{"id":243225,"date":"2026-11-09T10:21:23","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T20:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=243225"},"modified":"2026-11-09T10:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T20:21:23","slug":"leyva-purser-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/11\/09\/leyva-purser-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Leyva, Purser earn Mountain West weekly volleyball honors"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa libero Victoria Leyva and middle blocker Rachel Purser earned Old Trapper Mountain West Women’s Volleyball Player of the Week awards on Monday after helping the Rainbow Wahine sweep their series with Nevada.<\/p>\n

Leyva was named the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week and Purser earned the Freshman of the Week award. The awards followed a pair of victories over Nevada that also secured Hawaiʻi<\/span> a place in the Mountain West Women’s Volleyball Championship.<\/p>\n

Leyva anchored the Rainbow Wahine’s defense, averaging 5.17 digs per set across the six sets against Nevada. The junior recorded a match-high 18 digs in Thursday’s series opener before adding 13 more in Saturday’s finale. She also went without an error in serve reception, successfully handling all 26 of her attempts.<\/p>\n

Purser was equally efficient on the offensive end, recording 15 kills on 23 attempts without an attack error for a .652 hitting percentage. The freshman finished with eight kills on Thursday and added seven more in Saturday’s finale. She also contributed three blocks and 17 total points during the series.<\/p>\n

The two weekly honors come as Hawaiʻi<\/span> (21-4, 13-1 Mountain West) prepares for its final home series of the regular season against Air Force. The Rainbow Wahine will host the Falcons November 11 and 12, at 7 p.m., at Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center. The Rainbow Wahine will celebrate Senior Night following Friday’s home finale.<\/p>\n

Read more at Hawaiiathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The awards followed a Nevada sweep that secured Hawai\u02bbi a place in the Mountain West championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":243229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,9,550,80],"class_list":["post-243225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","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\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