University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Ficker and Miotto Honored by Big South
09.08.2009 | Women's Volleyball
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- UNC Asheville's Lauren Ficker has been named the Big South Conference Choice Hotels Player of the Week in volleyball, while Desiree Aramburu from Radford was tabbed the Freshman of the Week. Asheville's Raquel Miotto picked up Defensive Player of the Week honors for matches played Aug. 31-Sept. 6, the League announced today.
Ficker, a senior from Hendersonville, N.C., posted 46 kills, 3.54 kills per set and a .394 attack percentage en route to Tournament MVP at the USC Upstate Tournament over the weekend. After registering six kills, two blocks and one dig against Western Carolina on Sept. 2, the middle blocker returned to the court to tally 14 kills, two aces and four digs to lead Asheville to a 3-1 win over N.C. State on Sept. 4 in the first match of the USC Upstate tournament. The next day against The Citadel, Ficker put down 14 kills, a .423 kill percentage and came up with three digs and two blocks to lead the Bulldogs to a 3-0 win. She closed the weekend out with 12 kills and a .478 percentage at the net, with four digs and two blocks in Asheville's 3-0 win over the Spartans. Ficker scored 51 points in the four-match span, averaging 3.92 points per set.
Miotto, a senior from Sau Paulo, Brazil, posted four-straight double-digit dig matches in helping the Bulldogs to a 4-0 record and the title at the USC Upstate Tournament. She kicked off her week with 17 digs and three aces against Western Carolina and followed with 24 digs and four aces against N.C. State. Against The Citadel, Miotto posted 19 digs and she closed out her weekend with 16 digs and two aces against USC Upstate. She averaged 5.85 digs per set in the four-match span and added 12 service aces. She is currently 64 digs shy of the all-time Big South Conference record for career digs.
The Bulldogs will return to action this weekend at the Winston-Salem State Tournament. Asheville will face Savannah State and East Carolina on Friday before playing Wofford and Winston-Salem State on Saturday.
