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USC Women's Volleyball's Skylar Fields Named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week
September 11, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
The Trojans’ senior OH was chosen as the Most Outstanding Player of the Trojan Invitational
SAN FRANCISCO – USC women's volleyball senior OH Skylar Fields (Missouri City, Texas/Ridge Point HS) was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 4-10, the Conference announced on Monday, Sept. 11.
Fields collects her fifth-career Pac-12 weekly award (she had four in 2022) and brings home the 87th all-time weekly award won by a Trojan. Since 2011, when the Pac-12 began honoring separate offensive and defensive players of the week and introduced a freshman award, Women of troy have earned 28 offensive awards, 13 defensive awards, and 21 freshman honors. Freshman of the Week awards are no counted in the overall total of a school's weekly awards.
Fields was chosen as the Trojan Invitational's Most Outstanding Player and was named to the all-tournament team for helping power the USC offense to three victories at Galen Center this weekend: 3-0 sweeps over UC Davis and Marist, and a 3-1 win over San Diego. She posted her sixth and seventh matches in double-digit kills and set a new career high of 28 kills in USC's four-set win over the Toreros. Fields also picked up her first double-double of the season in that match with 12 digs for the 11th double-double of her career. On the season, Fields is averaging 5.14 kills per set to lead the Pac-12 and picks up 2.07 digs per set on defense.
The Women of Troy (4-4) are headed to West Lafayette, Ind., for the Boilermaker Challenge this week. USC takes on Illinois (3-4) and host No. 17 Purdue (5-2) at Holloway Gymnasium on Thursday (Sept. 14) and Friday (Sept. 15) respectively. Both matches will be shown live on the Big Ten Network.
For more information on the USC women's volleyball team, please visit USCTrojans.com/WVB. Fans of the Women of Troy can follow @USCWomensVolley on X, Facebook, and Instagram.
Fields collects her fifth-career Pac-12 weekly award (she had four in 2022) and brings home the 87th all-time weekly award won by a Trojan. Since 2011, when the Pac-12 began honoring separate offensive and defensive players of the week and introduced a freshman award, Women of troy have earned 28 offensive awards, 13 defensive awards, and 21 freshman honors. Freshman of the Week awards are no counted in the overall total of a school's weekly awards.
Fields was chosen as the Trojan Invitational's Most Outstanding Player and was named to the all-tournament team for helping power the USC offense to three victories at Galen Center this weekend: 3-0 sweeps over UC Davis and Marist, and a 3-1 win over San Diego. She posted her sixth and seventh matches in double-digit kills and set a new career high of 28 kills in USC's four-set win over the Toreros. Fields also picked up her first double-double of the season in that match with 12 digs for the 11th double-double of her career. On the season, Fields is averaging 5.14 kills per set to lead the Pac-12 and picks up 2.07 digs per set on defense.
The Women of Troy (4-4) are headed to West Lafayette, Ind., for the Boilermaker Challenge this week. USC takes on Illinois (3-4) and host No. 17 Purdue (5-2) at Holloway Gymnasium on Thursday (Sept. 14) and Friday (Sept. 15) respectively. Both matches will be shown live on the Big Ten Network.
For more information on the USC women's volleyball team, please visit USCTrojans.com/WVB. Fans of the Women of Troy can follow @USCWomensVolley on X, Facebook, and Instagram.
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