{"id":187035,"date":"2023-11-14T12:48:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T22:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=187035"},"modified":"2023-11-14T12:50:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T22:50:22","slug":"land-hakas-big-west-weekly-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/14\/land-hakas-big-west-weekly-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Lang, Hakas earn Big West weekly honors after road victories"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>i at Mānoa women’s volleyball<\/a> players Tali Hakas and Kate Lang earned Big West weekly honors for their performances at UC<\/abbr> Irvine and Cal State Fullerton. Hakas captured her first Big West Freshman of the Week award, while Lang collected her seventh BW<\/abbr> Setter of the Week honor this season and ninth career award.<\/p>\n

Freshman pin-hitter Hakas got the start in both of UH<\/abbr>\u2019s road matches. She tied her career high with 11 kills in both matches and finished the road matches with seven blocks, 15 digs and a pair of service aces. Against the Anteaters, she was in on a career-high six blocks while hitting .348 with 11 kills, three errors on 23 swings. Hakas also added seven digs and tallied a career-high 14 points in the match. At Cal State Fullerton, Hakas put down 11 kills with eight digs, two aces, an assist and one block.<\/p>\n

In her rookie season, she has put down 103 kills with 124 digs, 30 blocks and nine service aces.<\/p>\n

Junior setter Lang recorded 79 assists while averaging 11.29 assists\/set to help lead UH<\/abbr> to a pair of road wins over the Anteaters and Titans. At UC<\/abbr> Irvine, Lang had the UH<\/abbr> offense hitting a combined .363 with 42 kills, only nine errors on 91 attacks. She dished out 39 assists with no errors in 76 attacks for a .513 assist percentage. On defense, she was in on a career-high six blocks and filled out her stat line with eight digs, a kill and an ace. At Cal State Fullerton, Lang posted her team-leading 11th double-double of the season with 40 assists and 13 digs.<\/p>\n

This season, Lang has played in every set and ranks the highest in the Big West with 1,011 total assists while averaging a league-high 10.42 assists\/set (27th in the NCAA<\/abbr> rankings).<\/p>\n

The Rainbow Wahine return home for their last two regular season home matches of the season against UC<\/abbr> San Diego on November 17 and Long Beach State on November 18 for senior night.<\/p>\n

For more visit HawaiiAthletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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