Volleyball

Holland Tabbed as GNAC Libero of the Week

Posted: Sep 18, 2023

PHOTO CREDIT: Brian Berthiaume '24

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly honors have been released and Saint Joseph's College senior Sam Holland (Gilmanton, N.H.) has been named as the GNAC Women's Volleyball Libero of the Week.

Holland averaged 5.67 digs per set and added eight service aces in three SJC victories last week. The senior captain picked up 39 total digs in a GNAC tri-match sweep over Norwich and Anna Maria on Friday. Holland netted 12 digs at Husson on Thursday with 18 versus the Cadets and 21 against the AMCATS.

In five matches and 12 sets so far this fall, Holland – who began the season nursing an injury - has notched eight aces and 53 digs at a 4.42 digs per set clip.

For Holland, the GNAC weekly accolade is a career first.

Saint Joseph's (5-5, 2-0 GNAC) will play at Plymouth State University on Tuesday in a non-conference match set to start at 6:00 PM.

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.