The highlighted numbers in the Pacific-10
Conference this week are three and 20.
Stanford’s Ogonna Nnamani was honored as the Pac-10 Player of the Week for the third time this season. This is the fifth time she has been recognized in her career.
Nnamani has accrued 2,133 kills in her stint with the Cardinal and 506 this season. The senior needs 123 kills to pass Kristee Porter and become the Pac-10 career kills leader with only seven matches left. She is the league leader in kills per game (5.69) and points per game (6.35). Her .341 hitting percentage is seventh in the conference as she has committed 124 errors on 1120 attempts.
Last week, No. 12 Stanford upset No. 4 USC in a three-game sweep. Nnamani hit .578 and landed 27 kills against the women of Troy. She posted 24 kills and 14 digs against UCLA for her ninth double-double of the season. Nnamani has recorded double figures in kills in 51 consecutive matches.
Stanford, now ranked No. 11 in the nation, has posted three of the top-five team hitting percentages in the conference this season with its last being .460 against USC.
Twenty and counting
Washington (20-0 overall, 12-0 Pac-10) is holding down the fort at No. 1 in the most
recent top-25 poll. Washington State won the third and fourth games against the Huskies last week to force a fifth game, but the Seattle team prevailed once again.
Both Washington schools have played five games in two of their last three matches. The Cougars (4-21, 1-11) are the only team, besides Oregon, to not have a home win.
The Huskies continue to rely on freshman
outside hitter Christal Morrison. She tallied a
career-high 26 kills against Washington State and she has recorded
double digits in kills in 12 straight matches. Morrison is second in the league in points per game (5.03) and kills per game (4.39).
Sophomore setter Courtney Thompson was accredited with
73 of the 79 assists Washington recorded against its intrastate rival. Thompson’s top performance came against Oregon State on Oct. 28 when she tallied 78 assists, the best of any setter in the league this season.
Saying goodbye to the home floor
Arizona State and Oregon will play their last home matches this week. The Sun Devils host the Washington schools in Tempe, Ariz., and the Ducks will have the Bay Area teams in town. Arizona State ended a five-game losing streak by sweeping Oregon last week.
OSU sets team,
personal highs
Allison Lawrence reached the 20/20 mark for the first time in her career against Arizona State with 22 kills and 21 digs. The senior outside hitter has recorded 13 double-doubles this
season. She is No. 6 in the Pac-10 with 3.89 kills per game.
Freshman libero Nina Baltimore posted a career-best 28 digs against the Sun Devils. As a team, the Beavers
collected a season-high 92 digs.
Oregon State (10-12, 4-9) saw its miniature winning streak of two matches end in a defeat to then-No. 22 Arizona on Friday.

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