Pac-12 announces volleyball players of the week
Offensive: Kathryn Plummer, JR, STAN (Aliso Viejo, Calif.)
5.50 KPS, .433 PCT, 2.0 DPS, 0.67 BPS, 5.9 PPS
• Led No. 2 Stanford to a pair of sweeps over No. 21 Washington State and No. 18 Washington, averaging 5.50 kills, 2.0 digs and 5.92 points per set while hitting .433.
• Registered a match-high 16 kills on .387 hitting in a sweep over the Cougars.
• Hit .483 with a match-best 17 kills in the sweep over the Huskies, pushing the Cardinal’s win streak to 14 and its nation-best home winning streak to 27.
• Added a pair of blocks and six digs in each of the wins.
• Earns sixth-career weekly honor and third this season. It is the 112th all-time weekly honor for the Cardinal.
Defensive: Morgan Hentz, JR, STAN (Lakeside Park, Ky.)
5.67 DPS, 1.17 APS
• Led the Stanford defense to sweeps over No. 21 Washington State and No. 18 Washington, giving Stanford 14-consecutive wins, extending its nation-best home winning streak to 27.
• Marked her fifth 20-dig performance of the season, helping to hold WSU to a .118 attack percentage. Followed it up with a match-best 14 digs in the win over the Huskies to hold them to a .112 attack percentage.
• Leads the Pac-12 with 5.14 digs per set, upping that mark to 5.54 digs per set in Conference play.
• Earns her sixth-career Pac-12 weekly honor, her fifth this season and third-straight. Earns the 113th all-time weekly nod for the Cardinal.
Freshman: Raquel Lázaro, FR, USC (Córdoba, Spain)
11.78 APS, 3.0 DPS, 3 SA
• Set the Trojans to a .299 hitting percentage in two wins over ranked Pac-12 opponents, including a 3-2 win over No. 25 Arizona State and a 3-1 victory over No. 23 Arizona.
• Set a career-high 59 assists and had 21 digs, one shy of her season best, in the win over ASU, recording her ninth double-double of the season.
• Posted 47 assists against the Wildcats as the Trojans logged a .370 hitting percentage in the match.
• Earns her fourth Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honor this season and the 18th all-time freshman honor for the Trojans.
ALSO NOMINATED:
Offensive: Naghede Abu, COLO; August Raskie, ORE; Haylie Bennett, OSU; Mac May, UCLA; Brooke Botkin, USC; Dani Drews, UTAH.
Defensive: Lauren Forte, CAL; Naghede Abu, COLO; Camryn Tastad, ORE; Grace Massey, OSU; Zana Muno, UCLA; Victoria Garrick, USC; Brianna Doehrmann, UTAH.
Freshman: Jenna Ewert, COLO; Camryn Tastad, ORE; Holly Campbell, STAN; Alexis Light, UCLA; Kennedi Evans, UTAH.
2018 PAC-12 VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK