Bishop Diego linebacker Matt Bribiesca and UCSB volleyball’s outside hitter Lindsey Ruddins have been named the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table’s Athletes of the Week.
Bribiesca led a tremendous defensive effort by the Cardinals football team in a 13-3 victory over St. Bonaventure. The defense held the Seraphs to four first downs and 76 yards in the first half and limited their Wyoming-commit quarterback Gavin Beerup to 65 yards passing for the game.
Ruddins moved up No. 2 on UCSB’s all-time kills list at the Colorado Buffs Invitational. She had 15 kills and hit .400 in a sweep of LIU Brooklyn and followed that with a 21-kill performance in a five-set win over Wyoming. That gave the senior 1,567 in her career.
Ruddins finished the tournament with 19 kills in a four-set loss to host Colorado.
Lindsey Ruddins, UCSB volleyball: At Colorado Buffs Invite, she had15 kills and hit .400 in sweep of LIU Brooklyn; 21kills in five-set win over Wyoming and became UCSB’s No. All-time kill leader with 1,567; 19 kills in four-set loss to Colorado.
The female honorable mention candidates were Cassidy Rea (Westmont volleyball) and Pratima Sherpa (SBCC golf).
The male candidates nominated for the award include Sammy Arshadi (Dos Pueblos water polo), Adrian Soracco (Bishop Diego football), Will Baynham (UCSB soccer), Will Bouma (Cate football), Noah Wood (Santa Barbara High football).
The Athletes of the Week will be honored at next Monday’s Athletic Round Table press luncheon at Harry’s Plaza Cafe.
— Noozhawk Sports Editor Barry Punzal can be reached at bpunzal@noozhawk.com. Follow Noozhawk on Twitter: @noozhawk, @NoozhawkNews and @NoozhawkBiz. Connect with Noozhawk on Facebook.
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