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Cole Named ACC Defensive Player of the Year
11/29/2021 2:09:00 PM | Volleyball
DURHAM – Senior libero Mackenzie Cole was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year and tabbed second team All-ACC, as announced by the league office Monday.
Cole becomes just the third player in program history to garner the ACC Defensive Player of the Year accolade alongside Sasha Karelov (2016) and Ali McCurdy (2011, 2012, 2013). Her All-ACC nod is the second of her career.
Cole has cemented herself as one of Duke's top defensive specialists during her time as a Blue Devil. She is ranked 30th on the NCAA active career leaders list with 1,664 career digs as the lone ACC member in the top 90. She is tabbed fifth on the Duke all-time charts and owns 23 games with 20-plus digs, including a career-high 29 twice (vs. North Carolina – Nov. 17, 2018 & vs. Notre Dame – Oct. 29, 2021).
This season, the Oakdale, N.Y., native picked up 427 digs to tie for first in the conference with 4.19 digs per set and spearheaded a defense that ranked sixth in the ACC. She also owns 126 service aces to rank eighth on the all-time charts and is the 12th person in Duke history with 1,000 digs and 100 aces. Her 40 aces this season were second most in the conference.
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Cole becomes just the third player in program history to garner the ACC Defensive Player of the Year accolade alongside Sasha Karelov (2016) and Ali McCurdy (2011, 2012, 2013). Her All-ACC nod is the second of her career.
Cole has cemented herself as one of Duke's top defensive specialists during her time as a Blue Devil. She is ranked 30th on the NCAA active career leaders list with 1,664 career digs as the lone ACC member in the top 90. She is tabbed fifth on the Duke all-time charts and owns 23 games with 20-plus digs, including a career-high 29 twice (vs. North Carolina – Nov. 17, 2018 & vs. Notre Dame – Oct. 29, 2021).
This season, the Oakdale, N.Y., native picked up 427 digs to tie for first in the conference with 4.19 digs per set and spearheaded a defense that ranked sixth in the ACC. She also owns 126 service aces to rank eighth on the all-time charts and is the 12th person in Duke history with 1,000 digs and 100 aces. Her 40 aces this season were second most in the conference.
For more information on Duke volleyball, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeVB".
#GoDuke
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