Monday, October 3, 2011

Washington's Bianca Rowland named Pac-12 Player of the Week

For the second time this season, Washington’s Bianca Rowland has been named Pac-12 defensive Player of the Week.

During home matches against Oregon and Oregon State, the senior middle blocker had one solo block, and a hand in 14 team (shared) blocks. Her teammate, Lauren Barfield, wasn’t far behind, with 10 team blocks in the two matches. As a team, the Huskies outblocked the Ducks 14-3, and the Beavers 12-7.

Barfield, with 15 kills/3 errors/29 attacks for the weekend (.414) was among those nominated for conference offensive player of the week. That award was given to Stanford’s Carly Wopat, who hit .502 in wins against Arizona and Arizona State. Earlier this season, Wopat, a sophomore middle blocker, was named defensive player of the week.

Washington freshman Summer Ross was among those nominated as freshman of the week. Against UO and OSU, Ross had 11 kills/1 error/30 attempts (.333), and added 10 team blocks and 16 digs, many of them spectacular. This week’s freshman award went to Cal’s Christina Higgins, who had 27 kills and hit .345 against UA and ASU.
PAC-12 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

OFFENSE
DEFENSE
FRESHMAN
Aug. 29
Alaina Bergsma
ORE
Bianca Rowland
WASH
Krista Vansant
WASH
Sept. 5
Rachael Kidder
UCLA
Karissa Cook
STAN
Krista Vansant
WASH
Sept. 12
Rachel Williams
STAN
Carly Wopat
STAN
Arica Nassar
OSU
Sept. 19
Alaina Bergsma
ORE
Robin Rostratter
CAL
Chloe Mathis
ARIZ
Sept. 26
Kendall Bateman
USC
Kelly Reeve
UCLA
Zoe Nightingale
UCLA
Oct. 3
Carly Wopat
STAN
Bianca Rowland
WASH
Christina Higgins
CAL
Washington's Bianca Rowland (15) attacks against Oregon State
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