Boise State Athletics
9/12/2022 11:34:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Boise State volleyball claimed two of the three weekly awards for Sept. 12.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Boise State's Paige Bartsch and Allison Casillas have been named the Mountain West Volleyball offensive and defensive players of the week for Sept. 12 as announced by the league's office on Monday. The duo led Boise State to a perfect 4-0 week with a win at Idaho State (Sept. 5) before sweeping a three-match homestand versus Butler, Southern Utah and Eastern Washington to win the Boise State Classic championship (Sept. 9-10).
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Bartsch opened the week by leading the Broncos at Idaho State. She recorded 12 of her then career-tying 19 kills during the final two sets to lead the Broncos to the 3-1 victory. Â She then recorded a career-high 23 kills and hit .405 percent with one service ace, two block assists and 25.0 points in the win over Eastern Washington (Sept. 10).
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She concluded her week by being named the Boise State Classic Most Valuable Player after hitting .324 percent for a team-high 49 kills with three service aces, 25 digs, 12 blocks and a team-high 58 points during the three-match run.
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On the week, she recorded 68 kills, five service aces, 13 blocks and 80.0 points. All but the block total were team highs. Bartsch hit.315 percent and averaged a team-high 4.53 kills per set, 0.33 aces, 0.87 blocks and a team-best 5.33 points.
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Casillas led Boise State defensively on the week as the libero tallied a team-high 45 digs and recorded a service receive percentage of .968 with only three errors on a team-high 94 receptions.
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She tied for the team lead in digs at Idaho State with 12 digs and against Butler with 11. In the win over Eastern Washington, she turned in a team and season-high 22 digs to go with a .962 serve receive percentage on 25 receptions with one error.
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Bartsch and Casillas along with their teammates will take their 7-1 record to Bozeman, Mont., this weekend for the Bobcat Invitational where they will face Montana State, North Texas and 13th-ranked Washington.
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Bartsch opened the week by leading the Broncos at Idaho State. She recorded 12 of her then career-tying 19 kills during the final two sets to lead the Broncos to the 3-1 victory. Â She then recorded a career-high 23 kills and hit .405 percent with one service ace, two block assists and 25.0 points in the win over Eastern Washington (Sept. 10).
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She concluded her week by being named the Boise State Classic Most Valuable Player after hitting .324 percent for a team-high 49 kills with three service aces, 25 digs, 12 blocks and a team-high 58 points during the three-match run.
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On the week, she recorded 68 kills, five service aces, 13 blocks and 80.0 points. All but the block total were team highs. Bartsch hit.315 percent and averaged a team-high 4.53 kills per set, 0.33 aces, 0.87 blocks and a team-best 5.33 points.
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Casillas led Boise State defensively on the week as the libero tallied a team-high 45 digs and recorded a service receive percentage of .968 with only three errors on a team-high 94 receptions.
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She tied for the team lead in digs at Idaho State with 12 digs and against Butler with 11. In the win over Eastern Washington, she turned in a team and season-high 22 digs to go with a .962 serve receive percentage on 25 receptions with one error.
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Bartsch and Casillas along with their teammates will take their 7-1 record to Bozeman, Mont., this weekend for the Bobcat Invitational where they will face Montana State, North Texas and 13th-ranked Washington.
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