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Volleyball Adds Bianco To 2019 Class
Jun 24, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
New Mexico transfer was one of the Mountain West Conference's top setters last season.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – University of Memphis volleyball head coach Sean Burdette announced Monday that Sabrina Bianco is joining the Tigers program for the 2019 campaign.
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Bianco, a transfer from the University of New Mexico, brings the Tigers' 2019 class to nine. In November, Memphis added six newcomers in Jada Birkel, Sabria Cooper, Gigi Crescenzo, Anna Hayes, Mia Migliore and Caitlin Schultz. Kinkaid Padgett joined the Memphis program in May, and Andrea O'Connor signed with the Tigers in early June.
The following is a biographical sketch of Bianco along with Burdette's comments:
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Sabrina Bianco
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5-7
Austin, Texas/Bowie High School
Club: Austin Junior Volleyball
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Transfer from the University of New Mexico …
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Played the 2018 season for the Lobos … Saw action in all 30 matches and made 24 starts at setter … Appeared in all 122 sets ... Led the Lobos with 641 assists (5.25 aps) … Ranked eighth in total assists in the Mountain West Conference ... Registered double-digit assists in every match … Logged a season-high 42 assists at North Florida ... Reached 20-plus assists in 16 matches, 30-plus assists in four matches and 40-plus once ... Posted six double-doubles, all of which came on assists and digs … Her six double-doubles were tied for second-most on the team... Second on the squad in service aces with 20 … Recorded a season-best three service aces twice vs. Grand Canyon and at North Florida ... Finished third on the team in digs (212) … Collected a season-high 14 digs at San José State ... Tallied three kills and one assisted block ... Accounted for 23.5 points …
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Started at setter all four years at Bowie High School ... Helped lead the Bulldogs to back-to-back Bi-District and District 16-6A titles ... Also helped Bowie to an area championship … Member of Bulldogs teams that earned four-straight University Interscholastic League (UIL) 6A state tournament appearances … The 2016 squad advanced to the UIL state tournament third round ... Named two-time district setter MVP, two-time All-District 16-6A first team and 2014 District 16-6A Newcomer of the Year. ... Selected as the 2016 Bowie High School team MVP and was twice named the Bulldogs' Offensive MVP ... Registered more than 2,500 assists, 800 digs and 150 aces in her four-year career under head coach Miguel Saenz ... As a senior in 2017, recorded 816 assists (6.6 aps), 278 digs (2.3 dps), 232 kills (1.9 kps), 45 aces and 12 blocks playing as both a setter and hitter ... Tallied two triple-doubles – one in the Bulldogs' final regular-season victory vs. San Marcos High School (17 kills-32 assists-14 digs) and a second in Bowie's first-round playoff win vs. Round Rock High School (11-31-17) ... Also excelled in track and field at Bowie as a two-time All-District and regional qualifier in the high jump…
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In club volleyball, played for Austin Junior Volleyball since 2011, earning a pair of medals at the USA Junior National Championships … Team took home silver in the Open Division in 2017 and a bronze in the American Division in 2015 …
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Comes from a family athletics background … Her mother, Sonya, was a two-time NCAA Division III National Champion for the Baldwin-Wallace College track and field program ... Her father, John, is the Senior Associate Athletics Director for Communications at the University of Texas and was an all-conference triple jumper at Baldwin-Wallace College.
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Burdette comments on Bianco:"We went out this off-season to add another setter to our program with collegiate experience, and we found a very good one in Sabrina. She certainly saw a lot of action at New Mexico, as she set every match they played. She sets a good tempo offense that gets her middles involved, is a solid defender, and can be an effective server. Just like (returning setter) Molly Murrihy, Sabrina comes from playing in a high-level junior club in Austin Juniors. We are excited to have two competitive players at the setter position that will make our program stronger."
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Bianco, a transfer from the University of New Mexico, brings the Tigers' 2019 class to nine. In November, Memphis added six newcomers in Jada Birkel, Sabria Cooper, Gigi Crescenzo, Anna Hayes, Mia Migliore and Caitlin Schultz. Kinkaid Padgett joined the Memphis program in May, and Andrea O'Connor signed with the Tigers in early June.
The following is a biographical sketch of Bianco along with Burdette's comments:
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Sabrina Bianco
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5-7
Austin, Texas/Bowie High School
Club: Austin Junior Volleyball
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Transfer from the University of New Mexico …
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Played the 2018 season for the Lobos … Saw action in all 30 matches and made 24 starts at setter … Appeared in all 122 sets ... Led the Lobos with 641 assists (5.25 aps) … Ranked eighth in total assists in the Mountain West Conference ... Registered double-digit assists in every match … Logged a season-high 42 assists at North Florida ... Reached 20-plus assists in 16 matches, 30-plus assists in four matches and 40-plus once ... Posted six double-doubles, all of which came on assists and digs … Her six double-doubles were tied for second-most on the team... Second on the squad in service aces with 20 … Recorded a season-best three service aces twice vs. Grand Canyon and at North Florida ... Finished third on the team in digs (212) … Collected a season-high 14 digs at San José State ... Tallied three kills and one assisted block ... Accounted for 23.5 points …
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Started at setter all four years at Bowie High School ... Helped lead the Bulldogs to back-to-back Bi-District and District 16-6A titles ... Also helped Bowie to an area championship … Member of Bulldogs teams that earned four-straight University Interscholastic League (UIL) 6A state tournament appearances … The 2016 squad advanced to the UIL state tournament third round ... Named two-time district setter MVP, two-time All-District 16-6A first team and 2014 District 16-6A Newcomer of the Year. ... Selected as the 2016 Bowie High School team MVP and was twice named the Bulldogs' Offensive MVP ... Registered more than 2,500 assists, 800 digs and 150 aces in her four-year career under head coach Miguel Saenz ... As a senior in 2017, recorded 816 assists (6.6 aps), 278 digs (2.3 dps), 232 kills (1.9 kps), 45 aces and 12 blocks playing as both a setter and hitter ... Tallied two triple-doubles – one in the Bulldogs' final regular-season victory vs. San Marcos High School (17 kills-32 assists-14 digs) and a second in Bowie's first-round playoff win vs. Round Rock High School (11-31-17) ... Also excelled in track and field at Bowie as a two-time All-District and regional qualifier in the high jump…
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In club volleyball, played for Austin Junior Volleyball since 2011, earning a pair of medals at the USA Junior National Championships … Team took home silver in the Open Division in 2017 and a bronze in the American Division in 2015 …
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Comes from a family athletics background … Her mother, Sonya, was a two-time NCAA Division III National Champion for the Baldwin-Wallace College track and field program ... Her father, John, is the Senior Associate Athletics Director for Communications at the University of Texas and was an all-conference triple jumper at Baldwin-Wallace College.
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Burdette comments on Bianco:"We went out this off-season to add another setter to our program with collegiate experience, and we found a very good one in Sabrina. She certainly saw a lot of action at New Mexico, as she set every match they played. She sets a good tempo offense that gets her middles involved, is a solid defender, and can be an effective server. Just like (returning setter) Molly Murrihy, Sabrina comes from playing in a high-level junior club in Austin Juniors. We are excited to have two competitive players at the setter position that will make our program stronger."
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