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2018 Women's Volleyball

1 Megan Monastra

  • Height 5-10
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown West Chester, Pa.
  • High School Villa Maria Academy
  • Position OH
  • Major Exercise Science

Biography

  • Four-year letterwinner who played in 108 career matches, logging playing time in 321 sets
  • Finished career ranked 11th in attack attempts (2,603), 19th in career kills (747), tied for 24th in block assists (73), and 25th in aces (88) in Scranton history
  • Earned Second Team All-Landmark Conference honors as a senior

Senior Year (2018)

  • Match-by-Match Statistics
  • Team captain who played in 34 matches and 120 sets while earning Second Team All-Landmark Conference honors
  • Ranked second on the team with 292 kills on 1,058 total attacks for a .102 hitting percentage
  • Led team with 58 serice aces
  • Ranked second on the team with 387 digs
  • Also collected 31 total blocks with four solo blocks and 27 block assists
  • Posted eight double-doubles on the season
  • Ranked 13th in attack attempts and tied for 16th in service aces among Scranton's all-time single-season record holders.

Junior Year (2017)

  • Match-by-Match Statistics
  • Appeared in 29 matches and played 96 sets in her third year with the program
  • Posted 243 kills, reaching double-figures 10 times and averaged 2.53 kills per set while posting a 1.45 hitting percentage on the season
  • Put down a career-high 22 kills in a five-set win over Stockton on September 16
  • Picked up 169 digs and post a season-high 17 digs twice on the year (vs. Stockton on September 16 and vs. La Verne on October 7
  • Totaled 24 blocks on the year including one solo block
  • Also contributed 16 service aces and 14 assists in the fall
  • Collected three double-doubles on the season

Sophomore Year (2016)

  • Match-by-Match Statistics
  • Played in 32 of the 38 matches the Royals played in on the year, playing in 89 sets
  • Had 190 kills for the year, going into double-figures in five games throughout the course of the season
  • Averaged 2.1 kills per set, notching a season-high 13 kills against Penn State Behrend on Oct. 8
  • Also posted 118 digs and 23 total blocks (two of which were solo blocks)
  • Had 13 service aces for the season

Freshman Year (2015)

  • Match-by-Match Statistics
  • Logged playing time in 12 matches for the year and 15 sets total
  • Posted 22 kills for the year, seven of which came against Mt. St. Vincent on Oct. 10
  • Also posted 20 digs. Season-high four came in matches at Marywood (Sept. 1) and vs. Mt. St. Vincent

Awards & Honors

  • All-Landmark Conference Second Team (2018)
  • Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2016)
  • University of Scranton Athlete of the Week (Oct. 10, 2017; Oct. 1, 2018)
  • All-Tournament Team at 2017 Leopard Invitational 
  • Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll (2018)

High School/Personal

  • Lettered in volleyball for three years at Villa Maria Academy. Helped team win AACA League Championship in both 2013 and 2014, as squad went 20-2 overall in 2014
  • Was named to the Daily Local's All-Area Team in 2014 and was a Main Line Times All-Area Team selection in 2014, as well
  • Earned Paoli Athlete of the Month honors for January 2014
  • Served as Villa Maria Volleyball team captain
  • The daughter of Bonnie and George Monastra
  • Both mother and father are graduates of Villanova University, where mother played tennis
  • Has two older siblings, both of whom are University of Scranton Graduates: Monica (27) and Greg (24). Greg was a member of the Universities baseball program, as well

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2015Freshman

    OH/S
    5'10"
    1
  • 1

    2016Sophomore

    OH/S
    5'10"
    1
  • 1

    2017Junior

    OH
    5'10"
    1
  • 1
    C

    2018Senior

    OH
    5'10"
    1
    C
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