Volleyball Nearly Sweeps ACC Awards
Louisville volleyball's dominating showing this season, especially in conference play, helped them take four of the five ACC Awards.
Claire Chaussee was named ACC Player of the Year. Chaussee, a bit of a dark horse for the award at the beginning of the year, beat out others such as Julia Bergmann of Georgia Tech and a trio of Pitt players. Chaussee tallied 370 kills this season while averaging 3.81 kills per set. She reached 1000 career kills this season.
Amaya Tillman was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year. Tillman ranked sixth in the country with 1.53 blocks per set and logged 141 total blocks. She was also named ACC Defensive Player of the Year in 2020.
Coach Dani Busboom Kelly was named ACC Coach of the Year. Under Busboom Kelly, Louisville went 26-2, was named a 1-seed for the second straight year, won their third straight ACC title, ranked second nationally in blocks, and ranked 10th nationally in hitting percentage.
The lone award Louisville did not take was ACC Freshman of the Year. Emma Farrell of Wake Forest took that award. Louisville did not have any true freshmen play this season due to redshirts, so a Louisville player could not win by default.
Louisville also had five Cards named to the All-ACC First Team. Chaussee, Tillman, Lazaro, Aiko Jones, and Elena Scott all received recognition. With the exception of Lazaro, the other four Cards have been named to the All-ACC Teams in the past.
The Cards gear up for the NCAA Tournament and will host Samford on Friday at 7:00 p.m. at L&N FCU Arena.
(Photos by Jared Anderson)
Happy Tuesday and Go Cards!
Jared
Shame DeBeer was injured. She probably would have taken the POY award.
ReplyDeleteNick O
another example of how women's sports are much the best on campus but not getting nearly the money. a d2 level men's basketball program, football gets routinely thumped by UK and Clemson each year and neither program deserves a penny. The new a.d. is a joke. put your money in the programs that deliver and produce, UofL.
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Been awhile, just been busy with thngs and watching sports.
Interested with a bit of concern on Louisville starting 5-2. Nice win against Texas, but your losses to Gonzaga and SDST a bit puzzling. I know, it takes time to jell with so many new players.
I think you all can be proud of Volleyball, though. Busboom-Kelly has a powerhouse and has been doing a lot of it without DeBeer? I watched online our match against you this year and attended last year when you were here. No visible weaknesses.
Bea doing better and she likes the rehab center she is in now. Hoping she's out in a couple of weeks.
Good luck in the NCAA and good luck tomorrow night against Ohio State in WBB hoops.
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Excited for Cards Volleyball. Has it been announced yet who will carry the viewing feed?
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Yeah, 1st and 2nd rounds, across the whole tournament are...
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