Allocco Named Third Team All-American; Rumsey Honorable Mention
All-America Teams
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Honors keep rolling in for Nazareth junior
Maria Allocco and Elmira senior Taryn Rumsey. Allocco has been selected a third-team representative on the Division III All-America teams chosen by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, while Rumsey was tabbed honorable mention.
Allocco, a 6-foot-1 middle blocker from Ballston Lake, N.Y., was one of 42 players chosen to the first three All-America teams. She was an honorable metnion selection last year.
Allocco led Nazareth to its third straight Empire 8 Conference title in 2013 as she was chosen MVP of the conference tournament for the third year in a row. She totaled 316 kills and now has 923 for her career. She also had 51 service aces and a team-high 81 blocks. Her .387 hitting percentage (316-72-631) ranks among the top 10 nationally in Division III.
Allocco also was a first-team Empire 8 Conference all-star for the second year in a row and twice was honored this season as E8 Player of the Week.
The Golden Flyers finished 29-9 overall in 2013 and made their 11th NCAA Tournament appearance, losing in the first round to New York University in three sets.
Rumsey, an Empire 8 All-Conference first team honoree, earns her second AVCA All-American honorable mention selection of her four-year career. In her final year as a Soaring Eagle, Rumsey led the Soaring Eagles to their fourth consecutive 20-win season, a third seed in the Empire 8 Tournament, and a trip to the championship game of the ECAC Metro/Upstate Volleyball Tournament.
Her 546 kills led the Empire 8 Conference this season, a career high for Rumsey, and it was also the sixth most single-season kills in Elmira College history. She boasts the nation's ninth highest point per set average (5.0) and is 12th in the nation in kills per set (4.34). Career-wise, Rumsey ranks among the best to ever dawn the Purple and Gold as she ranks second in career aces (244), fourth in career kills (1,632), and fifth in career digs (1,329).