ALL-PACWEST TEAM
(SAN DIEGO) The PacWest champions PLNU Volleyball earned three annual awards and had four Sea Lions named to the All-PacWest Team, as announced by the conference on Wednesday afternoon.
Sophia Baugh (Setter of the Year),
Kira Federico (Libero of the Year) and
Jonathan Scott (Coach of the Year) all received the top honors from the conference for their respective positions.
Seniors Baugh and Federico were joined on the All-PacWest First Team by sophomore middle blocker
Kyra Miles, while fellow sophomore middle blocker
Hailey Clark was selected to the Second Team.
Baugh earns First Team All-PacWest honors for the third straight season. She ranks second in the conference this year in assists per set (10.19) while orchestrating the top offense in the PacWest in kills per set (13.94).
She has recorded 11 double-doubles on the season, as she averages 3.02 digs per set (10th best in the conference) while also totaling 0.37 service aces per set (7th in the PacWest).
Federico leads all PacWest liberos in passer rating on Volleymetrics and with the fewest reception errors per set. The four-time PacWest Defender of the Week ranks second in the conference in digs per set (4.94) despite PLNU having the conference's top offense. She has recorded double-digit digs in all matches, including 10 matches with 20-plus digs.
Miles leads the conference in hitting % (.406) and ranks fourth in blocks per set (0.90), leading the team in both categories and total blocks (82). She has also totaled the second most kills (242) on the team.
Clark is seventh in the PacWest in hitting % (.307), ranking second on Point Loma in that category as well as total blocks (75) and blocks per set (0.80). Like Miles, Clark has also eclipsed 200 kills on the season.
Scott is the PacWest Coach of the Year for the second time in his illustrious coaching career. He led the Sea Lions to a 21-5 regular season record, marking the fifth straight season that Point Loma has reached the 20-win mark.
PLNU also went 16-2 in PacWest play, winning 14 consecutive conference matches to clinch a third PacWest title in four seasons.
Point Loma (21-5 overall, 16-2 PacWest) is the No. 1 seed in this week's PacWest Championships in Costa Mesa and will play No. 4 seed Hawai'i Hilo in the semifinals on Friday at 4:30 p.m.
The winner will advance to Saturday's championship match at 6 p.m.
