Articles by Cat Tacopina

What Melinda DiGiovanna started at the age of 10 would become what set her apart from most other athletes who have and will pass through the Women’s Volleyball Program. DiGiovanna, a fourth-year outside hitter and one of the team’s three captains, marked her 1,000 kill Sept. 23, during a set of matches against SUNY Cortland and SUNY Plattsburgh, while at a tournament hosted by SUNY Oneonta that weekend. DiGiovanna, a 2010 First-Team All-SUNYAC East Division member and SUNYAC All-Tournament Team player, is only the seventh player in program history to reach this milestone. Women’s Volleyball Head Coach Matt Giufre scouted DiGiovanna while she was a senior at West Hempstead High School, but only realized after her first year on the team that she had the potential to make a name for herself in the […]