{"id":7824,"date":"2014-12-03T18:47:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T23:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=7824"},"modified":"2014-12-03T22:51:42","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T03:51:42","slug":"unc-duke-well-presented-on-all-acc-volleyball-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=7824","title":{"rendered":"UNC, Duke well-presented on All-ACC volleyball team"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"accvolleyball\"<\/a>North Carolina senior libero Ece Taner has been named the league\u2019s Defensive Player of the Year, and North Carolina\u2019s Joe Sagula was named Coach of the Year as the All-ACC Volleyball Team was announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Miami senior outside hitter Savanah Leaf has been selected as the 2014 Atlantic Coast Conference Volleyball Player of the Year.<\/p>\n

Duke\u2019s senior setter Kelsey Williams was named Setter of the Year, and Miami\u2019s Haley Templeton was chosen as the Freshman of the Year. Templeton headlines the nine-person All-Freshman Team. The awards were decided based on a vote of the league\u2019s 15 head coaches.<\/p>\n

Leaf, a native of San Anselmo, California, ranks first in the conference and 16th in the nation with 4.56 kills per set. She is just the second student-athlete from Miami to earn Player of the Year honors and the first since Lane Carico in 2011. Leaf led the Hurricanes to a third place finish in the conference with a 14-4 record.<\/p>\n

Taner earns the second Defensive Player of the Year honors after helping the Tar Heels earn the 2014 ACC Volleyball Title. Taner ranks second in the conference with 4.48 digs per set and becomes the second libero from North Carolina to earn the award since its inception in 2009.<\/p>\n

Williams is awarded the first-ever Setter of the Year honor after ranking first in the conference and sixth nationally in assists per set with 11.70. The inaugural winner was instrumental in the Blue Devils\u2019 ACC leading 14.18 assists and 14.97 kills per set. <\/p>\n

Templeton is the second Miami student-athlete and the first since Carico in 2008 to be named ACC Freshman of the Year. As a rookie, Templeton ranked second in the conference with 11.02 assists per set and played a key role in Leaf\u2019s conference leading kills per set average.<\/p>\n

North Carolina\u2019s Sagula led the Tar Heels to a 26-2 overall and, 17-1 ACC record in earning his fourth ACC Coach of the Year honor (1998, 2002, 2005, 2014). Overall, Sagula has been at the helm for six (1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2014) of North Carolina\u2019s 16 conference titles in program history. Under his guidance during the 2014 season, North Carolina saw four players named members of All-ACC teams, a ranking as high as No. 7 in the AVCA poll and the No. 7 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n

Eleven different schools are represented on the All-ACC Team, led by Duke and Florida State\u2019s five student-athletes. Four from North Carolina were recognized, followed by three from Louisville, Miami and Pitt, two from Virginia and Virginia Tech and one apiece from Clemson, Syracuse and Wake Forest.<\/p>\n

Joining Templeton on the All-Freshman Team are Clemson\u2019s Kate Federico, Florida State\u2019s Milica Kubura, Louisville\u2019s Tess Clark and Maggie Dejong, NC State\u2019s Kaitlyn Kearney, Notre Dame\u2019s Sam Fry and Wake Forest\u2019s Kylie Long and Caroline Wolf.<\/p>\n

ACC teams will begin play in the 2014 NCAA Championship on Thursday, Dec. 4, with Florida State in action, while Duke, Miami and North Carolina will get their postseason underway on Friday, Dec. 5.<\/p>\n

2014 ACC Volleyball Individual Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

Player of the Year: Savanah Leaf, Sr., OH, Miami<\/p>\n

Defensive Player of the Year: Ece Taner, Sr., L, North Carolina<\/p>\n

Setter of the Year: Kelsey Williams, Sr., S, Duke<\/p>\n

Freshman of the Year: Haley Templeton, Fr., S, Miami<\/p>\n

Coach of the Year: Joe Sagula, North Carolina<\/p>\n

2014 All-ACC Volleyball First Team
\n<\/em>
\nJeme Obeime ! Sr. OH Duke<\/p>\n

Emily Sklar ! Sr. OH Duke<\/p>\n

Kelsey Williams Sr. S Duke<\/p>\n

Sarah Burrington So. MB Florida State<\/p>\n

Katie Mosher ! Sr. L Florida State<\/p>\n

Nicole Walch ! Jr. OH Florida State<\/p>\n

Katie George Jr. S Louisville<\/p>\n

Janelle Jenkins So. OH Louisville<\/p>\n

Savanah Leaf ! Sr. OH Miami<\/p>\n

Emani Sims # Sr. MB Miami<\/p>\n

Chaniel Nelson # Sr. OPP North Carolina<\/p>\n

Paige Neuenfeldt ! Jr. MB North Carolina<\/p>\n

Ece Taner Sr. L North Carolina<\/p>\n

Amanda Orchard Jr. MH Pitt<\/p>\n

Kathryn Caine ! Sr. MB Virginia Tech<\/p>\n

Lindsey Owens So. OH Virginia Tech<\/p>\n

2014 All-ACC Volleyball Second Team<\/em><\/p>\n

Karis Watson Sr. MB Clemson<\/p>\n

Sasha Karelov So. L Duke<\/p>\n

Jordan Tucker So. MB Duke<\/p>\n

Katie Horton So. OH Florida State<\/p>\n

Kiara Wright Jr. MH Florida State<\/p>\n

Tess Clark Fr. MB Louisville<\/p>\n

Haley Templeton Fr. S Miami<\/p>\n

Victoria McPherson ! Jr. MB North Carolina<\/p>\n

Delaney Clesen Sr. L Pitt<\/p>\n

Kate Yeazel Sr. RS Pitt<\/p>\n

Silvi Uattara So. OH Syracuse<\/p>\n

Jasmine Burton ! So. OPP Virginia<\/p>\n

Lauren Fuller ! Jr. S Virginia<\/p>\n

Jazmen Russell Sr. OH Wake Forest<\/p>\n

2014 All-ACC Freshman Team<\/em><\/p>\n

Kate Federico S Clemson<\/p>\n

Milica Kubura RS Florida State<\/p>\n

Tess Clark MB Louisville<\/p>\n

Maggie Dejong MB Louisville<\/p>\n

Haley Templeton S Miami<\/p>\n

Kaitlyn Kearney MB NC State<\/p>\n

Sam Fry MB Notre Dame<\/p>\n

Kylie Long OH Wake Forest<\/p>\n

Caroline Wolf L Wake Forest<\/p>\n

! \u2013 Two-time selection<\/p>\n

# – Three-time selection<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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