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2022 Women's Volleyball Roster

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5 Morgan Romano

  • Position Opposite
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • High School Hagerty
  • Hometown Oviedo, FL
  • Major Elementary Education - Multidisciplinary Studies
  • Minor Early Childhood Education

Biography

2022
- First-Team All-MAAC.
- First player in program history to earn All-MAAC honors four times.
- MAAC Player of the Week (10/4).
- Played in all 31 matches, starting 30 and played in 113 sets as a senior.
- Totaled 353 kills, 217 digs, 31 service aces, 48 total blocks and 409.0 points.
- Finished fourth in the MAAC in points.
- Finished third in the MAAC in kills.
- Recorded six double-doubles.
- Had a season-high 23 kills in two different matches.
- Had a season-high 21 digs against Iona.
- Had a career-high 35 assists at Manhattan.
- Finished with 1,582 kills and 4.07 kills per set, good for second in program history.
- Finished with 130 aces, fourth-most in program history.
- Member of the MAAC All-Academic Team.

2021
- First-Team All-MAAC.
- MAAC Player of the Week (9/28).
- Started all 31 matches and played in 114 sets as a junior.
- Totaled 510 kills, 299 digs, 49 service aces, 56 total blocks and 588.0 points.
- Led the MAAC and ranked ninth nationally in points.
- Led the MAAC and ranked 11th nationally in kills.
- Led the MAAC and ranked 22nd nationally in aces.
- Recorded 13 double-doubles.
- Had a season-high 26 kills in five different matches, including the three-set program record against Quinnipiac in the MAAC Semifinals.
- Had a career-high 26 digs against Niagara during the regular season.
- Posted a career-high six aces against Siena.
- Her 510 kills are fifth-most in a single season in program history.
- Enters Senior season with 1,229 kills, fourth-most in program history.
- Member of the MAAC All-Academic Team.

2020-21
- AVCA All-America Honorable Mention.
- AVCA All-Northeast Region Honorable Mention.
- MAAC Player of the Year.
- Started all 12 matches and played in all 47 sets as a sophomore.
- Totaled 185 kills, 104 digs, 19 service aces, 13 total blocks and 211.0 points.
- Recorded four double-doubles.
- Had a season-high 24 kills in the MAAC Championship Match against Canisius.
- Had a season-high 17 digs against Canisius during the regular season.
- Ranked nationally in aces per set, kills per set, and points per set.
- Led the MAAC in total kills, total points, and points per set.
- Member of the MAAC All-Academic Team.

2019
- Named the MAAC Rookie of the Year.
- Earned First Team All-MAAC honors.
- Named to the MAAC All-Rookie Team.
- Named the ECAC Rookie of the Year
- Named to the All-ECAC Team. 
- Named the MAAC Rookie of the Week 12 times (9/3, 9/10, 9/17, 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12 & 11/19).
- Named the MAAC Player of the Week twice (9/24 & 10/29).
- Named to the All-Tournament Team at the Georgetown Classic.
- She had 534 kills, 283 digs, 31 service aces, 70 total blocks and recorded 602.5 points.
- When her season ended she ranked sixth in the nation in total kills and seventh in all of Division I in points.
- Her 534 kills were the second-most in a single-season in program history.
- Her 4.64 kills per set were also the second-most in a single-season in program history.
- She led the MAAC in kills, kills per set, total points and points per set.
- She recorded 11 double-doubles during the year.
- She had 10 matches with 20 or more kills.
- Registered a career-high 30 kills in a win over Manhattan on Setember 22.
- She had a season-best 21 digs versus Robert Morris on September 14.
- Registered eight total blocks in a win over Quinnipiac on November 10.
- Had five service aces in victory over Hampton on September 14.

BEFORE RIDER
Romano was a member of the varsity volleyball team at Hagerty High School for four years and she was also a member of the school's beach volleyball team as well…in her scholastic career, she racked up 744 kills, 121 blocks, 70 service aces and 377 digs…was a Coaches Award recipient in both 2015 and 2016…as a junior, she earned First Team All-Conference and Second Team All-Area distinction…ended her scholastic career by picking up First Team All-Conference honors in 2018…plays club for Orlando Tampa Volleyball Academy (OTVA). She was named an AAU All-American three times and her team captured a National Championship in 2014.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Donna Frawley…majoring in Elementary Education with a concentration in Multidisciplinary Studies and a minor in Special Education…was a three-time member of the National Honor Society…

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2019Freshman

    Opposite
    5'10"
    5
  • 5

    2020-21Sophomore

    Opposite
    5'10"
    5
  • 5

    2021Junior

    Opposite
    5'10"
    5
  • 5

    2022Senior

    Opposite
    5'10"
    5