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ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Angelica Arroyo has been selected first-team All-South Atlantic Conference (SAC) in volleyball.
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The Bears also had freshman Helen Hamilton, from Greensboro, make the league’s All-Freshman team.
The teams were released Thursday by conference officials.
Arroyo, a native of San Juan, Puerto Rico and transfer from Saint Andrews, led LRU with 3.57 kills per set this season – third best in the SAC – and she was second on the Bears in kills (271).
Hamilton, a setter, is the second All-Freshman team pick for the Bears in two seasons. She led them in assists per set (8.6, third-best in the SAC) and she had 799 assists in 81 sets this season.
LRU finished 17-11 overall and 11-9 in the SAC and was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the SAC tournament on Tuesday by Carson-Newman. The Bears were 10-16, 6-14 the year before.
SAC VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Tuesday’s results
Game 1: No. 1 Wingate 3, No. 8 Catawba 0
Game 2: No. 4 Carson-Newman 3, No. 5 LENOIR-RHYNE 0
Game 3: No. 2 Anderson, S.C., 3 No. 7 Mars Hill 1
Game 4: No. 3 Lincoln Memorial 3, No. 6 Queens 0
Friday’s semifinals at Coker College
Game 5: No. 1 Wingate vs. No. 4 Carson-Newman, 4:30 p.m.
Game 6: No. 2 Anderson, S.C. vs. No. 4 Lincoln Memorial, 6 p.m.
Saturday’s championship at Coker College
Game 7: Semifinals winners, 2 p.m.
COMPLETE ALL-SAC TEAM, MORE DETAILS: https://www.thesac.com/sports/wvball/2018-19/releases/20181107mp25go