2014 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Melina Violas
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Senior Season (2014): Against Delaware State, had three assists and seven digs ... Posted nine digs, four assists and two aces versus Temple ... Served one ace and recorded 13 digs against Niagara ... At DePaul, had a season-high six assists and nine digs, adding her lone block of the season ... Against Illinois-Chicago, had 12 digs and two service aces ... Posted one kill, three assists and seven digs at Chicago State ... Tied a single game team high for the Orange in digs, recording 20 against Ohio State ... At Xavier, had one kill, four assists and 11 digs ... Against Ohio, recorded two assists and 10 digs ... Posted nine digs and three assists against No. 12 North Carolina ... Recorded 11 digs against Notre Dame ... Collected at least five assists for third time on the season against Miami … Against Pittsburgh, racked up 13 digs and one assist ... Against Georgia Tech recorded five digs and four assists ... Recorded 10 digs against Clemson.
Junior Season (2013): Had one service ace and had one kill against No. 19 Louisville in the Penn State Invitational ... Had 15 digs against Stony Brook ... Served two aces and recorded 11 digs versus Rutgers ... Against Oakland, finished with a team-high 15 digs ... Tallied three digs and had one assist against Colorado ... Had three digs against Delaware State … Recorded one dig against Chicago State ... Against FIU, had 12 digs and a season-high of three assists and two service aces ... Had 15 digs versus Northern Kentucky ... Had one dig against No. 17 Florida State … Recorded three digs against Miami ... Contributed two digs against No. 11 North Carolina … Finished with a team-best nine digs against NC State ... At Virginia, paced the defense with 10 digs ... At Virginia Tech, had 15 digs ... Had at Maryland ... Recorded a team-best 13 digs and had three assists at Pittsburgh ... Finished with a season-best 18 digs (second highest output of career) and two assists at No. 18 Duke ... At Wake Forest, reached double-digit digs for the eighth-straight match (17) to go with two assists ... Matched season-high with 18 digs and tied a career-best four assists against Notre Dame ... Led the team with 14 kills at Boston College ... Had seven digs and one kill against Pittsburgh ... Led the team with 13 digs against Maryland ... Team-best 15 digs at Clemson ... Recorded eight digs and three assists at Georgia Tech ... Totaled 16 digs and a kill versus Boston College ... Racked up 12 digs and served two aces at Notre Dame.
Sophomore Season (2012): Recorded 16 digs and one assist versus Illinois- Chicago … Had three assists and 13 digs against Bryant … Registered 16 digs against Colgate … Tallied one assist and seven digs versus Creighton … Totaled four digs against Denver … Racked up five digs versus No. 21 Kansas State … Had five digs against Nebraska-Omaha ... Versus Iowa had two digs ... Recorded six digs and two assists against Eastern Washington ... Tallied 14 digs and three assists versus Iowa State ... Had nine digs against Hartford ... Recorded three assists and 13 digs against Dartmouth ... Totaled 13 digs, and three assists against Buffalo … Tallied one kill and eight digs versus Binghamton … Had two assists against Marquette ... Racked up a career-high 29 digs, four assists, one kill and one block against Niagara ... Versus DePaul registered 14 digs and two assists ... Recorded 10 digs and one assist against Rutgers ... Had 10 digs and one assist versus Seton Hall ... Put up six digs against Louisville ... Totaled 10 digs and one assist against Cincinnati ... Tallied 12 digs and four assists against Villanova ... Contributed four digs against Georgetown ... Had 10 digs versus St. John’s ... Put up one assist against Connecticut ... Recorded three digs and one assist versus Seton Hall.
Freshman Season (2011): Had one dig in her career debut against Lehigh.
High School: Was team captain of Notre Dame HS during her junior and senior year ... Named team MVP and Most Inspirational ... Club team (Santa Monica Beach) was 18-1 in 2010.
Personal: Born in October of 1993 ... Daughter of Guy and Shari Violas ... Has one older sister ... Enjoys kick boxing as a hobby.
