FCSAA Volleyball Notebook: October 21

Photo courtesy of Polk State College/Tom Hagerty
Photo courtesy of Polk State College/Tom Hagerty

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (October 21, 2014) – The Florida College System Activities Association (FCSAA) has released its Volleyball Coaches’ Poll and Player of the Week recipients for October 21.

The next poll will be released October 28.

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FCSAA Volleyball Coaches’ Poll
October 21, 2014

The FCSAA Volleyball Coaches’ Poll, with number of first-place votes in parentheses, 2014 record, previous ranking and total points in voting by FCSAA volleyball coaches, the FCSAA Volleyball Chair and the FCSAA Scoreboard Coordinator.

Rank

Team

Record

Pts

Pvs

1.

Miami Dade (14)

23-3

183

1

2.

Central Florida (2)

24-6

168

2

3.

State College of Florida (2)

19-4

150

3

4.

Santa Fe

25-4

128

4

5.

Daytona State (1)

21-10

94

5

6.

Polk State

13-17

82

7

7t.

Florida State College at Jacksonville

14-17

73

6

7t.

Pasco-Hernando State

33-4

73

8

9.

Palm Beach State

18-12

44

10

10.

Hillsborough

9-16

17

9

 
Also receiving votes: Gulf Coast State 13, Indian River State 12, Eastern Florida State 5, South Florida State 3.

NJCAA Region 8/FCSAA Volleyball Player of the Week
Lea Lieb, State College of Florida
Sophomore – RS
Sonthofen, Bavaria, Germany

 State College of Florida’s Lea Lieb is this week's NJCAA Region 8/FCSAA Volleyball Player of the Week. Lieb, a sophomore from Sonthofen, Bavaria, Germany, averaged 12.5 assists, 0.8 kills, 0.8 aces, 2.1 digs and 0.4 blocks over 16 sets and five matches during the voting period. The Manatees went 5-0 last week behind Lieb, who has led the team to 14 straight wins since taking over setting duties. She racked up a total of 200 assists, including a season-high 64 against Wallace State-Hanceville (October 18), and was credited with 13 aces, highlighted by six in a straight-set win over Vincennes (October 18). Lieb started the week with a double-digit dig effort – 12 vs. Hillsborough (October 15). 

NJCAA Region 8/FCSAA Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week
Adriana Pena, Miami Dade
Sophomore – DS
Cabo Rojo, P.R.

Miami Dade College’s Adriana Pena is this week's NJCAA Region 8/FCSAA Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week. Pena, a sophomore from Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, averaged 7.5 digs over ten sets and four matches during the voting period. After recording 16 digs in two sets against Indian River State (October 16), Pena stamped her name in the 25-Dig Club in consecutive matches on October 17 against New Mexico Military (25) and Iowa Western (28). 


25 Dig Club

The following players joined the FCSAA’s 2014 25 Dig Club in games played October 13-19:

  • Kylie Parks, Palm Beach State – 33 vs. Eastern Florida State (10/14/14)
  • Cherlie Adorno DeJesus, Hillsborough – 41 vs. South Florida State (10/14/14)
  • Toni Imbimbo, Pasco-Hernando State – 26 vs. Clearwater Christian College, 10/14/14
  • Kayla Cain, Indian River State – 25 vs. Miami Dade, 10/16/14
  • Morgan Carter, Indian River State – 25 vs. Miami Dade, 10/16/14
  • Kiara Colson, Daytona State – 26 vs. Santa Fe, 10/16/14
  • Rossanna Ramos, Polk State – 33 vs. South Florida State, 10/16/14
  • Adriana Pena, Miami Dade – 25 vs. New Mexico Military, 10/17/14
  • Adriana Pena, Miami Dade – 28 vs. Iowa Western, 10/17/14
  • Cherlie Adorno DeJesus, Hillsborough – 26 vs. Northeastern, 10/17/14
  • Cherlie Adorno DeJesus, Hillsborough – 49 (FCSAA season-high) vs. New Mexico Military, 10/18/14
  • Cherlie Adorno DeJesus, Hillsborough – 45 vs. Johnson County, 10/18/14  (FCSAA season-high 13th time)
  • IaNhea Beisner, State College of Florida – 25 vs. Wallace State-Hanceville, 10/18/14