Juliana Tomasoni |
The conference's seven head coaches made the selections, which the GCAC announced Monday.
XULA, which seeks sixth consecutive GCAC regular-season and tournament championships, received 5-of-7 first-place votes and 47 points in the poll. SUNO is second with 42 points, and Dillard is third with 32. SUNO and Dillard received one first-place vote apiece.
The Gold Nuggets have won 72 of their last 73 matches against GCAC opponents. The lone loss was in five sets last year at SUNO, which earned a shared of the 2015 regular-season title.
Tomasoni, a junior outside hitter/defensive specialist from Nova Trento, Brazil, and a former Northeastern Oklahoma A&M standout, was one of seven named preseason All-GCAC. In her first season at XULA, Tomasoni ranks second in the GCAC with 4.18 digs per set, third with a .237 hitting percentage and fourth with 3.0 kills per set.
After opening the season with out-of-state tournaments each of the past two weekends, XULA (1-7) will play five times this week in its home city. The Gold Nuggets will visit Loyola Tuesday for matches at 5 p.m. against St. Thomas (Texas) and 7 p.m. against Loyola, then play host to the second annual Big Easy Blastoff at the Convocation Center. XULA will play Friday at 11 a.m. against Pikeville and 5 p.m. against William Carey and Saturday against Southwest (N.M.) at 11 a.m.
GCAC Preseason Voting | |||||
All-Conference | |||||
Name | School | Pos. | Ht. | Yr. | Hometown |
Kaylin Davison | Edward Waters | OH | 5-9 | Jr. | Columbus, Ohio |
Carla Novaes | Talladega | OH | 6-1 | Sr. | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Shelby Stewart | Dillard | OH | 6-0 | Jr. | Houston, Texas |
Marija Stojijkovic | SUNO | S | 5-8 | So. | Belgrade, Serbia |
Juliana Tomasoni | Xavier | OH/DS | 5-9 | Jr. | Nova Trento, Brazil |
Autumn Trimble | Philander Smith | RS | 6-2 | Jr. | Mobile, Ala. |
Cailyn Ware | Dillard | OH | 5-7 | Sr. | Pearland, Texas |
Preseason Player of the Year: Carla Novaes, Talladega |
Order of Finish (first-place votes in parentheses) | |||||
Rank | School | Points | |||
1 | Xavier (5) | 47 | |||
2 | SUNO (1) | 42 | |||
3 | Dillard (1) | 32 | |||
4 | Philander Smith | 27 | |||
5 | Tougaloo | 20 | |||
6-tie | Edward Waters | 14 | |||
6-tie | Talladega | 14 |
Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
XULAgold.com
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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