SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento State senior setter Lisa Beauchene was named Big Sky Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the fourth time this season after leading the Hornets to road victories at Montana State and Montana last week.The Auburn, Wash., native, who also earned the award on Sept. 8, Sept. 15 and Oct. 20, averaged 4.00 kills, 13.17 assists, 2.17 digs and 0.67 blocks per game to go along with a .571 hitting percentage. The team co-captain combined for 24 kills with zero attack errors in 42 total attempts. She hit .667 (12-0-18) against Montana State and .500 (12-0-24) against Montana.
Beauchene, who is now hitting .428 against Big Sky competition this season, tallied 12 kills, 38 assists, four digs and one ace against Montana State. She followed up that effort against Montana with 12 kills, 41 assists, nine digs and three blocks.
The victories marked the first time Sacramento State has swept Montana State and Montana on the road since the 1999 season.
Despite being a setter, Beauchene has tallied at least eight kills in six-consecutive matches and has hit at least .400 on 14 occasions during the season.
Beauchene’s four conference player of the week awards leaves her one shy of the Big Sky season record of five, set in 1998 by Eastern Washington’s Kim Exner. Beauchene has now received the award eight times during her career (twice in both 2001 and 2002) and is a two-time unanimous first team all-Big Sky selection.
Among conference leaders, Beauchene is currently third in hitting percentage (.367) and assists (10.72 per game), tied for fifth in service aces (0.31 per game) and seventh in blocks (0.91 per game).
She is just 16 blocks shy of becoming the first player in Sacramento State history to rank among the school’s top 10 list in career kills, digs, assists, hitting percentage, service aces and blocks. She is currently first all-time in hitting percentage (.356), third in assists (4,812), eighth in digs (1,328) and aces (105), 10th in kills (853) and 11th in blocks (308).
Sacramento State (17-10, 8-2 Big Sky) plays its final two regular-season matches of the season at home this week against Portland State (Thursday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m.) and Eastern Washington (Saturday, Nov. 8, at 1 p.m.). Beauchene and fellow senior Kazmiera Imrie will be honored prior to the Eastern Washington match for their contributions to the program.
