Irvine Valley College outside hitter Tessa Marocco, San Joaquin Delta setter Caprisa Brock and Solano middle blocker Hannah Del Rio are the CCCWVCA State Players of the Week No. 8.
Marocco, a 5-foot-9 sophomore talent out of Santa Ana's Mater Dei High, was the SoCal choice.
As a freshman in 2022, she made the All-Southern California team and was Co-MVP of the Orange Empire Conference.
This year, she is 14th in the state in kills at 3.91 per set.
Last week in two sweeps by the Lasers, Marocco totaled 20 kills and 17 digs.
She landed 12 kills and hit .611 with nine digs in a 25-13, 25-15, 25-11 sweep at Santiago Canyon on Wednesday. Marocco then scored eight kills (.316), served six aces and had eight digs as the Lasers swept at Riverside, 25-15, 25-16, 25-17, on Friday.
Thee sweeps were 10th and 11th ofthe season and sixth and seventh victories in a row.
On Oct. 6, Marocco recorded season bests with 22 kills and 24 digs in a five-set, come-from-behind win over Orange Coast.
This is the second time Marocco was recognized as POTW in her career at IVC. She was selected in week No. 6 last year.
Brock, a 5-9 freshman from Saint Mary's High in Stockton, is 10th in the state in assists at 9.12 per set.
She passed out 32 assists, hit three kills, and made eight digs in Delta's sweep over Sierra, then set 33 assists with seven digs and two blocks in another Mustangs sweep over American River.
She shared this week's NorCal award with Solano's Del Rio, a 6-0 sophomore from Will C. Wood High in Vacaville.
Del Rio pounded her season-high of 17 kills in just 23 swings (hit .652) with two blocks in a sweep over Contra Costa. She then recorded nine kills without an error in only 11 attempts (hit .818) in another Falcons sweep over Yuba.
Del Rio's .345 hitting percentage is eighth in the state.
Irvine Valley plays again on Wednesday, starting the second round of OEC play with a key match against Golden West at home at 6 p.m. The Lasers have a record of 13-2 overall and 7-1 in conference and were ranked No. 7 in the state last week.
Release by Robert Lewis, CCCWVCA SID
