Junior Madi Maxwell and sophomore Izzy Mahaffey collected Big West Women’s Volleyball honors after the pair helped lead Long Beach State to a pair of road wins last week.
Maxwell was named Big West Setter of the Week after posting her third triple-double of the season with 15 kills, 28 assists, and 18 digs in the five-set road win at Utah Valley. The 6-foot-2 junior added 8 kills, 16 assists, 7 digs, and 5 blocks in Saturday’s sweep at Sacramento State, helping the Beach to a .316 team hitting percentage in the victory. For the week, Maxwell totaled 23 kills, 44 assists, 25 digs, and 8 blocks while notching a .271 hitting percentage.
Mahaffey was named the Big West Defensive Player of the Week after she posted 40 digs with 4 aces for the week. She was LBSU’s digs leader in both matches, averaging 5.0 digs per set. The 5-foot-5 sophomore set a career-high with 21 digs in the five-set win at Utah Valley, posting 9 digs in the fourth set as LBSU faced several match points before coming back to force a fifth set. Mahaffey added 19 digs as the starting libero for the sweep of Sacramento State, including 11 digs in the third set.
With last week’s victories, Long Beach State (14-4, 6-2 Big West) maintained its share of second place in the Big West standings after starting the week in a 6-team tie for the second-place spot.
It is the fourth weekly conference award picked up this season by Maxwell, who was the Big West Setter of the Week on September 7 and 14 and Big West Defensive Player of the Week on September 28. Maxwell is now a six-time Big West Setter of the Week, and with a pair of Freshman of the Week awards in 2024, she now has nine total Big West weekly awards to her name.
Mahaffey’s award was her first career Big West Player of the Week honor.