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Han Duong (herewegobru.com)

Zana Muno (left) and Mac May helped the Bruins to a 3-0 record last weekend in Hawai'i.

Muno, May Earn Pac-12 Conference Weekly Honors

Women's Volleyball

Muno picked up her third Pac-12 weekly honor, while May won her first.


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SAN FRANCISCO - The opening weekend of the college volleyball season saw the Bruins win all three of their matches in Honolulu. Monday saw UCLA rack up a pair of weekly awards, as junior Zana Muno was named Pac-12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week, while Mac May earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors.

Muno tied for the fourth-most digs in a single match in UCLA history on Sunday against #20 Hawai'i when she totaled 34. Twenty-two of her 34 digs came in sets the Bruins won, as she produced seven in the second, 10 in the third and five in the fifth. Muno even added a key kill in the final set on an over-pass. On Saturday, the junior had 18 digs in a four-set win over Marquette, including nine in the final set of the match. Muno began the weekend with six digs and another over-pass kill in a sweep of #22 San Diego on Friday.

Like Muno, May's totals increased throughout the weekend. After posting eight kills, six digs and three blocks against San Diego, the freshman tallied 17 kills versus Marquette. Eleven of them came in the final two sets, including six in the fourth. May also served her first two career aces and added three blocks. She finished the weekend with a team-best 18 kills versus Hawai'i, nearly posting a double-double with nine digs. May added three aces and had no hitting errors in three of the five sets.

While it is the first conference award for May in her first week eligible, Monday's Freshman of the Week plaudit marks the seventh for the Bruins since the award was implemented in 2011. Muno was the recipient of two of those awards in 2015 (Sept. 14 and Nov. 9). The junior's Pac-12 DPOW is the ninth for UCLA. The Bruins won three last season, all by Taylor Formico.

The Bruins, up two spots to 11th in this week's AVCA Coaches Poll, head to Las Cruces, N.M. this weekend for a two-match tournament, taking on New Mexico State on Friday, Sept. 1 at 6 p.m. PT and UNLV on Saturday, Sept. 2 at 9 a.m. PT.