Torrey Van Winden (left) and Jennie Frager each earned their first AVCA All-Region honors (photo by Han Duong).
Five Bruins Named to AVCA All-Region Teams
December 06, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
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LEXINGTON, Ky. - Five Bruins were named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Pacific South All-Region Teams on Tuesday, as seniors Taylor Formico and Jennie Fragerย and freshman Torrey Van Winden earned First Team honors, while senior Jordan Anderson and junior Reily Buechler picked up Honorable Mention accolades.
Anderson recorded her fourth straight All-Region award, earning First Team honors in 2015 and 2014 (at West Virginia) and Honorable Mention in 2013 (WVU). Formicoย notched her second consecutive First Team accolade and her third overall (Honorable Mention in 2012 at UC Santa Barbara). Buechler, Frager and Van Windenย all tallied their first All-Region awards.
The five All-Region awards for UCLA are tied for the most in school history with the 1989 squad. The three First Team honors equal last year's total. The Bruins have earned 64 All-Region plaudits and 49 First Team nods.
Formico, the Pac-12 Conference Libero of the Year for the second straight season, leads the Bruins and all league players with 5.07 digs per set (25th in the nation), adding 21 service aces, which is tied for second on the team. Also named All-Pac-12 First Team, Formico has double figures in digs in 31 matches, including at least 20 on 15 occasions. The three-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week had a season-best 36 digs against Arizona on Oct. 9. She didn't just chip in with her defense though, as she has produced nine kills, tied a career high with four aces in the NCAA Second Round match versus Baylor (Dec. 3) and recorded the second double-double of her career with 20 digs and 11 assists against Utah on Oct. 29.
Frager, who was named All-Pac-12 First Team, leads the Bruins with 1.14 blocks per set and is second with a .348 hitting percentage, adding 2.19 kills per set and six service aces. She is sixth among Pac-12 players in hitting and seventh in bps. Frager has 14 double-figure kills contests, has hit over .400 on 11 occasions and posted at least five blocks in 12 matches. The senior set career highs this year in kills and blocks, notching 16 kills versus Colorado on Oct. 28, while posting 10 blocks at Loyola Marymount on Aug. 27.ย She also earned her first Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week award on Aug. 29.
Van Winden was honored on the All-Pac-12 First Team and Pac-12 All-Freshman Team. She is third on the squad with 2.94 kills and 3.42 points per set, adding 10 service aces, a .282 hitting percentage, 1.87 digs per set and 0.68 blocks per set. Van Winden has 15 double-figure kills matches, six double-figure digs contests and three double-doubles. She was recognized with three Pac-12 weekly awards, picking up a pair of Freshman of the Week honors and an Offensive POW plaudit. On three occasions, Van Winden had 19 kills to set a season best, reaching that mark in both matches against Stanford (Oct. 21 and Nov. 12), as well as at Oregon (Oct. 12). She also set a career high with 19 digs in the Bruins' NCAA First Round match against Murray State on Dec. 2.
Anderson, who picked up All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention accolades, is second on the team with 3.12 kills and 3.43 points per set, adding 1.12 digs per set, 0.41 blocks per set and six service aces. Anderson has double figures in kills 22 times, adding three double-doubles. Her season best in kills came versus Colorado on Oct. 28 when she had 18. Anderson's Bruin high in digs of 19 occurred versus Washington State on Sept. 23, while her career best in blocks came at Oregon with a six-roof effort on Oct. 12. Anderson has led UCLA in kills in nine contests.
Buechler, an All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention winner for the third year in a row, leads the team with 3.27 kills and 3.71 points per set, ranking ninth among Pac-12 players in kps. She also ranks tied for second with 21 service aces and third with 2.21 digs per set, adding 0.42 blocks per set. Buechler has 20 double-figure kills matches, 11 double-figure digs contests and eight double-doubles. She has reached the 20-kill mark three times, including a season-best 21 against USC (Sept. 21) and Murray State (Dec. 2). Buechler also produced a career high 15 digs against Pacific (Sept. 1) and Oregon State (Nov. 16).
The 10th-seeded Bruins take on #7-seed North Carolina in the NCAA Regional Semifinals on Friday in Minneapolis. Match time is set for 7:45 p.m. PT/9:45 p.m. CT and the match will air on ESPNU.
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