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Pac-12 Women's Volleyball Players of the Week

Nov 6, 2017

Offensive: Merete Lutz, SR, Stanford (Houston, Texas)
4.00 kps, .526 pct., 4.5 pts/s
• Led Stanford to sweeps over Oregon State and No. 16 Oregon last week to remain undefeated in Conference play. 
• Recorded 11 kills on .409 hitting with three blocks against OSU and then added 13 kills on a season-best .688 attack percentage and three blocks versus the Ducks.
• Help the Cardinal reached the 20-win mark for the 17th-straight season and a 14-0 mark in the Pac-12.
• Second-career Pac-12 weekly honor and first Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week nod for Stanford’s 103rd all-time weekly award.

Defensive: Madeleine Gates, SO, UCLA (San Diego, Calif.)
3.43 kps, .477 pct., 1.86 bps, 4.6 pts/s
• Helped UCLA record two wins last week defeating Arizona, 3-1, and Arizona State, 3-0.
• Posted at least five blocks in both Bruin victories, totaling eight against Arizona and five versus Arizona State.
• Has at least five blocks in a team-best 12 contests this season. 
• Registered double figures in kills in both contests (3.43 per set) with a .478 hitting percentage against Arizona and a .476 percentage versus ASU.
• Earns first Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week nod and 82nd all-time weekly award for UCLA. 

Freshman: Brynna Deluzio, FR, Colorado (Windermere, Fla.)
8.33 aps, .500 pct., 2.50 dps, 6 ba
• Helped Colorado sweep the Washington schools for its second-straight weekend sweep, beating Washington, 3-0, and Washington State, 3-0, on its home court.
• Recorded 28 assists in the win over WSU and 22 versus Washington, directing a Colorado offense that posted a .267 hitting percentage.
• Added three kills, 11 digs and six blocks against the Cougars. 
• Picks up back-to-back Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors and fourth of the season for Colorado's fifth all-time.

ALSO NOMINATED
Offensive: Oluoma Okaro, ASU; Alexa Smith, COLO; Taylor Agost, ORE; Mary-Kate Marshall, OSU; Mac May, UCLA; Khalia Lanier, USC; Adora Anae, UTAH; Courtney Schwan, WASH.
Defensive: Halle Harker, ASU; Gabby Carta-Samuels, COLO; Grace Massey, OSU; Tia Audriana Fitzmorris, STAN; Victoria Garrick, USC; Scambray, WASH.
Freshmen: Griere Hughes, ASU; Haylie Bennett, OSU; Mac May, UCLA; Brooke Botkin, USC.

2017 PAC-12 VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

  Offensive Defensive Freshman
Aug. 28 Khalia Lanier, USC Zana Muno, UCLA Mac May, UCLA
Sept. 4 Mary-Kate Marshall, OSU Tawnee Luafalemana, UTAH Dani Barton, UTAH
Sept. 11 Taylor Agost, ORE Berkeley Oblad, UTAH Mima Mirkovic, CAL
Sept. 18 Alexa Smith, COLO Halle Harker, ASU Brynna DeLuzio, COLO
Sept. 25 Brittany Abercrombie, USC Victoria Garrick, USC Mac May, UCLA
Oct. 2 Brittany Abercrombie, USC Naghede Abu, COLO Brynna DeLuzio, COLO
Oct. 9 Adora Anae, UTAH Berkeley Oblad, UTAH Lauren Sanders, WASH
Oct. 16 Mary-Kate Marshall, OSU  Grace Massey, OSU Maddie Goings, OSU
Oct. 23 Mary-Kate Marshall, OSU  Morgan Hentz, STAN Kylee McLaughlin, OSU
Oct. 30 Kathryn Plummer, STAN Tia Scambray, WASH Brynna Deluzio, COLO
Nov. 6 Merete Lutz, STAN  Madeleine Gates, UCLA Brynna Deluzio, COLO