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Western Washington University libero Samantha Hutchinson was named to the Daktronics NCAA Division II West Region All-Star First Team announced Thursday, Nov. 20.

Hutchinson, a senior from University Place, was one of only two first-team repeaters. She was a second…

Libero is typically not the flashiest position in volleyball. The libero isn’t allowed to attack the ball any higher than the net, so they can’t come up with a big block or slam home a momentum-changing kill. They also can’t set an attacker from the front row, essentially limiting their play to…

Western Washington University libero Samantha Hutchinson was named Great Northwest Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year for the straight season on the GNAC Volleyball All-Star Team announced Tuesday, Nov. 18, by the conference office.

Hutchinson was one of three Vikings named…

The Western Washington University volleyball team earned the No. 3 seed at the West Regional of the 2014 NCAA Division II National Championships, which takes place on Nov. 20-22 at host and No. 1 seed Northwest Nazarene.

Western Washington University outside hitter Kelsey Moore has been named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week for Nov. 9-15.

Outside hitter Kelsey Moore had a career-high 23 kills as No. 15 Western Washington University edged No. 24 University of Alaska Anchorage, 23-25, 25-22, 25-23, 13-25, 17-15, in a marathon Great Northwest Athletic Conference volleyball match late Saturday, Nov. 15, at Anchorage.

Middle blocker Kayla Erickson had a match-high 17 kills on .654 hitting and libero Samantha Hutchinson contributed a match-high 17 digs as Western Washington University swept Saint Martin’s University, 25-17, 25-9, 25-14, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference volleyball match on Thursday, Nov…

Western Washington University suffered back-to-back losses for the first time this season as it fell to Central Washington University, 25-16, 23-25, 22-25, 25-18, 15-9, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference volleyball match on Saturday, Nov.1, at Nicholson Pavilion on the CWU campus.

Western Washington University had a seven-match winning streak snapped as it was swept 25-14, 25-15, 25-23, by Northwest Nazarene University in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference volleyball match on Thursday, Oct. 30, between two nationally ranked teams in Nampa, Idaho.

Western Washington University is fourth and one of four Great Northwest Athletic Conference teams ranked in the first official NCAA West Regional volleyball poll of the 2014 season.

The ranking is the first of three that the NCAA will conduct. The rankings will…