Point Loma and Chaminade continued their red hot pace with two more wins each in conference play last week. The Sea Lions swept two island games, including a 3-0 win over third place Hawaii Hilo. Makenna Joyce led the PLNU defense with 5.67 digs per set for Defender of the Week. 'Swords Letizia Cammillucci had a double-double during their win over Concordia for Player of the Week honors. 

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PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Chaminade's Letizia Cammillucci, OH-RS, Gr., 5-11, Padova, Italy                                
Chaminade's Letizia Cammillucci was very instrumental in the Silverswords' comeback win over Concordia on Saturday night in Honolulu. The Italian finished the night with 21 kills, 15 digs and three service aces as the 'Swords held off the Golden Eagle upset attempt. CUH dropped the first set 25-21, and was nearly down 2-0 after a wild 33-31 win in set two. Earlier in the week, the San Jose State transfer had seven kills and five digs in a three-set sweep of Vanguard to give her 28 kills and 21 digs on the week. 

DEFENDER OF THE WEEK: Point Loma's Makenna Joyce, S-L, Gr., 5-6, Chico, Calif.                                        
Point Loma's Makenna Joyce was a steady back row influence during the Sea Lions' sweeps of Hawai`i Pacific and Hawai`i Hilo on the islands. The grad senior from St. Mary's had 16 digs against the Sharks and 18 versus Hilo for an average of 5.67 per set. She has been in double figure for digs in all but two matches this year, and is now averaging 4.42 digs per set. This is Joyce's third PacWest Defender of the Week award this year. She came to Point Loma as a two-time All-West Coast Conference selection for the Gaels.
 
TEAM OF THE WEEK: Point Loma Sea Lions                                                                                                            
The PacWest Team of the Week is Point Loma, after the Sea Lions swept through the islands with a pair of wins. The Sea Lions, off to their best start in school history, improved to a perfect 17-0 overall and 11-0 in PacWest play. On Thursday on Oahu, Coach Jonathan Scott's team hit a sizzling .398 in taking out Hawai`i Pacific in three sets. Abigail Nua led the way offensively with 11 kills and a .423 hitting percentage. Makenna Joyce had 16 digs, and Saren Rogers had 10 kills and a .467 accuracy rate. At the Big Island on Saturday against third place Hawai`i Hilo, Point Loma earned the sweep again with a 25-22, 25-20, 25-21 edging of the Vulcans. Nua had 13 kills and Joyce 18 digs. 

PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: Point Loma and Chaminade did not play each other on this Sea Lion island trip, but will play on Nov. 15 in San Diego...Chaminade won for the 500th time in program history against Concordia. In that wild match, Nanna Inoue had 20 digs for the 'Swords and CUI's Kayden Croy had 15 kills. The Golden Eagles won the first set and led 22-19 in the second before the home team rallied back for a 33-31 game win and eventually a 3-1 victory...Jessup won its third and fourth straight matches last week by topping Academy of Art and Fresno Pacific. Setter Kenzie Carpenter averaged 12.28 assists per set, and had 53 in the win over the Sunbirds. Eliana Sheridan had a double-double in each match and finished the week with 27 kills and 31 digs in seven sets...Menlo also went 2-0 with victories against Dominican and Academy of Art. Hannah Torres had 16 kills and hit .406 against the Penguins...Biola had a huge win over Azusa Pacific on Friday night in La Mirada.  The Eagles, who were 2-9 in conference play coming into the match, knocked off the 7-3 Cougars in four sets. Kendall Vandertuig had 19 kills and 14 digs, Payton Tully had 15 kills and hit .414 and Bri Bellfi had 22 digs...APU bounced back on Saturday with a 3-1 win over Westmont behind Kendyl MacAskill's 15 kills...Vanguard took out Hawaii Pacific 3-0 at the Shark Tank. Adeline Galvanoni had 12 kills and hit .440...Concordia warmed up for that Chaminade match by upsetting Hawaii Hilo on Thursday in straight sets. Kayden Croy had 17 kills and hit .471 and Delaney Risse had 15 digs in three sets...Fresno Pacific beat ART U in three sets to start the week, with Mia Gilcrest and McKenna Hughes both supplying 14 kills. LC-Reese Nakagawa had 23 digs for the Urban Knights.

THIS WEEK IN THE PACWEST: 15 conference matches are on the slate this week. That includes Fresno Pacific and Jessup traveling to Hawai`i. Unbeaten Point Loma will host Vanguard and Dominican, while 12-0 Chaminade hosts the Sunbirds and Warriors. To see the complete schedule, click here.