2006 Women's Volleyball Roster

4 Ana Carolina Buccini

  • Position Libero
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • High School Colegio Campos Salles

Biography

 

 

2006:  The 2007 Preseason All-Sun Belt honoree was ranked as high as fourth in the nation in digs at the beginning of the season...Named to the Ole Miss Invitational All-Tournament team after recording 34 digs in one match and averaging 5.53 digs in the tournament...Earned Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week after performance...Named Baylor Clarion Invitational Outstanding Defensive Player after totaling 94 total digs in four matches...Name SBC Defensive Player of the Week after setting career high of 37 digs against Lipscomb while recording 30 or more digs in three out of four matches...Sustained season ending knee injury against Utah State where she recorded 35 digs...Totalled 375 digs in just 15 matches...Recorded 14 double-digit dig matches, 12 20 plus dig matches, and six 30 plus dig matches...Ranked in UALR career records tenth in games played with 343 and ninth in hitting attempts with 2,065...Ranked in single-season records fourth in digs with 375 from this season...Her 37 digs ranked her second in individual match records where she is ranked five more times out of the top ten from this season...Named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List for academic excellence.

 

2005:  The Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference recipient finished the season ranked eighth in service aces averaging 0.40 and eighth in digs averaging 3.40 in the Sun Belt Conference...After this season, ranked fifth in digs with 804, eighth in hitting attempts with 2,045, and tenth in kills with 740 in UALR career records...The second team All-Sun Belt Conference honoree set her career high with 26 digs against Mississippi State earning her All-Tournament team honors and ranking her tied for ninth in UALR individual match records...Recorded a .400 hitting percentage against Memphis where she earned All-Tournament honors and set her career record...Set career records of 23 kills and 48 attacks against North Texas...Recorded 323 digs for the season ranking her ninth on UALR season lists...Received Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week for October 24 after recording two double-doubles with a team high of 11 kills and 13 digs against Troy and a team highs of 12 kills and 13 digs against South Alabama with her sixth and seventh straight double-doubles.

 

2004: Had a breakthrough sophomore season, leading the team in kills and digs while earning All-Sun Belt Conference second team honors ...Averaged 2.98 digs per game to lead the team and finished second on the team with 3.18 kills per game on a team high 328 kills...Led the team with .31 service aces per game...Recorded double-digit kills in 21 of 27 matches...Notched a season high 19 kills against Austin Peay on Aug. 3 at the UTA Invitational and earned All-Tournament honors for her efforts...Defensively, had 17 games with double-digit digs, and recorded a team and career high 23 digs on two occasions with the last coming against Middle Tennessee Nov. 5.

 

2003: Had an outstanding freshman campaign with 117 kills, 174 digs and 10 aces in only 87 games....Finished the season strong, posting double digit digs in eight of the last 11 matches of the season...Registered a season high 12 kills against Louisiana-Lafayette on Oct. 24 and versus Denver on Nov. 20 in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament...Named to the Sun Belt Conference Honor Roll for the spring semester.

 

Personal:  Born August 27, 1985 in Sao Paulo, Brazil...Parents are Carmen Buccini and the late Andre Buccini...Has one sister, Gabriela...Majoring in Psychology.

 

 

 

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2005Junior

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    4
  • 4

    2006Senior

    Libero
    5'11"
    4