BVB: Glagau-Van Sickle headline All-Big West selections, BeachBows remain No. 11

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Hawai’i’s Kaylee Glagau and Brooke Van Sickle repeated at the Big West’s Pair of the Year and three other BeachBows’ pairs were honored with the conference’s beach volleyball awards were announced on Tuesday.

Glagau and Van Sickle were also named to the all-conference first-team. The No. 2 pair of Kylin Loker-Riley Wagoner and No. 3 pair of Ilihia Huddleston-Jaime Santer earned spots on the second team. Also the No. 5 pair of Chandler Cowell-Sydney Miller were honorable mention.

Also Tuesday, Hawai’i (27-8) remained at No. 11 in the AVCA Collegiate Beach Top 20. UCLA (37-3) received 21 first-place votes in remaining No. 1 with TCU (35-2), receiving the other two votes, staying at No. 2. 

The BeachBows are headed to Gulf Shores, Ala.,  tan NCAA opening-round matchup against No. 5 Loyola Marymount (28-8) on Friday. First serve 11 a.m HST (live on ESPNU and streamed ton ESPN+.


Glagau and Van Sickle are the first-ever two-time winners of Big West Pair of the Year. The tandem have been nearly unstoppable this season, building a 29-3 record while competing at the No. 1 flight in all but three of its matches. Van Sickle becomes a three-time selection to the first team, while its the second such nod for Glagau. 

Loker and Wagoner gained second team honors after going 21-12 on the season. The duo has played 28 of its 33 matches at the No. 2 flight. The pair of Huddleston and Santer have been phenomenal at the middle of the order, going 21-3 while playing primarily at the No. 3 and 4 courts. Finally, the pairing of senior Cowell and freshman Miller earned recognition following its success at the No. 5 court where the duo has gone 18-6 (19-6 overall).  

Huddleston, Loker, and Santer each earned all-Big West honors for the third time, while Wagoner is now a two-time selection. Cowell and Miller gained Big West mention in their first year in the program.