Pacific Lutheran junior outside hitter Beth Hanna (Clackamas,
Ore. / Clackamas HS) has earned American Volleyball
Coaches Association (AVCA) West Region First Team honors for the
third consecutive season. Two teammates, senior middle
blocker Kelcy Joynt (Wasilla, Alaska / Colony HS) and
junior setter Sarah Beaver (Gresham, Ore. / Gresham HS) joined her
on the first team, and sophomore outside hitter Kelsie Moore
(Oregon City, Ore. / Oregon City HS) was named to the honorable
mention list.
Hanna averaged a team-best 3.56 kills per set while hitting at a
.217 clip for the Lutes. She finished second on the team during the
regular season with 3.38 digs per set, and she also contributed
0.53 blocks per set. Hanna, who suffered a season-ending knee
injury on Oct. 31, was an AVCA First Team All-American in 2007 and
received AVCA Third Team All-America honors last year.
Joynt, recently named the 2009 Northwest Conference Player of
the Year, has come back from successive season-ending knee injuries
to average 3.28 kills and 3.04 digs per set in 2009. Among the
Lutes' top attacking players, she leads the team with a .279 kill
percentage. She leads the Lutes with 26 service aces.
Beaver, a junior setter, earned first team all-region
recognition for the first time after making the honorable mention
list in 2008. Going into today's Division III West Region
tournament in Redlands, Calif., Beaver averages 10.10 assists per
set while also averaging nearly one kill to go along with a .291
attack percentage.
Moore averages 2.96 kills per set and is hitting .262 for the
season. She also averages 2.23 digs per set and is second on the
team with 23 service aces.
Hanna, Joynt and Beaver all earned All-Northwest Conference
First Team honors, while Moore was an All-NWC Second Team pick.
Pacific Lutheran, 20-6 this year, opens Division III West Region
tournament play at 4:30 p.m. today against the University of La
Verne Leopards at Currier Gymnasium on the University of Redlands
campus in Redlands, Calif. The seven-team tournament concludes
Saturday night with the region championship match.
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