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2018 Women's Volleyball

14 Macayla Chianco

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School Dunedin
  • Hometown Clearwater, Fla.

Biography

2018

AWARDS

Little East Conference Second Team

SEASON HIGHS

Matches Played/Matches Started/Sets Played: 26/0/93
Digs: 421 total/4.53 per set
3-Set Digs: 19 at Brandeis University, October 27
4-Set Digs: 27 vs. Denison College, September 1
5-Set Digs: 40 vs. Rhode Island College, October 16
Service Aces: 2 vs. Western Connecticut State, September 29 (8 total/0.10 per set)

NOTABLES
 

- Ended her career ranked fourth in program history with 1,202 digs

- Only the sixth player in program history to record 1,000 digs in a career

- Averaged 3.49 digs per set in 344 sets played during her four-year career at UMass Boston

- Finished her career ranked 15th in program history in service aces with 105

2017

AWARDS

All-Conference: Second Team Libero 

SEASON HIGHS

Matches Played/Sets Played: 31/116
Digs: 589 total/5.08 per set
3-Set Digs: 20 vs. Keene State College, November 4
4-Set Digs: 30 vs. Plymouth State University, November 2 
5- Set Digs: 40 vs. Endicott College, September 28 
Service Aces: 4 two times (44 total/0.38 per set)
Service Receptions: 811 total (.914 rate)

NOTABLES

- Named the Most Outstanding Player of the Little East Conference Tournament

- Led the conference with 5.04 digs per set and 569 total digs

- Had a career-high 40 digs, the third-most in program history, against Endicott College on September 28 

- Named the LEC Defensive Player of the Week two times (9/18 and 10/23)

- Recorded double-digit digs 29 times, 20+ digs 16 times, 30+ digs three times and 40+ on one occasion 

- Finished 38th in Division III with her 589 total digs 

2016 Saw time in 33 of the 34 matches played during her junior season … Had 17 aces and 136 digs in 35 sets played … Had her best match of the season in the 3-2 victory over ranked Stevenson University when she recorded 10 digs on September 2 … Posted 10 digs and an ace in the 3-0 win over Mary Hardin-Baylor on October 28 … Registered three aces and five digs against Suffolk University on September 10 … Collected eight digs in back-to-back matches, both of which were Little East Conference wins.

2015 Stepped onto the hardwood in 14 matches in her first season with the Beacons … Combined for 56 digs and had five aces … Made her UMB debut on September 4 against Hendrix College on September 4 … Tallied her first collegiate dig on September 19 at Eastern Connecticut State University … Recorded a career-high 14 digs and had two aces in the October 23 match against nationally-ranked Augsburg College (MN) … Finished with nine digs at Babson College on October 3 … Posted six digs at Williams College on October 16.

PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL Graduated from Dunedin High School in Duedin, FL in 2014 … Named her team’s Defensive MVP … Was an All-County Honorable Mention All-Star and was named a team captain … Daughter of Angela and David Chianco … Currently majoring in Psychology.

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2015Sophomore

    DS
    5'7"
    12
  • 15

    2016Junior

    DS
    5'7"
    15
  • 14

    2017Senior

    DS
    5'7"
    14
  • 14

    2018Senior

    DS
    5'7"
    14
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