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2018 Volleyball Roster

Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

1 Luciana Del Valle

  • Position OH
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • High School Colegio Trener
  • Hometown Lima, Peru
  • School CC

Biography

- Ivy League Player of the Week (Sept. 19, 2016)
- 2016 Lion Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 16-17)
- Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Sept. 29, 2015)


2018: Saw action in all 24 matches, making 19 starts and playing in 81 total sets ... Finished third on the team in total kills (135), total points (166.5) and total assists (45) ... Recorded 190 digs and averaged 2.35 digs per set, the third-best number on the team ... Had three double-doubles on the season, including two during Ivy League play ... Over final five matches averaged 53.2 digs per match ... Had back-to-back matches with at least 10 digs, recording 11 against Marist (Sept. 7) and 14 at Delaware (Sept. 8) ... Recorded first plus-10 kill match of the season with 10 kills at Hofstra (Sept. 15) ... Had first double-double of the season with 10 kills and 15 digs against Dartmouth (Sept. 28) ... Followed up Dartmouth performance with 10 digs against Harvard (Sept. 29) ... Began final five match stretch with back-to-back 15-plus dig performances beginning with 16 digs at Dartmouth (Oct. 27) and following that up with 15 digs against Princeton (Nov. 2) ... Concluded the season with double-double at Brown (Nov. 9) finishing with 16 digs and 11 kills, before adding 16 kills at Yale (Nov. 10) in the season finale.

2017: Played and started in all 23 matches, totaling 84 sets ... Tallied 182 kills, 225 digs, and 208 total points... Averaged 2.17 kills per set, 2.48 points per set and 2.68 digs per set...Opened the season hitting .324 with 14 kills, adding 17 points towards a Columbia victory against Air Force (Sept. 1)...Tallied 12 kills and one ace that led to victory against Brown (Oct 7)...Hit .324 with 15 kills with 37 attacks against Dartmouth (Oct. 28).

2016: Played in 22 of 24 matches, starting four, and totaled 58 sets … Tallied 103 kills and 124 total points, averaging 1.78 kills per set and 2.14 points per set … Hit .232 to rank 16th among qualifiers in the Ivy League … Opened the season by hitting .421 with nine kills on 19 swings at San Francisco (Sept. 2) … Posted season-highs in kills (12), hitting percentage (.500) and points (13.0) and added 11 digs for a double-double to lead the Lions in a three-set sweep over Providence (Sept. 16) … Named Ivy League Player of the Week for the first time in her career (Sept. 19) and was selected to the Lion Invitational All-Tournament Team after hitting .319 with 34 kills, 27 digs, seven total blocks, four aces and 42 total points in four matches … Matched her career-high of three aces and went for a season-high 12 digs in a four-set victory at Dartmouth (Oct. 15) … Hit .471 with 10 kills to help the Lions earn a season sweep over the Big Green (Nov. 4) … Put down 11 kills at a .400 clip to help Columbia tie a program record with nine Ivy League victories, downing Penn in four sets (Nov. 11).

2015: Played in 18 matches, starting in 13 ... Named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week on Sept. 29 after an impressive 13-kill, 26-dig performance in Columbia's 3-1 win over Cornell (Sept. 26) to open conference play ... Two-time Ivy League Weekly Honor Roll recipient ... Finished seventh in the Ivy League in aces per set (0.25) ... Finished with five double-figure kill matches ... Earned double-figure digs in six matches ... Earned first career double-double with 16 kills and 10 digs against Stony Brook (Sept. 18) ... Finished the season with three double-doubles. 

Personal: A former member of the Peru National U18 and U20 volleyball teams … U18 team earned a gold medal at the South American Championship in 2012 and at the XVII Juegos Deportivos Bolivarianos in 2013 … Also played in the Girls World Championships taking fourth in the U18 bracket and in the 2013 Panamerican Cup … Earned first place in alternative writing at the Colegio Trener school spring arts festival and first place in the school science fair … Daughter of Albina Pipoli and Gonzalo Del Valle.

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Historical Player Information

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    2015Graduate Student

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    2016Sophomore

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    2017Junior

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    2018Senior

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