Five Mustangs Names All Conference - Volleyball
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 2:20 pmWhat a great year for Mustang Volleyball. Only 1 senior among the 5. Coach Seifert doing great things.
Volleyball Boasts Five All-C-USA Selections
Powell and Wilkerson earn first team selections, Becerra, Manning and Oliver named to second team
Nov. 23, 2010
IRVING, Texas (SMU) --- The SMU volleyball team placed five athletes on the All-Conference USA team as announced by the league today. Outside hitters Dana Powell and Kathryn Wilkerson earned first-team honors, while Kelli Becerra, Courtney Manning and Jessica Oliver garnered second-team selections.
Powell, an outside hitter from Tulsa, Okla., led the Mustangs this season with 396 kills and is second on the team with 429 digs. Powell is now a three-time C-USA selection, which is the most in program history, after earning second team honors last season and being named to the all-freshman team in 2008. The junior was named to C-USA's All-Academic team yesterday.
Wilkerson, who ranks in the top five of eight different SMU career statistical categories, earns her first selection to the All-Conference team. This season, the senior is second on the team with 3.05 kills per set and third with 3.57 digs per set. Wilkerson has notched 20 double-doubles (10+ digs and kills in a match) this season and is one of only seven Mustangs to total over 1,000 career kills and digs.
A two-time C-USA Setter of the Week selection, Becerra averaged 10.69 assists per set this season. The junior has registered 16 double-doubles this season and charted 317 digs. Becerra has notched 1,283 assists this year, which is the fifth-highest single-season total in program history.
Manning currently leads C-USA and ranks 17th nationally with 1.35 blocks per set. The sophomore leads the Mustangs with a .282 hitting percentage and has notched 262 kills this season. With 158 blocks this year, Manning holds the record for most total blocks in a single season.
Oliver, a right side hitter from Plano, Texas, ranks third on the team in each of the categories of kills (311), blocks (114) and hitting percentage (.232). The junior posted a single-game season high 24 kills in a win over UCF earlier this season. In her last eight matches, Oliver has tallied at least 10 kills.
SMU tied for the most all-conference selections with Tulsa. The five selections are the most for the Mustangs since the move to C-USA and tie the 2001 team for most all-conference team members in a single-season.
The Mustangs will finish second in the league standings with one match to play at Tulsa on Saturday afternoon. In the first meeting between the teams, SMU battled the first-place Golden Hurricane to five sets at Moody Coliseum.
Volleyball Boasts Five All-C-USA Selections
Powell and Wilkerson earn first team selections, Becerra, Manning and Oliver named to second team
Nov. 23, 2010
IRVING, Texas (SMU) --- The SMU volleyball team placed five athletes on the All-Conference USA team as announced by the league today. Outside hitters Dana Powell and Kathryn Wilkerson earned first-team honors, while Kelli Becerra, Courtney Manning and Jessica Oliver garnered second-team selections.
Powell, an outside hitter from Tulsa, Okla., led the Mustangs this season with 396 kills and is second on the team with 429 digs. Powell is now a three-time C-USA selection, which is the most in program history, after earning second team honors last season and being named to the all-freshman team in 2008. The junior was named to C-USA's All-Academic team yesterday.
Wilkerson, who ranks in the top five of eight different SMU career statistical categories, earns her first selection to the All-Conference team. This season, the senior is second on the team with 3.05 kills per set and third with 3.57 digs per set. Wilkerson has notched 20 double-doubles (10+ digs and kills in a match) this season and is one of only seven Mustangs to total over 1,000 career kills and digs.
A two-time C-USA Setter of the Week selection, Becerra averaged 10.69 assists per set this season. The junior has registered 16 double-doubles this season and charted 317 digs. Becerra has notched 1,283 assists this year, which is the fifth-highest single-season total in program history.
Manning currently leads C-USA and ranks 17th nationally with 1.35 blocks per set. The sophomore leads the Mustangs with a .282 hitting percentage and has notched 262 kills this season. With 158 blocks this year, Manning holds the record for most total blocks in a single season.
Oliver, a right side hitter from Plano, Texas, ranks third on the team in each of the categories of kills (311), blocks (114) and hitting percentage (.232). The junior posted a single-game season high 24 kills in a win over UCF earlier this season. In her last eight matches, Oliver has tallied at least 10 kills.
SMU tied for the most all-conference selections with Tulsa. The five selections are the most for the Mustangs since the move to C-USA and tie the 2001 team for most all-conference team members in a single-season.
The Mustangs will finish second in the league standings with one match to play at Tulsa on Saturday afternoon. In the first meeting between the teams, SMU battled the first-place Golden Hurricane to five sets at Moody Coliseum.