Taylor, Foley Pickup Player/Rookie of the Year Honors as Women's Volleyball Places Six on Landmark All-Conference Teams
TOWSON, Md.- The Juniata women's volleyball team had six players make the Landmark All-Conference Teams, with Victoria Taylor (Middletown, Del. / Delaware Military Academy) being named Landmark Player of the Year and Olivia Foley (Coldwater, Mich / Coldwater HS) being named Landmark Rookie of the Year.
Taylor, who was also named to the All-Conference First Team, was second in the conference in kills per set (3.80), third in hitting percentage (.322) and tied for eighth in total kills (270). She was also named Landmark Conference Championship MVP after helping the Eagles win their 40th consecutive conference championship and 14th straight Landmark Championship after defeating Scranton 3-0 this past Saturday. She is the 12th Juniata women's volleyball player to be named Conference Player of the Year in the conference's 15-year history. It is her third appearance on the all-conference first team and her fourth appearance on either all-conference team.
Joining her on the first team was Foley, who played in her first collegiate season this fall after missing out on her rookie campaign due to the pandemic in the fall of 2020. She helped the squad to a 28-1 record, which included a sterling 7-0 record in conference play, 9-0 including postseason where the team did not drop a set. She leads the conference in assists per set at 10.51, which is the ninth-best mark in the country. She is the seventh JC women's volleyball player to earn Landmark ROY honors.
Also on the first team was Grace Erskine (Mooresville, N.C. / Community School of Davidson), who was second in the conference in hitting percentage at .352 and eighth in total blocks at 60. Erskine was a part of a defense that ranked second in the country in opponent hitting percentage at .078.
Kennedy Christy (Saxonburg, Pa. / Knoch HS) was named to the all-conference second team after she finished second on the team in kills (203) and was fourth in digs at 226.
Joining her on the second team was Mackenzie Coley (Norco, Calif. / Norco HS), who led the conference in hitting percentage at .354 and was second on the team in total blocks with 42.
Kiona Sky Rousset-Hernandez (Rio Grande, Puerto Rico / Colegio Bautista de Carolina HS) was also named to the all-conference second team after a strong season from the libero position that saw her finish third in total digs (477) and digs per set (5.30). The Eagles as a team currently ranked 32nd in the country in digs per set at 18.45.
Juniata heads to the Rochester Institute of Technology for an NCAA first-round matchup against Gallaudet this Friday at 3:00.