Monday, November 14, 2005
Sunbirds land six on All-GSAC team
Weatherly claims second libero honor

The Sunbirds are well represented on the All-Golden State Athletic Conference that was announced today.

Six FPU players were selected by the panel of 11 GSAC coaches who are prohibited from voting for players on their own team.

Leading the way was senior Lorena Zuleta. The 6' 4" middle blocker from Cali, Colombia, who led the GSAC with .445 attack efficiency, became only the third Sunbird to earn the honor in each of her four seasons of competition. She joins Lin Gao (1999, 01-03) and Mesha Wimer (2001-04) on that short list.

Other Sunbirds named to the team were freshman opposite hitter Thais Julio, freshman setter Shu Liu, sophomore middle blocker Marin Shilling, senior outside hitter Lira Xavier and senior libero Samantha Weatherly.

Shilling and Xavier were repeat winners. Both were honor last season.

Weathely claimed the Libero of the Year for the second consecutive year.

Monday, November 14, 2005
Weatherly, Zuleta earn weekly honors

FPU seniors Samantha Weatherly and Lorena Zuleta were named the GSAC libero and player of the week, respectively, for their roles in FPU's three wins last week.

Weatherly registered 37 digs (6.2 d/g) in FPU's GSAC wins to finish the season with a perfect 20-0 mark. Weatherly, who was also named the GSAC Volleyball Libero of the Year, had 17 digs (5.7 d/g) in the sweep of No. 24 Point Loma Nazarene and 20 digs (6.7 d/g) in the 3-game victory over San Diego Christian.

Zuleta had 31 kills (3.4 k/g) with a .588 hitting percentage in FPU's three wins last week and remained undefeated. She also tallied 11 blocks (2 solo), 8 digs and 4 aces. In the non-conference win at Cal State Stanislaus, she had 10 kills and 4 blocks (2 solo). In the win against No. 24 Point Loma Nazarene, Zuleta had 8 kills, 7 digs and 4 assist blocks. Finally in the victory against San Diego Christian, she had 13 kills, 3 aces and 3 assist blocks. Zuleta leads the GSAC in overall stats in hitting percentage and is second in blocks per game.

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