MELBOURNE, Fla. – Lynn University graduate student
Emily Edwards has been named the Sunshine State Conference Setter of the Year to highlight four Fighting Knight All-SSC selections, the league announced Tuesday.
Edwards and junior
Aline Olegario were both named to the All-SSC First Team, while graduate
Samantha Wolf and junior
Isabella Gentile were named to the third team. The NCAA announced its 2023 tournament field last night and Lynn was selected as part of the 64-team field for the fourth-consecutive season. A full tournament preview is available
here.
Edwards has proven to be one of Division II's top setters over the last two years. She is currently seventh in the nation in assists (1,260) and ninth in assists per set (11.15) and she leads the SSC in both categories.
Edwards, a nine-time SSC Setter of the Week, closed the regular-season by surpassing 3,000 career assists on Saturday in a 3-1 win over Eckerd. The College Station, Texas native was an AVCA First Team All-American following the 2022 season.
Olegario garners first-team honors after being selected to the SSC All-Freshman team last fall. Olegario emerged as the SSC's top middle hitter as she leads all MB/MH in hitting percentage (.324), kills (334) and kills per set (2.98). Overall, she is fifth in the league in hitting percentage and eighth in kills.
A native of Balneario Camboriu, Brazil, Olegario has posted 10 or more kills in 19 matches and has hit .300 or better in 20 matches.
Wolf, a 2019 Second Team All-SSC honoree and the Freshman of the Year while with Palm Beach Atlantic, earned third-team honors after finishing second on the roster in kills (296), while leading the Fighting Knights in kills per set (3.29). She also contributed 25 aces, finished fifth on the team with 248 digs and added 30 blocks. She posted a double-double with kills and digs in eight matches.
Gentile earned All-SSC honors for the first time following her first year as a starter for the Fighting Knights. She finished the season ranked third in the conference in both digs (468) and digs per set (4.46). She posted 10 or more digs in 26 of 29 matches.