Wyoming’s McBride, Fresno State’s Leonard Star for Mountain West
Wyoming’s Jackie McBride was tabbed the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week, while Fresno State’s Reagan Leonard earned MW Defensive Player of the Week honors, marking the first for each.
Check Out These Can’t Miss NCAA Week 2 Matchups
A trio of Top 10 showdowns highlight the action this week, including what should be a highly competitive match between No. 2/2 Texas and No. 6/8 Wisconsin.
Serie A1’s #2 Scorer Paul Buchegger Out 5 Months with Knee Injury
Buchegger was injured in a match with the Austrian National Team during European Championship qualifying on Saturday.
Zumach, Fanning Tabbed as Big 12 Co-Players of the Week
Kansas State’s Kylee Zumach and Baylor’s Shelly Fanning were tabbed as Co-Offensive Player of the Week. Texas’s Morgan Johnson and TCU’s Elan McCall rounded out the honors with defensive player of the week and rookie of the week accolades respectively.
Lund, Dowd, Nunez Receive ACC Weekly Nods
Pitt’s Kayla Lund has been named the first ACC Volleyball Player of the Week for the 2018 season, and Mikaila Dowd of Georgia Tech and Zoe Nunez of Notre Dame were named Co-Freshmen of the Week.
USC’s Brooke Botkin Leads Pac-12 on Week 1
The Pac-12 Conference tabbed USC rookie Brooke Botkin as its Offensive Player of the Week, while Oregon State’s Grace Massey was named tops on defense and USC’s Raquel Lazaro was dubbed best rookie.
Big Ten Picks OSU’s Witte, Purdue’s Atkinson as Co-Players of the Week
Michigan’s Jenna Lerg and MacKenzi Welsh, Northwestern’s Kiara McNulty, Ohio State’s Lauren Witte and Purdue’s Sherridan Atkinson earned the first Big Ten weekly honors of 2018.
Portland’s Shayla Hoeft Tabbed as WCC Player of the Week
Portland junior middle blocker Shayla Hoeft earned WCC Player of the Week honors after leading the Pilots to a 3-0 effort at the Aztec Invitational, averaged 3.8 kills on .453 attacking to go with 1.0 blocks per set.
UMKC’s Lukes, Chicago State’s Klavitter Earn WAC Week 1 Honors
Kansas City senior middle hitter Tyrecia Lukes and Chicago State junior defensive specialist Megan Klavitter have been named the Western Athletic Conference Offensive and Defensive Volleyball Players of the Week, the first such honors for either player.
Iran Thumps China 3-0 to Advance to Asian Games Men’s Semis
Iranian captain Saeid Marouf was not expected to play in this tournament because of injury; now, he’s led his team back to the semi-finals.
