Monday, March 11, 2002 

FDU Volleyball 10th in NCAA Statistics in Digs Per Game
Two athletes among 2001 national leaders

HACKENSACK, NJ – The Fairleigh Dickinson women’s volleyball program finished 10^th in the nation for 2001 in digs per game while sophomore Sharon Becker (Dumont, NJ/Paramus Catholic) and senior Trisha Nunnenkamp (Merrick, NY/Calhoun) were both in the top 20 nationally in the category, as recently published in the NCAA News.

Head coach Stacey Recanati led the 2001 Knights’ volleyball program to a successful 12-11 record, a 4^th place finish in the Northeast Conference and a 10^th consecutive trip to the NEC Tournament.  Much of the success was due to the Knights’ outstanding defense, which finished 10^th in the nation for 2001 in digs per game at 18.39.

Becker led the team in 2001—her first year of competition—with 349 digs on the season.  Her 4.26 digs per game also was also tops in the NEC and was good for 12^th in the nation. Becker had a team season-high 33 digs in a four-game win versus Sacred Heart.

Four-year letterwinner and two-year co-captain Nunnenkamp finished her career this past season second on the Knights’ all-time list with 1,509 career digs. In a win over St. Francis (NY) in 2001, Nunnenkamp posted a career-high 31 digs. Her career average of 4.01 digs per game ranks in the top 25 all-time in the NCAA since 1986 when statistics were first compiled. She also finished fourth on the all-time kills list at Fairleigh Dickinson with 826. 

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