Sept. 19, 2005
DENVER - Nevada's Salaia Salave`a has been named the Xbox Live Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 19. This is the first WAC Player of the Week honor of the year for Salave`a, who was an all-WAC selection in 2004.
The Leone, America Samoa (Leone) native, was named the MVP of the Circus Circus/Molten Invitational after averaging 4.69 kills, 2.46 digs and 1.46 blocks. She also had 5.81 points, while hitting .341 as Nevada claimed the title going 3-0. In the Wolf Pack's 3-2 win over No. 21 California, she posted her first career triple-double finishing with 18 kills, 14 digs, and 10 blocks (1 block solo, 9 block assists), while hitting .318. It was the first triple-double in the WAC this season. In the match with Akron, she totaled a match-high 23 kills and hit .425. In the final match of the invitational versus Montana State she had 20 kills, and 12 digs to post a double-double. The three wins improved Nevada's record to 5-5.
Other nominees included: Cameron Flunder of Boise State led the Broncos to a sweep of instate rival Idaho State ... Kasie Spencer of Fresno State had 40 kills and 14 blocks in three losses last week ... Shannon Phillips of Louisiana Tech led the Lady Techsters to a 4-0 week with 52 kills and 12 total blocks ... Jackie Choi of New Mexico State had 68 assists as the Aggies split matches on the road last week ... Zuzana Cernianska of Utah State led the Aggies to a 2-2 week, including a win over No. 24 UC Santa Barbara.
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