Ali Forde — volleyball
Ali Forde
Sophomore outside hitter Ali Forde matched a season-high three aces in the Vandals’ Friday sweep of Eastern Washington in Cheney, Washington.
Forde also led the team in kills for the seventh match this season with 14, while hitting a career-best .619 hitting percentage on 21 attempts. The win put the Vandals at 3-1 in conference play and 7-9 overall.
“We had a really good defensive game,” Forde said. “We have been working on that at practice all week. We have a gained little momentum now which will be nice moving forward.”
Chloe Bell — soccer
Chloe Bell
Freshman midfielder Chloe Bell takes athlete of the week honors this week with a clutch goal assisted by Kavita Battan in the back end of Idaho’s game against Southern Utah on Friday.
The goal tied the game at 2-2 and allowed the Vandals to remain undefeated with a 2-0-1 record. The Vandals took that record to 3-0-1 on Sunday with a 2-1 win over Northern Arizona where Bell assisted in the game-winning goal when her blocked shot rebounded to Gabby Leong who found the back of the net.
Marc Millan — football
Marc Millan
Junior linebacker Marc Millan helped lead an Idaho defense that seemed to be making improvements in the team’s Saturday loss at Texas State.
Millan finished with six tackles and a forced fumble for an Idaho defense that forced four turnovers on the night. The Mission Viejo, California, native leads the Vandals in tackles and tackles for loss this season with 43 and four respectively.
Cristobal Ramos Salazar — men’s tennis
Cristobal Ramos Salazar
Senior Cristobal Ramos Salazar was one of two Vandals to go undefeated at the Walters Fall Tennis Classic hosted by Boise State over the weekend.
Ramos Salazar won the Flight B singles defeating opponents from Lewis-Clarks State College and Whitman College early before beating Montana’s Peter Mimnagh-Fleming (6-4, 5-7, 6-2), advancing to the finals to take on teammate Jackson Varney. The two Vandals played a tough back-and-forth match to a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(4) decision in favor of Ramos Salazar. Freshman Mark Kovacs also went undefeated in Flight C singles.
Jared du Toit — men’s golf
Jared du Toit
Sophomore Jared du Toit won his first ever men’s golf tournament Sunday at the University of Wyoming Southern at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club in Maricopa, Arizona.
Du Toit won with a 10-under-par 206 to edge Arizona State’s Mathias Scholberg by one stroke for first-place honors. Idaho also easily won the tournament as a team with a 10-under-par 854 to finish 17 strokes ahead of second-place San Francisco.