado State
Setter: S Jackie Matias, Oregon State
Sept. 15
Offensive: OH Ella Schabort, San Diego State
Defensive: OH Amelia Hansen, Boise State
Setter: S Kendall Mairs, San Diego State
Sept. 9
Offensive: OH Jenna Legault, Fresno State
Defensive: MB Naomi White, Washington State
Setter: S Erin Debiec, Colorado State
Sept. 1
Offensive: OH AC Froehlich, Oregon State
Defensive: L Melia Barlow, Boise State
Setter: S Jackie Matias, Oregon State