CALIFORNIA – Hawai'i Hilo Women's Volleyball extended its win streak to seven in a row with two victories last week, earning Pacific West Conference Team of the Week recognition as announced Monday afternoon. Fifth-year senior libero Tani Hoke was also named PacWest Defender of the Week.
The program's all-time career digs leader recorded 27 digs in a five-set victory over Azusa Pacific (Oct. 10) and 15 digs in a sweep of Biola (Oct. 12) — averaging 5.25 digs per set.
"It was just focusing on what we can do as a team and working together as a unit," Hoke said. "Just working to do my job to contribute and set up our setters and hitters with the best opportunities to score."
The Vulcans have been on a seven-game win streak through the early stages of the conference season, currently holding the No. 3 spot in the standings.
From PacWest Release:
The PacWest Team of the Week is Hawai'i Hilo after the Vulcans topped a pair of SoCal teams at home last week. On Thursday, in front of 543 loud Vulcan fans, UHH rallied back from a 2-1 deficit to defeat Azusa Pacific in five sets. Samara Cruz provided a good chunk of the offense with 19 kills and .300 hitting percentage, while Tani Hoke's 27 digs was a season high. On Saturday versus Biola, Hilo rolled to the straight-sets win paced by Taylor Tullo's 10 kills and Hoke's 15 digs. The Vulcans have now won seven straight matches to improve to 12-6 overall and to 7-1 in the PacWest standings.
