This week’s VolleyMob Player of the Week was involved in one of the biggest wins of the week and helped his team go toe-to-toe with one the No. 1 team in the country on both Friday and Saturday.
Hawaii’s Joe Worsley averaged 10.50 assists and 2.00 digs per set, while setting the team to a .277 hitting effort in a split against No. 1 Long Beach State. The junior setter posted a 54-assist, 12 dig double-double and added four kills and two blocks as the team hit .237 in a five-set loss on Friday. The Moraga, California, native notched 51 assists, eight digs, four blocks and three kills as team hit .328 in a five-set win, handing LBSU its first loss of the season.
Ryan Coenen, Lewis – RS So., OH
Averaged 5.67 kills, 3.00 digs per set, while hitting .452 in Lewis’ 3-0 quarterfinal win over No. 15 Fort Wayne in the MIVA Tournament; downed 17 kills and added nine digs and a block, while hitting at a .452 clip in the victory
Gianluca Grasso, USC – Jr., OH
Averaged 4.75 kills and 1.75 digs per set, while hitting at a .607 clip in a four-set road win over No. 5 Pepperdine; notched 19 kills, seven digs, three blocks and two aces, while hitting .607 in the MPSF Quarterfinal match
TJ DeFalco, Long Beach State – Jr., OH
Averaged 4.70 kills, 2.30 digs and 0.90 blocks per set, while hitting .324; posted a 22-kill, 13 dig double-double, while adding four blocks and hitting .259 in Friday’s five-set win; tallied a 25-kill, 10 dig double-double, while adding five blocks and hitting .396 in Saturday’s loss.
Sam Greenslade, George Mason – So., OH
Averaged 4.20 kills and 1.20 digs per set, while hitting .475 in a pair of victories over Harvard; appeared in Friday’s match, but did not record a stat in his one set of play; downed 21 kills and added six digs and four aces, while hitting .475 in Saturday’s four-set win
Hunter Howell, Concordia-Irvine – Jr., MB
Averaged 2.6 kills and 2.33 blocks per set, while hitting .727 in a sweep of No. 14 Grand Canyon; posted eight kills in 11 errorless swings and added seven blocks, while hitting .727 in the Eagles’ MPSF Quarterfinal win
2018 VolleyMob Player of the Week Honorees
1/9 – Karl Apfelbach, UC Irvine
1/16 – Josh Tuaniga, Long Beach State
1/23 – Tanner Syftestad, UC San Diego
1/30 – Jake Hanes, Ohio State
2/5 – Micah Ma’a, UCLA
2/13 – Brenden Sander, BYU
2/20 – Robert Poole, Mount Olive
2/27 – Stijn van Tilburg, Hawaii
3/6 – George Huhmann, Princeton
3/13 – Austin Matautia, Hawaii
3/20 – David Wieczorek, Pepperdine
3/27 – Ricky Gevis, Loyola
4/3 – Jaylen Jasper, Stanford
4/10 – Rado Parapunov, Hawaii
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