Wahine volleyball outside the house hitter Brooke Van Sickle caps property occupation with BWC honor

Hawaii senior Brooke Van Sickle capped the frequent period by boasting the closing Massive West women’s volleyball Offensive Player of the 7 days award on Monday.

The Rainbow Wahine outside the house hitter recorded 35 kills on .311 hitting in UH’s win about Cal Condition Northridge previous Friday and a decline to UC Santa Barbara on Saturday.

Van Sickle opened the homestand with 14 kills in 35 makes an attempt in UH’s four-established acquire against CSUN to clinch the outright Massive West championship and a bid to the NCAA Match. She also experienced 12 digs in her 11th double-double of the period with 3 blocks and two aces in the earn.

Van Sickle then tied her vocation large with 21 kills towards UCSB in her final appearance in SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Centre. She added two blocks, 8 digs and an ace in the 5-set loss on senior evening.

“What can you say about Brooke? She’s an undersized outside the house hitter that plays like she’s 6-4,” UH mentor Robyn Ah Mow claimed just after the match. “The workforce, the software is going to skip her. Undoubtedly wonderful to have her right here.”

Van Sickle closed the standard year as the Significant West’s chief in details for each established with 4.56. She positioned 2nd in kills for each established (3.80) and support aces for each set (.38).

The Rainbow Wahine (21-7) will make the program’s 39th visual appeal in the NCAA Event on Friday when they confront Mississippi Condition (25-5) in a first-round match in Seattle. The initially conference among the Rainbow Wahine and Bulldogs is established for 2:30 p.m. at Alaska Airways Arena. Mississippi State moved up to No. 23 in the closing AVCA Division I Coaches poll of the standard time.