30-4 Overall, 20-0 GNAC (1st Place)
Head Coach: Diane Flick-Williams (19th season, 424-107)
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» NCAA II WEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONS
» NCAA II NATIONAL RUNNER-UP
» Final AVCA Ranking: #2
Completed a historic season as the NCAA II National Runner-Up falling in the championship match in five sets to the University of Tampa…ranked No. 2 in the final AVCA/Division II Coaches Poll tying for the highest end-of-season ranking in program history (also No. 2 in 2007)…extended streak of being ranked to 94 consecutive national polls…went 30-4 overall and won the Great Northwest Athletic Conference title for the second consecutive season with a perfect 20-0 record…made 13
th appearance in the NCAA II Championships and seventh consecutive…announced as the No. 1 seed in the West Region and Carver Gym served as the regional host for the first time in program history…defeated Cal State East Bay (3-0), Cal Poly Pomona (3-0) and Cal State San Bernardino (3-2) to win the third West Regional championship in program history…established a program record 30-match winning streak, coming after starting the season 0-3 (all loses vs. ranked opponents)…recorded seventh consecutive 20-win season, going 175-37 (.825) during this stretch…went 13-0 in home matches, extending winning streak in Carver Gym to 31 consecutive matches…had the 5
th-toughest schedule in the nation with an opponents' combined winning percentage of .632 (602-351)…went 6-4 vs. teams ranked in the national top 25…head coach
Diane Flick-Williams was named the GNAC and AVCA West Region Coach of the Year…reached the 400-win milestone with victory over Seattle Pacific on Sept. 6…senior class of
Abby Phelps,
Brette Boesel,
Michaela Hall,
Aubrey Stephens and
Taylor Lyall combined for a 107-22 overall record (73-7 in GNAC play) during their four years with a pair of Final Four appearances (2015 & 2018).
GNAC CHAMPIONS
Became back-to-back Great Northwest Athletic Conference champions with a perfect 20-0 record…first team in conference history to record a perfect 20-0 season (6th team to record an unbeaten regular season)…marks the 9th GNAC title for the Vikings…15th time in the 18 seasons of the GNAC to finish either No. 1 (9 times) or No. 2 (6 times) in the conference standings.
PHELPS CAPS AMAZING CAREER
Abby Phelps capped her illustrious career earning back-to-back GNAC Player of the Year and AVCA First Team All-America honors…finished her four seasons at WWU with program and GNAC records in kills (1,628) and total points (1853.0)…became the second player in GNAC history to be a four-time First Team All-GNAC selection.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Among NCAA II team rankings, finished 4
th averaging 2.65 blocks per set (6
th-best in program history)…also finished 14
th in kills per set (14.24), 15
th in hitting percentage (.254), 21
st in assists per set (13.24) and 22
nd in digs per set (19.23)…went 20-2 in 3-set matches, 5-1 in 4-set matches and 5-1 when going the distance in 5 sets (18-4 over last 4 seasons in 5-set matches)…among national individual leaders,
Abby Phelps was 27
th finishing with 3.94 kills/set and 7
th with 13.17 attacks/set…
Brette Boesel ranked 8
th with 12.02 assists/set, the 6
th-best mark in program history…
Kayleigh Harper finished 3
rd in hitting percentage (.410) and 8
th in blocks/set (1.36)…Harper's attack percentage as 2
nd-best in WWU history trailing only .428 by Tanya Price in 1997.
POSTSEASON PLAY
Advanced to the postseason for the seventh consecutive season and played in 13
th NCAA Division II West Regional…No. 1 seed in the West Regional for the first time in program history serving as hosts in Carver Gym…advanced to the regional championship match for the fourth consecutive season, and won the program's third West Regional title with a 3-2 victory over Cal State San Bernardino…advanced to the national championship tournament in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as part of the NCAA II Fall Championships Festival…defeated Tarleton State 3-0 in the quarterfinals (25-21,25-22,25-23) and Lewis 3-1 in the semifinals (21-25,25-13,25-17,25-16) before falling in five sets to Tampa (25-21, 18-25, 25-21, 23-25, 11-15).
ALL-AMERICANS
Four players earned All-America status from the AVCA setting a program record…
Abby Phelps became the first two-time First Team AVCA All-American in program history…
Kayleigh Harper (2
nd Team),
Brette Boesel (3
rd Team) and
Aubrey Stephens (Honorable Mention) were also recognized as AVCA All-Americans…Phelps, Harper and Boesel were all AVCA First Team All-West Region selections.
FANS IN THE STANDS
Averaged 752 fans in 13 home matches (9,777 total) to rank 7
th in the nation and 2
nd in the West Region…a Carver Gym record crowd of 1,641 attended the West Regional final, the 7
th-highest single-match mark in Division II volleyball during the season.
AVCA All-America: