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Senior Taylor Formico had 47 digs, 17 assists, two aces and one kill in two wins last weekend (photo by Han Duong).
Formico Named Pac-12 DPOW for Second Time
October 31, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
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SAN FRANCISCO - For the second time in three weeks, senior Taylor Formicoย has been named Pac-12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week, as announced on Monday. Formico helped the Bruins to wins against Colorado and #21 Utah last week, as UCLA ran its winning streak to six matches to move into a tie atop the Pac-12 standings.
Formico posted her ninth match of the season with at least 20 digs on Friday versus the Buffaloes, recording 27 to move into third on UCLA's all-time list. She also had six assists and two service aces. A night later, Formicoย tallied the second double-double of her Bruin career with 20 digs and a personal-best 11 assists against Utah, adding a dump-kill, her sixth of the season.
Formico leads the Bruins with 5.06 digs per set, tying for first among Pac-12 players and 26th nationally. She has double figures in digs in all 22 matches this season, 44 in a row dating back to last year and 110 times in her career. Formico also has a kill in three of her last four matches and at least six assists in four in a row.
UCLA won weekly honors for the third week in a row. It is the second DPOW for Formico, who also earned the award on Oct. 17, the same day when freshman Torrey Van Winden picked up Offensive POW accolades. Van Winden was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week last Monday, while senior Jennie Frager was named OPOW on Aug. 29, giving the Bruins five Pac-12 weekly honors this season. Since 2011, when the conference started handing out Offensive, Defensive and Freshman of the Week honors, UCLA has won 11 Offensive, seven Defensive and five Freshman awards (23 total). The Bruins have 84 all-time Pac-12 weekly awards.
The Bruins, now ranked ninth in the country, head to the desert this weekend to face Arizona on Friday and Arizona State on Saturday. Both matches start at 6 p.m. Live video will be available on UCLABruins.com for the UCLA-UA matchup, while the UCLA-ASU contest will air on Pac-12 Network Los Angeles.
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