Point Loma won a huge showdown against Concordia to move into first place the PacWest standings. Anolani Santos served her teammates with a whole bunch of assists for Player of the Week and Dominican defender Sophia Bernabe had a PacWest best 34 digs.

2026 Results/Schedule
2026 Standings
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2026 NPI West Region Rankings

TEAM OF THE WEEK: Point Loma Sea Lions                                                                                                                                 
Point Loma is the Team of the Week after sweeping Vanguard and taking out previous first-place Concordia, 3-1. That moved the Sea Lions record to 11-2, a smidge just above three other teams in the PacWest standings. Kyra Miles had consistent numbers, hitting .667 with 16 kills against Vanguard and .421 with 10 against the Golden Eagles. She also had five blocks on the week. Point Loma has won five in a row to improve to 16-5 overall.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Hawaii Hilo’s Anolani Santos, S, 5-10, Fr., Hilo, Hawaii                                                           
Hawaii Hilo’s Anolani Santos directed the Vulcans to a 2-1 northern California road trip by helping her teammates. The freshman from Hilo averaged 11.75 assists per set and had 35 total digs. Her 57 assists against Westmont is the second highest total in the PacWest this year. She had 44 against Dominican and 40 in a three-set win over Jessup. The 40 against the Warriors is the third highest in the conference this year for a three-set match.

DEFENDER OF THE WEEK: Dominican’s Sophia Bernabe, D, 5-6, Soph., Vallejo, Calif.                             
Dominican’s Sophia Berabe dug out 34 balls in a four-set match against Hawaii Pacific, the highest total in the PacWest this season. She averaged a robust 7.66 digs per set on three matches with 22 digs against Chaminade and 11 more against Hawaii Hilo. The sophomore has been in double figures in all but three matches this season, and this is her second PacWest Defender of the Week award.

PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: The top four squads have a 3-match lead over the fifth place team in the standings, but there is a razor thin margin between that group of four as they tussle for the PacWest regular season title. This is how it looks as of Monday, Oct. 26. (1) Point Loma 11-2, (2) Biola 12-3, (3) Concordia 11-3, (4) Hawaii Hilo 11-3. Westmont is the fifth team at 8-6, and they won three conference matches last week to keep their playoff hopes alive, defeating Hilo in five, Chaminade in four and Hawaii Pacific in three…Concordia won a huge 5-set battle with Biola…Ella Schoene of Hawaii Pacific has a conference-high 12 blocks against Jessup, in just four sets…CUH’s Kyra Pogud had 27 digs against Jessup…Kayden Croy (CUI) and Lexi Lanbert (Vanguard) both had six service aces in matches against Biola.

WEST REGION RPI: Four PacWest teams are bunched tightly in the 6-10 range in the second NCAA West Region rankings, announced today (Monday) by the national office. To see the Top 10 list, click here.

LOOKING AHEAD: A dozen matches are on the slate this week as we head into the final two weeks of the regular season. That includes Point Loma and Concordia traveling to Hawaii Hilo for a pair of titanic matches. To see the complete PacWest schedule, click here.