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2016 Women's Volleyball

4 Brittany Cafiero

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Kellenberg Memorial
  • Hometown Merrick, NY

Biography

  • Four-year letter-winner who appeared in 118 matches in her career
  • Is one of just four student-athletes in program history to go over 3,000 assists for her career, finishing fourth all-time with 3,176

Senior Year (2016)

  • Match-by Match Statistics
  • Posted the seventh best season for a setter in program history, finishing with over 1,000 assists at 1,082, becoming one of just six student-athlete to ever hit the 1,000 assist mark in a season in program history
  • Finished third on the team in service aces with 38
  • Was just as strong on the defensive end for Scranton, finishing with 292 digs (a 2.47 per set average)
  • Ended the year posting 9.17 assists per set, going into double-figures in the category in all 35 matches she played in on the year
  • Had the best match of her career against Averett on Sept. 16, ending with a career-high 59 assists. Also had 58 assists in a win at Brockport on Oct. 29, as well
  • Went into double-digits in digs 12 times throughout the course of the season, including a 20 dig performance at SUNY Oneonta on Sept. 28

Junior Year (2015)

  • Match-by-Match Statistics
  • Led the Royals in assists for the second straight season, ending with 994, which was the ninth highest mark in a single season in program history.
  • Finished third on the team in service aces with 43 and fifth in digs with 251.
  • Posted 9.04 assists per set, which was the third highest mark in the Landmark Conference at the end of the season. Also placed fourth in the Landmark in total assists.
  • Had double-digit assists in every match but two for the season, notching a career-high 51 vs. Roanoke on Oct. 9.
  • Posted 30 or more assists in 15 matches.
  • Also posted double-digit digs in 11 matches, posting a season high 20 against Elizabethtown on Oct. 3.

Sophomore Year (2014)

  • Match-by-Match Statistics
  • Took over the starting duties at setter and led the Royals in assists (863)
  • Also finished third on the team in hitting percentage (.230), fourth in service aces (32), and fifth in digs (231)
  • Her 863 assists were the 10th-highest single-season total in Royals history
  • Finished third in the Landmark Conference in assists per set average (8.81)
  • Recorded 12 'double-doubles' in assists and digs
  • Had 30-or-more assists in 16 matches, including a career-high 51 in a 3-2 win over Haverford College on Sept. 13 at the Neumann Invitational
  • Recorded 10-or-more digs in 12 matches

Freshman Year (2013)

  • Match-by-Match Statistics
  • Saw action in 21 matches
  • Finished second on the team in assists (238)
  • Had 43 assists and 14 digs--both season-highs--in a 3-2 loss to SUNY Geneseo at the Golden Flyer Invitational at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York, on Sept. 7
  • Also had 32 assists and five digs in a 3-1 victory over Marywood University on Oct. 29
  • Hit .268, with 14 kills, 71 digs, 14 service aces, and six total blocks

Awards & Honors

  • University of Scranton Athlete of the Week (Oct. 17, 2016)

High School

  • Lettered in volleyball twice
  • Served as team captain as a senior and earned all-league honors
  • Was named the most valuable player (MVP) of the league championship match in 2012
  • Recorded 35 service aces and was credited with 580 assists last fall to help Kellenberg Memorial to a 13-2 record
  • Also picked up Kellenberg Memorial's volleyball program's most committed award in her sophomore and senior years
  • Member of the Honor Roll and National Honor Society

Personal

  • Daughter of Nicholas & Theresa Cafiero
  • Her mother is a graduate of Molloy College
  • Her twin sister, Danielle, played along side her on the Royals' volleyball team and her brother, Michael, recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2016Senior

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