Senior Taylor Formico is averaging 5.15 digs per set this season to lead the Pac-12 (photo by Han Duong).
Taylor Formico Named Pac-12 DPOW for Third Time
November 21, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
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SAN FRANCISCO - Senior Taylor Formico was named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week for the third time this season, as announced by the conference on Monday. Formico had 42 digs and two service aces in two victories last week against Oregon State and Oregon to help the Bruins remain in a tie for first place in the league standings.
Against Oregon State on Wednesday (Nov. 16), Formico extended her double-figure digs streak to 49 in a row just in the first set when she had 12. She added nine more in the second and six in the third to finish with 27 digs, coming one shy of tying the school record for digs in a three-set match. Formico, who also had two aces versus the Beavers, added 15 digs and a kill on Friday (Nov. 18) versus #19 Oregon. Formico leads the Bruins and all Pac-12 players with 5.15 digs per set, also ranking 21st in the nation.
The Bruins have won seven Pac-12 weekly honors this season, with Formico also earning DPOW accolades onย Oct. 17ย andย 31. Freshman Torrey Van Winden is a three-time award winner, having claimed Pac-12 Freshman of the Week onย Oct. 24ย and Nov. 14, as well asย Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 17. Senior Jennie Frager was theย conference'sย Offensive POW on Aug. 29. Since 2011, when the conference started handing out Offensive, Defensive and Freshman of the Week honors, UCLA has won 11 Offensive, eight Defensive and six Freshman awards (25 total). The Bruins have 86 all-time Pac-12 weekly awards.
UCLA travels to Seattle to take on fellow Pac-12 co-leader Washington on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The match will air on Pac-12 Network National and Los Angeles. The Bruins can win a share of the league title and earn the conference's automatic NCAA Tournament bid for the first time since 1999 with a victory at Washington.
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