DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Three Savannah College of Art and Design volleyball players -
Olympia Haney,
Allison Regas and
Courtney Shelton - have been named to the All-The Sun Conference team Thursday (Nov. 12) evening at the tournament banquet held at the Sunset Harbor Yacht Club.
Haney, a 5-foot-9 sophomore outside hitter from Fairburn, Ga., is second in the conference in kills per set (3.3), ninth in digs (240), 11th in hitting percentage (.189), 14th in total blocks (47), 15th in blocks per set (0.4) and 18th in digs per set (2.1). Haney was also honored as player of the week in the league once during the season.
Regas, a 6-1 senior setter from Jacksonville, Fla., leads the league with 1,077 assists this season. Regas, who was named to the all-conference team for a second consecutive season, is also ranked second in assists per sets (9.3), fifth in total blocks (69) and 11th in total blocks per set (0.6). Regas was named the player of the week in the conference once this season.
Shelton, a 6-0 senior middle hitter from Kansas City, Mo., leads the conference and is ranked 21st nationally in hitting percentage at .366. The two-time player of the week in the conference is second in the league in total blocks (103), third in kills (322) and blocks per set (0.9) and fifth in kills per set (2.8). This is the second all-conference nod in her career as she was recognized in 2007.
In addition, head coach
Melissa Batie was also honored as Coach of the Year in the league. In her second year at SCAD, Batie led the Bees to a 26-7 overall record and to second place in the conference with a 16-2 mark.
The Bees return to action Friday (Nov. 13) at the conference tournament being held at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) University. SCAD, which is the No. 2 seed in the six-team tournament, will play in a 7:30 p.m. semifinal match against the winner of the first round match between No. 3 seed Webber International University and No. 6 seed Northwood (Fla.) University.
2009 The Sun Conference Volleyball Tournament
At ICI Center
Daytona Beach, Fla.
Friday
First round
No. 5 Warner University vs. No. 4 St. Thomas (Fla.) University, noon
No. 6 Northwood (Fla.) University vs. No. 3 Webber International University, 2:30 p.m.
Semifinals
Warner-St. Thomas (Fla.) winner vs. No. 1 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) University, 5 p.m.
Northwood (Fla.)-Webber International winner vs. No. 2 SCAD, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
Championship
Semifinal winners, 2 p.m.