{"id":193721,"date":"2024-03-12T15:39:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T01:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=193721"},"modified":"2024-03-12T15:39:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T01:39:09","slug":"blocker-setter-big-west-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/12\/blocker-setter-big-west-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s volleyball blocker, setter receive weekly Big West Award"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

\"Kurt<\/p>\n

Middle blocker Kurt Nusterer and setter Tread Rosenthal of the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa men\u2019s volleyball team<\/a> received Big West weekly awards after helping lead the Rainbow Warriors to an Outrigger Invitational championship.<\/p>\n

Nusterer was named Defensive Player of the Week and posted a team-best 18 blocks in Â鶹´«Ã½’s<\/span> three wins, averaging 1.64 blocks per set and also averaged 0.82 kills per set, and had five aces in the tournament. He had a career-high nine blocks against UC<\/abbr> Irvine in the championship match and six blocks in a sweep of previously No. 1 Grand Canyon. The sophomore also added three blocks in the tourney-opening win over Lewis.<\/p>\n

Rosenthal was selected Freshman of the Week for the sixth time this season and third consecutive week.He averaged 9.64 assists per set and led UH<\/abbr> to a team hitting percentage of .348 in the tournament. The setter also averaged 1.09 blocks per set and had four service aces and nine digs. In the tourney opener against Lewis, Rosenthal posted 28 assists, three aces and two blocks and led UH<\/abbr> to a .458 clip and followed that performance with 37 assists, one ace, and three blocks while setting the team to a .449 clip in a sweep of No.1<\/abbr> Grand Canyon. He finished the weekend with 41 assists and season-highs of four kills and seven blocks against UC<\/abbr> Irvine.<\/p>\n

For more on the duo, go to HawaiiAthletics.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kurt Nusterer and Tread Rosenthal help lead the Rainbow Warriors to an Outrigger Invitational championship. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,660,714,9,550,80],"class_list":["post-193721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-student-recognition","tag-student-athlete","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","tag-volleyball","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t