2009 Women's Volleyball Roster
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#11 Taila de Souza
Position: Outside Hitter
Height: 6-0
Class: Redshirt Freshman
Hometown: Cunupia, Trinidad & Tobago
High School: St. Josoph's Convent
2009: Started all 33 games for the Yellow Jackets … Northeast-10 2nd team All-Conference … NE-10 Player of the Week (10/26/09) … three times named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll … led the team in kills with 382 … third on the team in blocks with 57 … fourth on the team in digs with 198 … fifth in service aces with 26 … sixth in assists with 18 … recorded five double-doubles on the year … blocked eight shots with five kills and a dig in the season opener, a 3-1 win over Molloy (09/05/09) … knocked down 11 kills with three aces, three digs, and two blocks in a 3-0 win against Molloy (09/26/09) … tallied the first double-double of her career with 13 digs and 11 kills in a 3-0 victory at Southern Connecticut (09/29/09) … buried 20 kills with 16 digs, an ace, and a block in a 3-2 win at Stonehill (10/01/09) … registered 14 kills with seven digs, two aces, and a block in a 3-0 win at Southern New Hampshire (10/13/09) … put up a 20-20 game in a 3-2 win over Alderson-Broaddus (10/17/09) with 23 kills, 20 digs, three blocks, and two aces … spiked down 20 kills with 14 digs, an ace, and a block against New Haven (10/21/09) … dug out 15 balls with seven kills and three blocks in a 3-1 win at Saint Rose (10/23/09) … hit 18 kills with three digs and two blocks in a 3-0 victory against Franklin Pierce (10/25/09) … tallied 17 kills and four digs in the 3-0 win at C.W. Post (10/31/09) … buried 25 kills with 16 digs and a block in the Northeast-10 Championship Tournament game against Adelphi (11/13/09).
2008: Redshirted.
High School: 2007 graduate of St. Joseph's Convent ... was coached by Saleem Ali as a member of the volleyball team ... was a two-year team captain ... 2005 National Secondary School MVP ... team captured seven straight league titles ... was also a member of the Trinidad & Tobago national junior team from 2002-08 ... led the team to a pair of Junior Caribbean Volleyball Championships (2005, 2007).
Personal: Daughter of Leone de Souza ... physical therapy major.
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