Marquette Places Four on All-BIG EAST Teams
11/21/2018 11:05:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Barber and Rosenthal earn unanimous first team accolades
NEW YORK--For the first time since 2016 the Marquette University volleyball team has placed four on All-BIG EAST teams as junior Allie Barber, senior Anna Haak and redshirt senior Jenna Rosenthal earned first team accolades, while sophomore Martha Konovodoff was named to the second team.
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Barber and Rosenthal are selected to the All-BIG EAST First Team for the third consecutive season and were both unanimous selections, while Haak and Konovodoff earn postseason honors for the first time in their careers.
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Barber led the BIG EAST with 4.74 kills per set in BIG EAST matches and had the second-highest hitting percentage behind teammate Rosenthal, at a .371 clip in league matches. She owns three of the top-five highest kill records in three-set matches this season, including 20 kills in a sweep at Butler. Of Marquette's 15 conference victories this season, 14 of those were straight set sweeps.
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Haak earns her first major BIG EAST accolade in her final season as she ranked 12th in the BIG EAST with 2.90 kills per set in conference matches and collected 3.12 digs per set. She also served 15 aces in the BIG EAST season. A Butler, Haak totaled 22 digs, which is the second-most in a three-set match this season.
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Rosenthal ends her final BIG EAST season as a unanimous selection to the first team and led the league with a .434 hitting percentage, while turning in 2.72 kills per set and 0.92 blocks. She tallied eight blocks in a sweep over DePaul, which is the second-highest total for blocks in just three sets this season, while her hitting mark of .706 against Xavier and .667 against Villanova rank second and third, respectively in the BIG EAST this season.
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Konovodoff picks up her first post season award as a member of the All-BIG EAST second team. She was named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on four occasions this season and ranked fifth in digs with 4.85 per set. Konovodoff was fourth in league play with 0.40 service aces per set and out-dug the opponent libero in 13-of-17 league matches.
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Marquette gets set for the 2018 BIG EAST Championship presented by Jeep played at D.J. Sokol Arena on the campus of Creighton University. The second-seeded Golden Eagles will face No. 3 St. John's on Friday, Nov. 23 at 2 p.m. CT in the semifinals on the BIG EAST Digital Network.
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Barber and Rosenthal are selected to the All-BIG EAST First Team for the third consecutive season and were both unanimous selections, while Haak and Konovodoff earn postseason honors for the first time in their careers.
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Barber led the BIG EAST with 4.74 kills per set in BIG EAST matches and had the second-highest hitting percentage behind teammate Rosenthal, at a .371 clip in league matches. She owns three of the top-five highest kill records in three-set matches this season, including 20 kills in a sweep at Butler. Of Marquette's 15 conference victories this season, 14 of those were straight set sweeps.
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Haak earns her first major BIG EAST accolade in her final season as she ranked 12th in the BIG EAST with 2.90 kills per set in conference matches and collected 3.12 digs per set. She also served 15 aces in the BIG EAST season. A Butler, Haak totaled 22 digs, which is the second-most in a three-set match this season.
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Rosenthal ends her final BIG EAST season as a unanimous selection to the first team and led the league with a .434 hitting percentage, while turning in 2.72 kills per set and 0.92 blocks. She tallied eight blocks in a sweep over DePaul, which is the second-highest total for blocks in just three sets this season, while her hitting mark of .706 against Xavier and .667 against Villanova rank second and third, respectively in the BIG EAST this season.
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Konovodoff picks up her first post season award as a member of the All-BIG EAST second team. She was named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on four occasions this season and ranked fifth in digs with 4.85 per set. Konovodoff was fourth in league play with 0.40 service aces per set and out-dug the opponent libero in 13-of-17 league matches.
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Marquette gets set for the 2018 BIG EAST Championship presented by Jeep played at D.J. Sokol Arena on the campus of Creighton University. The second-seeded Golden Eagles will face No. 3 St. John's on Friday, Nov. 23 at 2 p.m. CT in the semifinals on the BIG EAST Digital Network.
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