Four UB Volleyballers Earn AVCA All-East Region Honors For 2014
Seniors Biljana Savic And Larissa Oliveira Earn Their Fourth Consecutive AVCA All-Region Accolades Plus Sarah Rosa And Ying Shen Also Honored
Lexington, Kentucky- Four members of the 2014 University of Bridgeport women's volleyball team have been selected as members of the 2014 American Volleyball Coaches Association of America (AVCA) All-East Region teams. Earning 2014 AVCA All-East Region honors are seniors Biljana Savic (Novi Sad, Serbia) and Larissa Oliveira (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) for the fourth straight season plus junior Sarah Rosa (Itajuba, Brazil) earned a spot on the AVCA All-East Region Team for the second straight season.
Savic and Oliveira are the only NCAA Division II players in entire country to have earned AVCA All-Region honors for four consecutive seasons this year.
Senior Ying Shen (Nanjing, China) earned AVCA Honorable Mention All-Region accolades after earning an All-Region spot the previous two seasons.
The UB women's volleyball team finished the 2014 season with an impressive 26-3 overall record reaching the NCAA Division II East Regional Final, and the Purple Knights also won their third straight East Coast Conference title this year.
2014 AVCA All-East Region
First Name |
Last Name |
School |
Position |
Year |
Kaulana |
Ane** |
University of New Haven |
S |
Sr. |
Kristy |
Atufunwa |
University of New Haven |
MB |
Sr. |
Katy |
Daniels |
The College of Saint Rose |
L |
Sr. |
Kaitlyn |
DeStefano*** |
Adelphi University |
MB |
Sr. |
Maryellen |
Devic |
The College of Saint Rose |
OH |
So. |
Skylar |
German |
Post University |
MB |
So. |
Emily |
Iverson** |
Stonehill College |
S |
Sr. |
Jessica |
Kalbfleisch |
Dowling College |
OH |
Jr. |
Kristen |
Lee** |
University of New Haven |
OH |
Jr. |
Kayla |
Morgan |
Dowling College |
L |
Jr. |
Larissa |
Oliveira**** |
University of Bridgeport |
MB |
Sr. |
Delia |
Phillips** |
Stonehill College |
OH |
Jr. |
Sarah |
Rosa** |
University of Bridgeport |
OH |
Jr. |
Biljana |
Savic**** |
University of Bridgeport |
S/OH |
Grad |
Region Freshman of the Year: Marisa Coronis, Southern New Hampshire, MB
Honorable Mention
First Name |
Last Name |
School |
Position |
Year |
Jaci |
Buscher |
Bentley University |
OH |
Jr. |
Kate |
Brock |
NYIT |
MB |
Jr. |
Jaclyn |
Del Cid |
Caldwell University |
L |
Sr. |
Katarzyna |
Klocek |
Dowling College |
RS |
So. |
Ying |
Shen |
University of Bridgeport |
OH |
Sr. |
Catie |
Swiderski |
Franklin Pierce University |
OH |
Sr. |