UCLA

UCLA's Merrick McHenry was named on Monday as the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) / Molten Men's Offensive Volleyball Player of the Week. He hit .789 for the weekend while leading the Bruins to a pair of wins over No. 6 Stanford in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom.

McHenry registered 15 kills on 19 swings in the two matches against the Cardinal. He has now hit at least .400 in each of his last 19 matches this season. McHenry added a season-high tying seven block assists to go with a career-best eight digs in the first night victory. On night two, the redshirt senior middle blocker was perfect on seven swings and ended the decisive third set with three straight service aces to complete a sweep of the Cardinal. The three aces equaled his season-high mark for a match.

The Bruins (7-1) will challenge MPSF-leading Grand Canyon (8-0) in a pair of matches to be played this week on Friday (7 p.m.) and Saturday (5 p.m.) in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom.

Also on Monday, the AVCA released its weekly coaches poll on Monday and the Bruins sit in the No. 2 position.

Long Beach State (all 23 first-place votes) 20-1
UCLA 18-4
Grand Canyon 20-2
Hawai'i 20-4
UC Irvine 16-7
BYU 15-7
Stanford 9-11
Pepperdine 17-7
Penn State 17-6
Ohio State 17-9
Ball State 18-9
Loyola-Chicago 17-9
USC 11-11
Lewis 15-12
CSUN 11-12
George Mason 15-7
Princeton 10-10
McKendree 14-9
UC San Diego 11-12
Purdue Fort Wayne 12-11

McHenry Named MPSF MVB Player of Week