Familiar standout players and the defending PacWest champions take over the conference volleyball awards this week. Azusa Pacific outside hitter Annaka Jorgenson averaged 4.5 kills per set, Point Loma’s Courtney Dyer dug up 26 balls as the Sea Lions won a wild 5-setter at Concordia and Chaminade appears to have righted the ship with another pair of wins at home.

Annaka Jorgenson is the PacWest Player of the Week, Courtney Dyer is once again the Defender of the Week and the red hot Silverswords of Chaminade are the Team of the Week.

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PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Azusa Pacific’s Annaka Jorgenson, OH, 6-1, Jr., Eastvale, Calif.
Annaka Jorgenson had a season-high 17 kills in a four-set loss to No. 25 Cal Poly Pomona, and then had 16 and 12 kills respectively in 3-0 wins over Dominican and Holy Names. The junior averaged 4.5 kills per set, hitting .484 in the win over the Penguins. The 45 kills on the week pushed her career total to 945, just one slot out of the Top 25 on the all-time PacWest list. The former PacWest Freshman of the Year and two-time First Team All-PacWest pick currently lists fourth in the conference kill listings with 3.23 kills per set.

DEFENDER OF THE WEEK: Point Loma’s Courtney Dyer, DS, 5-8, Sr., Gilbert, Ariz.
Courtney Dyer had 26 digs in a five-set win on the road at Concordia to help the Sea Lions remain unbeaten in PacWest play (3-0). Those 26 launched her closer to the 2,000 digs milestone as the two-time PacWest Libero of the Year and three-time All-PacWest selection now sits at 1,924 digs, third best on the conference career list. She also has 136 career service aces, fifth on the PacWest career leader board.
 
NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SILVERSWORDS NOW: The PacWest Team of the Week is Chaminade, who won in straight sets over Academy of Art and Fresno Pacific. The defending PacWest champs took out the previously unbeaten (in conference) Sunbirds, 25-17, 25-23, 25-12. That makes it six straight wins for Chaminade and they have now captured a school-record 18 straight sets. Picked to win the PacWest again in the coaches preseason poll, the Silverswords began the year 3-6, but all six losses were to teams either ranked in the AVCA Top 25 or among those receiving votes.

PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: In Point Loma’s wild win in Irvine, which featured a 30-28 first set, the Sea Lions screamed balance. Abigail Nua and Grace Hicks had 17 kills each and Torina Hommes had 14. Kirra Schulz had 19 kills and 14 digs to lead the Golden Eagles…Fresno Pacific continued its winning ways in Hawaii, topping UH Hilo and Hawaii Pacific to improve to 4-0 before running into Chaminade…Biola had a pair of wins over Holy Names and Dominican to improve to 3-1 in PacWest play. Abby Brewster notched her 1,000^th assist in the win over the Penguins. Anna Aubele had 15 kills against Holy Names zipped in five aces against Dominican…Academy of Art went five sets to notch its first PacWest win at Hawaii Pacific. Maya McClellan had good numbers on both sides of the score sheet with 13 kills and 20 digs, while Ella Dotson led the Sharks with 17 kills and 12 digs…Nikki Logan had a career-high 19 kills in UH Hilo’s loss to Fresno Pacific…The top six teams in the PacWest are all within a game of each other in the very early season loss column. Chaminade leads at 4-0, followed by Point Loma (3-0), Fresno Pacific (4-1), Biola (3-1), Concordia (3-1) and Azusa Pacific (2-1)…Freshman Nua of Point Loma leads the PacWest in kills per set (4.46) by nearly a kill over the next listing..Teammate Hommes paces the league in hitting percentage (.358) and is also fifth in kills (2.95)…Sea Lion setter Lauren Philips leads the conference in assists (10.49), APU’s Aubrea Banfield leads in aces (0.74), Dyer paces the loop in digs (5.26) and Concordia’s Halli Hooks is the conference block leader (1.35).

LOOKING AHEAD: Concordia and Biola square off on Wednesday in La Mirada in a battle of 3-1 teams…Friday’s matches include Biola at Point Loma and Azusa Pacific at Concordia, while Fresno Pacific returns home to host Academy of Art in Saturday’s lone match.