FLORENCE , S.C. – Four members of the Francis Marion University volleyball team were named to the Conference Carolinas All-Conference Team that was released this week.
Junior middle blocker Caroline Lucas and junior setter Mya Mendoza were selected to the first-team, while senior middle blocker Kaytlin Smart was tabbed for the second team, and senior outside hitter Kara Walker was named to the third team for the second consecutive year. Lucas Lucas, a native of Easley, earns All-Conference recognition for the second year in a row. She leads Francis Marion and is second in the conference for hitting percentage at .
339 and ranks sixth in points per set (3.37), ninth in kills per set (2.76), and 22nd in blocks per set (0.
60). She is also fifth on the Patriot squad with 22 service aces, while posting 12 matches with double-digit kills. Mendoza Mendoza, a native of Longwood, Fla.
, ranks second in the conference for total assists (958), third in assists per set (9.21) and total service aces (50), and fourth in aces per set (0.48).
She also averaged 2.23 digs per set, tallied 14 blocks, and registered 11 double-doubles in her first season as a Patriot. She was twice named the conference Specialist of the Week this season.
Smart Smart, a native of Smithfield, Utah, ranked fifth in the conference in hitting percentage (.306), eighth in total blocks (77), and 10th in blocks per set (0.74).
She played in all but two sets this year and averaged 2.25 kills per set. Walker Walker, a nati.