Oregon’s Stone, Vander Weide, USC’s Lazaro Honored by Pac-12

Courtesy: Pac-12 Conference 

Offensive Player of the Week

Ronika Stone, JR, ORE (San Jose, Calif.)
3.22 KPS, .419 Pct., 1.44 BPS, 4.2 PPS
• Hit .419 with 29 total kills, 13 total blocks, six digs and a service ace to help lead No. 12 Oregon to wins over Oregon State (3-1) and No. 22 Washington State (3-2).
• Notched a career-high three solo blocks and had only one attack error in 25 attempts to defeat rivals OSU for the seventh-straight meeting.
• Led the Ducks to a thrilling five-set comeback victory over WSU with 16 kills on .378 hitting.
• Marks her first-career offensive weekly honor and 36th all-time weekly honor for the Ducks.

Defensive Player of the Week

Lindsey Vander Weide, SR, ORE (Turlock, Calif.)
4.0 KPS, .255 Pct., 4.78 DPS, 4.6 PPS
• Posted back-to-back doubles-doubles, leading Oregon to a 2-0 Pac-12 start with wins over rival Oregon State (3-1) and then-No. 22 Washington State (3-2).
• With 28 digs in the comeback victory over the Cougars, surpassed 1,000 career digs and became only the fifth Duck in program history to have 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs.
• Recorded first 20+ kill-20+ dig match of her career, tallying a career-high 28 digs and season-high 22 kills in the thrilling five-set comeback win over WSU.
• Marks her third-career weekly honor and the 27th all-time weekly honor for the Ducks.

.@lindseyvdub was named the Pac-12 defensive POW and @ronikastonee garnered conference offensive POW honors after leading the Ducks to a 2-0 weekend #GoDucks

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— Oregon Volleyball (@OregonVB) September 24, 2018

Freshman of the Week

Raquel Lázaro, FR, USC (Córdoba, Spain)
6 SA, 3.38 DPS, 10.75 APS
• Posted her fifth and sixth-career double-doubles in a 3-0 sweep over crosstown rival No. 18 UCLA and a 3-2 win over Colorado.
• Recorded a career-high six service aces in the sweep over the Bruins, the most aces in a single match by a Trojan since 2015.
• Dished out a career-high 58 assists, and played strong defense with 16 digs and four total blocks in the five-set road win over the Buffs.
• Third weekly freshman nod of the season after winning two-straight Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors earlier this season and the 17th freshman weekly honor for the Trojans.

📰 #USCWVB NEWS@RaquelitaLC received her third #Pac12VB Freshman of the Week award today! #FightOn ✌️🏐https://t.co/1SV0EdJY91

— USC Women's Volleyball (@uscwomensvolley) September 24, 2018

ALSO NOMINATED:

Offensive: Alyse Ford, ASU; Maddie Goings, OSU; Kathryn Plummer, STAN; Mac May, UCLA; Jasmine Gross, USC; Dani Drews, UTAH; Samantha Drechsel, WASH; Taylor Mims, WSU.
Defensive: Courtney Leffel, ASU; Grace Massey, OSU; Morgan Hentz, STAN; Kyra Rogers, UCLA; Victoria Garrick, USC; Shayne McPherson, WASH; Alexis Dirige, WSU.
Freshman: Tatum Rohme, ASU; Brooke Nuneviller, ORE; Holly Campbell, STAN; Emily Ryan, UCLA; Ella May Powell, WASH.

2018 PAC-12 VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK