Hofstra University Athletics

Earned her BS in business economics with a minor in marketing in 2019. 

Closed her career ranked 16th all-time at Hofstra with 1,023 kills...Ranked fourth all-time in program history with a .341 hitting percentage...Holds the program record with 472 block assists...Is third all-time in total blocks with 536...Ranked fifth all-time with 1.10 blocks per set.

AT HOFSTRA
2018: All-Colonial Athletic Association Second Team...CAA Championship All-Tournament Team...Started all 33 matches...Posted 279 kills, 127 blocks, 57 digs, and 24 service aces...Ranked third on the team in kills, first in digs and fourth in service aces...Had 10 or more kills 11 times...Had two or more blocks 26 times...Tallied multple service aces six times...Posted a career-high 20 kills in CAA Championship Match against James Madison...Tied her career-high with 11 blocks at San Francisco...2017: All-Colonial Athletic Association Third Team selection…Played in 120 sets in 32 matches...Notched 249 kills and 131 blocks...Was third on the team in kills and second in blocks...Ranked fourth in the CAA in hitting percentage (.358) and fifth in blocks...Hitting percentage ranks 10th for a single season in program history...Reached double figures in kills 12 times...Had three or more blocks 24 times...Had 15 kills and six blocks versus James Madison...Tallied 14 kills and five blocks at UNCW...Notched 11 kills and five blocks at Northeastern...Hofstra/Asics Invitational All-Tournament Team..CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll recipient.
2016: All-CAA Second Team selection…Posted 265 kills, 119 blocks, 16 digs and five assists…Led Hofstra in blocks and attack percentage (.358) and ranked third in kills…Also ranked first in the CAA in attack percentage…Had double figures in kills 12 times…Notched three or more blocks 20 times…Had 15 kills versus William & Mary and 13 versus Stony Brook…Had nine blocks versus William & Mary and eight at Towson…CAA Offensive Player of the Week on October 3…HU/SBU Invitational All-Tournament Team…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll recipient.
2015: Played in 127 sets in 32 matches…Tallied 230 kills and 159 blocks…Led Hofstra in blocks and was fourth on the team in kills…Block assist total is second-most in a single season in Hofstra history, total blocks is ninth and blocks per set (1.25) is seventh...Had double-figure kills six times…Tallied a season-high 13 kills versus Florida Gulf Coast…Had three or more blocks 26 times and five or more blocks 20 times…Posted a season-best nine blocks, last against Northeastern…Closed season with back-to-back 12-kill matches against William & Mary and Charleston…Ranked third in the Colonial Athletic Association in blocks per set (1.25) and fifth in hitting percentage (.307)…Two-time CAA Rookie of the Week…CAA Defensive Player of the Week on August 31…ECAC Rookie of the Week on September 16.

BACKGROUND: Competed in volleyball at Educandato Uccellis in Udine, Italy…Helped team to a third place finish at the 2015 regional high school championship…Was part of a second place team at the 2014 international high school tournament.
 
PERSONAL: Has one sister…Father, Giorgio, was a member of the Italian National Track and Field Team and competed in the 400-meter hurdles…Hobbies include reading and swimming…Lists “Masterchef” as her favorite television show…Also recruited by Oregon…Plans to pursue a career in business.

Career Highs
Kills: 20 vs. James Madison (11/18/18)        
Assists: 2 vs. LIU Brooklyn (9/1/17)                  
Blocks: 11, twice, most recently at San Francisco (9/7/18)     
Aces: 3, twice, most recently vs. Seton Hall (9/15/18)            
Digs: 5 vs. Seton Hall (9/15/18)