Jordan DuFault Sweeps Player of the Week Honors
DuFault earns first National Player of the Week honor
April 13, 2009
Irvine, Calif. – UC Irvine outside hitter Jordan DuFault has been named Sports Imports/AVCA Men’s Volleyball National Player of the Week as well Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Co-Player of the Week after leading the Anteaters to victories over then No. 4-USC and then-No. 1 Pepperdine.
DuFault, a 6-4 outside hitter, hit .491 (31-3-57) and averaged 4.43 kills, 4.93 points, 1.71 digs and 1.0 blocks for the week. In UCI’s 3-1 victory over USC, DuFault hit .500 on 17 kills in 32 attempts and only one error. He also recorded six digs and three blocks in the match. In a 3-0 sweep of Pepperdine, he hit .480 with 14 kills in 25 swings and just two errors, while also tallying six digs and four blocks in the victory.
This is his first career national and conference honor. DuFault is the third UCI player to garner National Player of the Week accolades this season joining Taylor Wilson (Feb. 2, 2009) and Ryan Ammerman (March 9, 2009). He is the fifth Anteater to earn MPSF distinction (Kevin Wynne 3/16, Ammerman 3/9, Wilson 2/2 and Jon Steller 1/26) in 2009.
No. 1 UC Irvine travels to No. 4 Stanford Friday and Pacific Saturday to close out the regular season schedule before hosting a MPSF play-off match April 25. The Anteaters are 22-4 overall and 17-3 in the MPSF.
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