WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Rivier's Racevicius, Pollard Honored by GNAC Coaches

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WINTHROP, Mass. – Following our annual voting by the league's head coaches, the Great Northeast Athletic Conference is pleased to unveil its 2022 GNAC Women's Volleyball All-Conference Teams, as announced on Tuesday. 

After going 13-0 in GNAC play en route to the top seed in the conference tournament, Rivier University graduate student Sydney Racevicius has been named GNAC Player of the Year, while fellow Raiders grad student Avery Pollard earned GNAC Setter of the Year honors. 

Racevicius claimed three GNAC Player of the Week awards, leading the league with 418 overall kills (4.02 per set) to go with a GNAC-topping 45 service aces versus league opponents. Her teammate Pollard was a four-time GNAC Setter of the Week, boasting a conference-best 9.34 assists per set. 

Johnson & Wales University (RI) senior Emily Corbett was named GNAC Tournament MVP on Saturday after leading the Wildcats to its seventh straight GNAC Championship. The defensive specialist from Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. was also selected as the 2022 GNAC Libero of the Year behind an average of 5.02 digs per set.

From Lasell University, which went 10-3 in the GNAC to nail down the No. 3 playoff seed, freshman Maddie Caro (3.83 digs per set) was voted GNAC Rookie of the Year and head coach Jeffrey Vautrin was voted the GNAC Coach of the Year. 

FIRST TEAM
Jaylianne Ramos Figueroa, Elms 
Emily Corbett, Johnson & Wales 
Peyton Oliver, Johnson & Wales 
McKenna McCool, Lasell 
Avery Pollard, Rivier
Sydney Racevicius, Rivier
Lily Sills, Rivier 
Claire Conners, Simmons 

SECOND TEAM
Laura Jensen, Elms 
Sarah Miller, Johnson & Wales (RI) 
Juliana Medini, Lasell
Ana Lopez, Norwich
Rita Dow, Regis (Mass.) 
Sofia Pawlusik, Rivier
Sydney Iannantuono, Simmons
Kat Simeonidis, Simmons

THIRD TEAM
Mia Harmon, Colby-Sawyer
Laura Farnum, Norwich  
Sarah Farnum, Norwich
Addison Schroeder, Norwich 
Kamdyn Tenorio, Regis (Mass.) 
Ali Rivera, Rivier 
Shannon Carey, St. Joseph (Conn.)
Maggie Sylvester, Saint Joseph's (Me.) 

PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Sydney Racevicius, Rivier
LIBERO OF THE YEAR - Emily Corbett, Johnson & Wales (RI)
SETTER OF THE YEAR - Avery Pollard, Rivier
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR - Maddie Caro, Lasell
COACH OF THE YEAR - Jeffrey Vautrin, Lasell
TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD - Anna Maria

ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Jaylen Holman, Elms 
Daniela Rank, Johnson & Wales (RI)
Saige Cambonga-Meyers, Lasell
Maddie Caro, Lasell 
Sydney Katz, Lasell
Ayla Albers, Regis (Mass.)
Ali Rivera, Rivier
Victoria Briones, Saint Joseph's (Me.) 

ALL-SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM
Peyton Davis, Albertus Magnus
Deirdre Meagher, Anna Maria 
Ameesah Cotten, Colby-Sawyer 
Rae Edwards, Dean 
Francesca Dirienzo, Elms 
Tatiana Correira, Emmanuel 
Halle Medici, Johnson & Wales 
Emily Cerasani, Lasell 
Sarah Farnum, Norwich
Toni Ondris, Regis 
Lydia Pray, Rivier 
Katina Nanos, St. Joseph (Conn.) 
Isabel Philbrick, Saint Joseph's Maine
Meghan Doxsee, Simmons 

Founded in 1995, the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is an NCAA Division III association made up of 14 member institutions and over 3,500 student-athletes across the New England region. Each year, the GNAC sponsors and administers 20 championships, while balancing academic integrity, athletic opportunities and community involvement. 

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