LA VERNE, CA — Zacky Coaston has been named the SCIAC Volleyball Defensive Athlete of the Week for the fourth time this season the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced Monday.

SCIAC Release

Coaston earns the honor for the second week in a row. She capped her week with a 15-block performance in a dominant sweep over Whitter College to claim second place in the SCIAC and home-court advantage in the SCIAC Semifinals.

Coaston finished the week with 23 total blocks, 14 kills, and a .343 hitting percentage, leading the No. 15 Leopards to a  perfect 3-0, without dropping a set. She hit .778 with seven kills at Caltech. 

The Leopards host the Poets on Thursday, November 14 at 7 p.m.

Top tournament seed and No. 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps will host the winner of four-seed Pomona-Pitzer and five-seed Chapman University on Thursday night. The Sagehens and Panthers play Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Pomona-Pitzer.