Lin unanimous pick as PacWest's best
Advertiser Staff
Brigham Young University-Hawai'i women's volleyball player Chun Yi Lin was a unanimous choice as Pacific West Conference Player of the Year and Chaminade's Patti Hardimon was selected as Freshman of the Year in voting by the league's coaches this week.
Hawai'i Pacific's Tita Ahuna was named the PacWest Coach of the Year for guiding her 18th-ranked Sea Warriors to a 15-7 overall record and 6-4 conference record.
Lin, a 6-1 sophomore middle blocker from Pingtune, Taiwan, received first-place votes on every opposing coach's ballot. Lin led the PacWest in hitting percentage (.465) and blocks per game (1.16), and was second in the conference in kills per game (4.43).
Hardimon was an overwhelming choice as the PacWest's top freshman, beating out St. Francis graduate Elizabeth Narkon of Western New Mexico. Hardimon, a middle blocker, was also selected to the all-conference second team.
Besides Lin, the PacWest first team consisted of BYUH middle blocker/outside hitter Ashley Moeai, HPU outside hitter Flavia Brakling and setter Vera Oliveira, Chaminade outside hitter Kahala Kabalis and Hawai'i-Hilo outside hitter Sara Pilgreen.
PacWest All-Conference
First Team
Name (School, Yr., Hometown)
Chun Yi Lin (BYUH, So., Pingtune, Taiwan)
Flavia Brakling (HPU, So., Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Kahala Kabalis (CU, Jr., Hilo, Hawai'i)
Ashley Moeai (BYUH, Sr., Porterville, Calif.)
Sara Pilgreen (UHH, Sr., Springfield, Ore.)
Vera Oliveira (HPU, So., Londrina, Brazil)
PacWest All-Conference Second Team
Nadica Karleusa (HPU, So., Belgrade, Yugoslavia)
Yu Chuan Weng (BYUH, So., Hsinshu, Taiwan)
Kaala Lo (BYUH, Jr., Mililani, Hawai'i)
Patti Hardimon (CU, Fr., Honolulu, Hawai'i)
Kim Tano (WNMU, Jr., Kane'ohe, Hawai'i)
Olivia Munro (MSUB, Jr., Toronto, Canada)
PacWest All-Conference Honorable Mention Team
Laree Green (WNMU, Sr., Animas, N.M.)
Emily Hutchinson (UHH, Sr., Newport, Ore.)
Elizabeth Narkon (WNMU, Fr., Honolulu, Hawai'i)
Michelle Norman (CU, Jr., Tempe, Ariz.)
Valasi Sepulona (CU, Jr., Honolulu, Hawai'i)
Kahealani Silva (UHH, So., Hilo, Hawai'i)
• Weng receives honor: Brigham Young-Hawai'i women's volleyball player Yu Chuan Weng earned Pacific West Conference Player of the Week honors for her performance against Hawai'i Pacific on Saturday.
The 5-foot-10 outside hitter from Hsinchu, Taiwan, led the team in kills (25), digs (15) and hit .250 on 56 attempts in the Seasiders' five-game victory.
Weng ended the season ranked in the top 10 in four of six main statistical categories: hitting percentage (.267, 7th), kills per game (4.08, 6th), digs per game (3.16, 8th), and service aces per game (0.38, 9th).
Weng was also named to the Verizon All-Academic District VIII second-team for her 3.36 GPA in exercise and sport science.
• Statistics will stand: The Brigham Young-Hawai'i women's volleyball team will be allowed to keep its statistics from this season despite having to forfeit the Pacific West Conference title and the automatic NCAA Tournament berth for using an ineligible player, the league announced.
All records and statistics from the season, including the matches in which the ineligible player competed will stand in the record books, according to an NCAA bylaw.
That means BYUH will get to keep its 20-2 overall record and 10-0 Pacific West Conference record. The NCAA rule also means that the other five PacWest schools will still have three losses each from BYUH.
Last week, BYUH announced that it used an ineligible player in 14 matches, including nine conference matches. The school levied a self-imposed penalty that cost them the PacWest title and the automatic NCAA Tournament berth that goes with it.
As a result, second-place Hawai'i Pacific received the automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. The 18th-ranked Sea Warriors will play Cal State Bakersfield in the Pacific Regional tomorrow at RIMAC Arena on the UC San Diego campus. The match is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Hawai'i time.
AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25
(First-place votes) Pts Rec Pvs
1, UC-San Diego (32) 867 25-4 1
2, Western Washington (1) 813 24-1 3
3, Truman State 772 31-4 5
4, Cal State San Bernardino 771 25-4 6
5, Tampa 774 29-3 8
6, Barry 722 23-3 4
7, Metro State 650 27-5 7
8, Nebraska-Kearney 576 29-6 10
9, Minnesota-Duluth 558 26-4 11
10, North Florida 553 30-3 9
11, Northern Michigan 531 26-0 13
12, North Dakota State 468 24-8 15
13-tie, Augustana (S.D.) 459 21-7 14
13-tie, Concordia-St.Paul 459 28-3 12
15, Minnesota State, Mankato 379 20-8 16
16, Pittsburg State 332 26-7 17
17, Wheeling Jesuit 325 38-2 18
18, Hawai'i Pacific 256 15-7 19
19, Central Missouri State 233 24-10 21
20, Grand Valley State 202 26-7 22
21, Fort Hays State 150 25-6 20
22, St. Edward's 134 30-6 NR
23, North Alabama 89 27-7 23
24, West Texas A&M 86 29-7 NR
25, Rockhurst 76 29-12 24
Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Washburn 39; BYU-Hawai'i 36; Harding 28; Cal State Bakersfield 22; Findlay 19; Emporia State 6; Indianapolis 3.
Pacific West Conference
Conference Overall
W-L W-L
#—Hawai'i Pacific 6-4 15-7
Western New Mexico 4-6 18-13
Chaminade 4-6 10-13
Hawai'i-Hilo 4-6 8-15
Montana State-Billings 2-8 6-20
%—BYU-Hawai'i 10-0 20-2
#—Pacific West Conference champions
%—Forfeited Pacific West Conference championship
Last week's results
Nov. 13
Western New Mexico def. Montana State-Billings 30-27, 30-25, 30-20*
Nov. 14
Western New Mexico def. Montana State-Billings 27-30, 30-26, 27-30, 30-24, 16-14
Nov. 15
Brigham Young-Hawaii def. Hawai'i Pacific 30-24, 23-30, 34-32, 25-30, 15-10*
Hawai'i-Hilo def. Chaminade 30-22, 30-25, 31-29*
This week's schedule
Thursday's match
NCAA Division II tournament
Hawaii Pacific vs. Cal State Bakersfield at UC San Diego
*—Pacific West Conference match
Pacific West Conference Individual Statistics
HITTING PERCENTAGE (Minimum .200/3.0 attacks per game)
Player G Kills Errs Total Pct
Lin, Chun Yi (BYUH) 77 341 43 641 .465
Martin, Barbara (HPU) 82 199 51 411 .360
Moeai, Ashley (BYUH) 77 296 83 599 .356
Karleusa, Nadica (HPU) 78 331 101 759 .303
Hardimon, Patti (CU) 79 238 86 561 .271
Nascimento, Paula (HPU) 57 103 33 262 .267
Weng, Yu Chuan (BYUH) 77 314 113 753 .267
Brakling, Flavia (HPU) 83 357 128 870 .263
Green, Laree (WNMU) 104 226 76 648 .231
Cooley, Christina (UHH) 57 111 42 299 .231
KILLS (Minimum 2.00 per game)
Player G No. Avg.
Kabalis, Kahala (CU) 78 372 4.77
Lin, Chun Yi (BYUH) 77 341 4.43
Brakling, Flavia (HPU) 83 357 4.30
Pilgreen, Sara (UHH) 87 371 4.26
Karleusa, Nadica (HPU) 78 331 4.24
Weng, Yu Chuan (BYUH) 77 314 4.08
Munro, Olivia (MSUB) 91 368 4.04
Sepulona, Valasi (CU) 79 314 3.97
Moeai, Ashley (BYUH) 77 296 3.84
Oliveira, Silvia (BYUH) 45 160 3.56
ASSISTS (Minimum 5.00 per game)
Player G No Avg.
Lo, Kaala (BYUH) 67 926 13.82
Oliveira, Vera (HPU) 76 889 11.70
Norman, Michelle (CU) 79 922 11.67
Denman, Megan (UHH) 70 705 10.07
Jones, Kari (MSUB) 74 726 9.81
Kauhi, Malia (WNMU) 94 839 8.93
Baum, Brittany (UHH) 56 355 6.34
ACES (Minimum 0.10 per game)
Player G No. Avg.
Lo, Kaala (BYUH) 67 39 0.58
Nascimento, Paula (HPU) 57 29 0.51
Oliveira, Vera (HPU) 76 38 0.50
Kabalis, Kahala (CU) 78 39 0.50
Hillier, Shannon (UHH) 58 24 0.41
Narkon, Liz (WNMU) 111 45 0.41
Hardimon, Patti (CU) 79 31 0.39
Karleusa, Nadica (HPU) 78 30 0.38
Weng, Yu Chuan (BYUH) 77 29 0.38
Brakling, Flavia (HPU) 83 30 0.36
BLOCKS
Player G Solo Asst Total Avg.
Lin, Chun Yi (BYUH) 77 28 61 89.0 1.16
Dahlgren, Katrina (MSUB) 85 28 70 98.0 1.15
Green, Laree (WNMU) 104 21 97 118.0 1.13
Martin, Barbara (HPU) 82 15 78 93.0 1.13
Bruchhauser, S. (WNMU) 110 12 101 113.0 1.03
Metzler, Cortney (MSUB) 89 11 75 86.0 0.97
Karleusa, Nadica (HPU) 78 14 58 72.0 0.92
Moeai, Ashley (BYUH) 77 16 54 70.0 0.91
Sutter, Cori. (UHH) 83 6 66 72.0 0.87
Beal, Sandra (MSUB) 66 3 45 48.0 0.73
DIGS
Player G No. Avg.
Silva, Kahealani (UHH) 85 366 4.31
Pilgreen, Sara (UHH) 87 341 3.92
Letoa, Alberta (MSUB) 91 330 3.63
Araujo, Kalae (CU) 78 275 3.53
Munro, Olivia (MSUB) 91 301 3.31
Tonon, Federica (BYUH) 50 162 3.24
Oliveira, Silvia (BYUH) 45 144 3.20
Weng, Yu Chuan (BYUH) 77 243 3.16
Tano, Kim (WNMU) 115 348 3.03
Lo, Kaala (BYUH) 67 198 2.96
