LEXINGTON, Ky.– Haverford first year libero Juliet Young was named to the AVCA Division III All-Region V team, the organization announced in a release on Thursday. In addition, senior outside hitter Dina Kosyagin was named an honorable mention. The 2021 season represents the first time since 2009 that Haverford has had multiple players recognized in an All-Region release by the AVCA as Rebecca Salvo, Rachel Salvo, and Kate Comey were all first-teamers that season.
In total, 140 athletes were selected to All-Region teams, and an additional 60 players were named Honorable Mention. Each region coaches committee also named a Region Player of the Year, Region Freshman of the Year, and Region Coach of the Year. Athletes named to All-Region teams are eligible for selection to the AVCA Division III All-America teams which will be announced on November 16.
Young, a product of Guilford, Conn., had a standout campaign as she was Haverford's primary libero in her first year at Haverford. Young is Haverford's 13th All-Region first-teamer, and first rookie to earn the award since Rebecca Salvo in 2006. Salvo was also the Region Rookie of the Year in that campaign. The Centennial Conference Rookie of the Year, Young tallied a Centennial-best 565 digs and 5.59 digs per set through Sunday's action. Her single-season digs mark is fifth in program history and her digs per set mark ranks eighth in Haverford's history. She became the first first-team All-Centennial rookie since 2018 and the first at Haverford since Meg O'Day in 2012.
Kosyagin, from Las Vegas, proved to be a force on the outside all season long, with a Centennial-best 386 kills (3.82 per set). She turned it up a notch against conference competition, logging 4.0 kills per set against Centennial, the best mark in the conference this season. In just three competitive campaigns at Haverford, Kosyagin has tallied 913 kills. During the last week of the regular season, Kosyagin was named CC Player of the Week after tallying 21 kills in a sweep of Swarthmore, matching the program's record for kills in a three-set match.
Young, Kosyagin and the rest of the volleyball team are now en route to Boston for the program's sixth appearance in the NCAA Tournament, which will begin on Friday, Nov. 12 at 5:30 p.m. with a match against the Beacons of UMass-Boston.