NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's Juliana Tomasoni on Monday received the fourth Gulf Coast Athletic Conference weekly volleyball award of her career, but her first for defense.
Tomasoni was named Defender of the Week for Oct. 2-8 after averaging five digs per set and handling 47-of-47 service receptions without an error during the Gold Nuggets' 2-0 week — home victories against William Carey and Philander Smith. Tomasoni — an outside hitter from Nova Trento, Brazil, and a graduate of two-year Northeastern Oklahoma A&M — was part of a defensive effort that limited Philander Smith to a minus-.110 hitting percentage.
This is Tomasoni's second GCAC award of 2017. The other three of her career were for Attacker of the Week.
XULA (13-2) will visit Spring Hill (16-2) at 6 p.m. Thursday in a matchup of league leaders. The Gold Nuggets hold a two-match lead in the loss column against Dillard in the GCAC; the Badgers are the top team in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference of NCAA Division II.
The Gold Nuggets will play their next five matches on the road before returning home to face SUNO at 6 p.m. Oct. 26 in the Convocation Center.
Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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