Regional on Tuesday at Pasadena
SBCC freshman Jenna Anderson was chosen as Player of the Year for WSC North women’s volleyball and Ed Gover has been named Coach of the Year.
The Vaqueros captured their third WSC North title in the last four years with a perfect 10-0 record and capped the regular-season with a school-record 14-game win streak. SBCC won 30 of 33 sets in conference play.
Santa Barbara (16-6) was seeded 12th for the Southern Cal Regional and travels to No. 5 Pasadena (19-4) on Tuesday at 6 p.m. The Lancers were co-champ of the South Coast Conference.
Anderson, a 5-10 opposite from Lake Forest, Calif., also made the All-Region team. She led the Vaqueros in kills (168) and was fourth in the WSC in service aces with 39. She had seven kills and nine aces at Hancock on Nov. 7, then ended the regular season on Nov. 9 with 14 kills and 16 digs at Moorpark.
Gover, who’s in his
22nd season, won his third Coach of the Year award. He was also
honored in 1997 and 2009. Seven other
Vaqueros made the All-WSC squad.Freshman setter Ari Garner, sophomore middle hitter Bianca Castro and sophomore libero Mackenzie Mexico were first-team choices. Castro is No. 4 in block assists (48) in the 13-team WSC and No. 7 in solo blocks with 23. Garner has 618 assists and Mexico has recorded 186 digs.
Second-team honors went to sophomores Emily Banas and Katie Dolan, along with freshmen Jasmine Ward and Tessa Weller. Banas is second on the Vaqueros in kills (148) and leads the team in digs with 198.
