2016 AVCA DIVISION III ALL-REGION TEAMS
2016 AVCAÂ DIVISION III ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College volleyball players
Macey Terhell (SO, Osceola, Wis.) and
Taylor Linn (JR, Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View HS) were named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association Division III All-Central Region team, and were named as AVCA Division III All-America honorable mention selections, it was announced recently.
It's the first all-region and All-America recognition for both players. Both were named to the
All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team earlier this month, with Terhell named the conference's Defensive Player of the Year.
In her second season as Augsburg's starting libero (defensive specialist), Terhell had another outstanding campaign, collecting 609 digs (5.80 per-set), both totals second-best
among MIAC players in overall statistics. She had 20-plus digs in 17 matches this season. In MIAC matches-only, Terhell led the league with a 6.65 digs per-set average, while standing second with 266 overall digs. She also added 60 assists and 24 service aces on the season, while recording a .934 service reception percentage.
In her two seasons at Augsburg (56 matches, 211 sets), Terhell now has 1,137 career digs, with her 5.39 career digs per-set average currently tops in program history. She also has 55 service aces and 89 assists, while compiling a .927 service reception percentage.
A middle blocker, Linn had a breakthrough season in 2016, leading the team with 297 kills (2.83 per-set) and 81 blocks (five solo, 0.77 per-set), while hitting .206 and adding 273 digs (2.48 per-set), 21 service aces and 21 assists. She recorded double-digit kill totals in 17 matches, while also claiming five kill-dig double-doubles. She also had three-plus blocks in 16 matches this season. Her 297 kills are seventh-most among MIAC players in overall statistics, while her 2.83 kills per-set are 10th-best, her 81Â blocks are sixth-best, her 0.77 blocks per-set are seventh-best, her 361.0 points are sixth-best and 3.4 points per-set are sixth-best.
In her 83 career matches (293 sets) over the past three seasons, Linn has 575 kills (1.96 per-set), 207 blocks (19 solo, 0.71 per-set), 449 digs (1.53 per-set), 42 service aces and 40 assists. Her 188 block assists are sixth-most in school history, while her 0.71 blocks per-set average is tied for ninth-best.
Under seventh-season head coach
Jane Becker, Augsburg won the MIAC regular-season title for the third time in the last four years, finishing 18-10 overall and a perfect 11-0 in MIAC play -- the first time Augsburg has completed a conference season unbeaten and its first outright MIAC regular-season championship. The Auggies reached the MIAC postseason playoffs for the fifth time in program history, their fourth under Becker. It also marked the ninth straight year that Augsburg has recorded 16 or more victories in a season.
(NOTE: Story includes information taken from Augsburg's All-MIAC release.)
