Alhassan, Monserez Garner Weekly Honors Leading into SEC Play
Rhamat Alhassan and Allie Monserez garnered SEC weekly honors after leading UF to a 4-0 week of play.
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Monday, September 19, 2016

Alhassan, Monserez Garner Weekly Honors Leading into SEC Play

Kelly Sobers
Rhamat Alhassan and Allie Monserez picked up SEC weekly honors after guiding the Gators to four wins in the last week of play. Florida (10-1) begins SEC play this week at Ole Miss and Alabama.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The No. 7 Florida volleyball squad added four wins in the last week of play thanks in part to SEC Setter of the Week Allie Monserez and Co-Defensive Player of the Week Rhamat Alhassan. The Orange and Blue, 10-1 on the season, downed No. 13 FSU Wednesday in Tallahassee before finally opening at home with three wins against FAMU, Jacksonville and Marshall in the Active Ankle Challenge.
 
UF opens SEC play this week riding a 10-match win streak and is undefeated both home and on the road so far in 2016, its lone loss a neutral-site match against 2015 national champion Nebraska.
 
Monserez, the SEC leader with 12.12 assists per set, continues to roll after taking over UF setting duties this season. UF leads the SEC and ranks second in the nation in hitting efficiency (.348). In addition to her ball distribution, Monserez has displayed her own offense and defense at times, contributed behind the service line and at the net with improved blocking. The redshirt sophomore posted her first double-double as a Gator against Marshall Saturday with a career high 53 assists and 12 digs in just four sets of play. Monserez put up a season-tying 3.5 points against the Rattlers with two kills and three block assists. Florida hit .300 or above in all three Active Ankle Challenge matches, including a .402 clip against FAMU.
 
Alhassan's SEC-leading .415 hitting efficiency and 1.41 blocks per set on the season are both a reflection of an impressive week of play for Florida's team captain. Not only did Alhassan post season best 18-point matches against both the Seminoles and Herd, but the 6-4 middle had her top two blocking matches this season with seven roofs at FSU and eight against Marshall, contributing to 17 and 15-block matches for the Gators, respectively, against the Seminoles and Thundering Herd. Alhassan paced the Gators with 1.75 blocks per set (21 total) last week.
 
The Orange and Blue will look to ride momentum from the first portion of the schedule into SEC play this week at Ole Miss and Alabama.
 
ALHASSAN WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS
  • One of three Gators named to the Active Ankle Challenge All-Tournament Team alongside Alex Holston and Carli Snyder after Florida went 4-0 on the week of play
  • Led Florida on the weekend with 1.75 blocks per set…had a season high eight blocks in UF's win over Marshall as Florida out-blocked the Herd 15.0-1.0
  • Also posted seven blocks in UF's win over No. 13 FSU – second-best this season – as the Gators posted a season-high 17 roofs against the Seminoles
  • Florida has five double-digit block matches this season – three which came in the last week of play against FSU, FAMU and Marshall, thanks in part to 1.75 blocks per set from Alhassan (21 total blocks)
  • Is the NCAA's second active career leader in blocks per set and hitting efficiency
  • Offensively, had a season high 18.0 points against both FSU and Marshall and had three double-digit kill performances on the week
 
MONSEREZ WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS
  • After putting up career numbers this weekend with the Gators' offense clicking on all cylinders, Monserez still has UF hitting .348, tops in the SEC. The Gators entered last week ranked No. 1 in the NCAA in hitting efficiency, while Monserez ranks first in the league with 12.12 assists per set, had a career high 53 assists against Marshall, second most in a SEC four-setter this season, and posted her first career double-double as a Gator against the Thundering Herd
  • Under Monserez's guidance, junior Rhamat Alhassan leads the SEC in hitting efficiency and the Gators posted three of their top-six efficiencies this season in the last week of play (.402 vs. FAMU, .375 vs. Marshall, .300 vs. Jacksonville)
  • Monserez's 53 assists against Marshall were the most in her career and came in just four sets. She added a season best 12 digs against The Herd for her first double-double as a Gator
  • Offensively, her two kills against FAMU tied a season high and defensively, her three blocks each against FSU, FAMU and Marshall all tied for her second-best output this season
  • Monserez scored a season high 3.5 points against the Rattlers on two kills, three block assists
 
2016 PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARDS
Sept. 19 | SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week, Rhamat Alhassan
Sept. 19 | SEC Setter of the Week, Allie Monserez
Sept. 12 | SEC Setter of the Week, Allie Monserez
Aug. 29 | SEC Setter of the Week, Allie Monserez
 
UP NEXT
Florida opens the SEC slate this weekend on the road. The road warriors will start at Ole Miss Friday (Sept. 23) before wrapping up the conference-opening weekend in Tuscaloosa at Alabama Sunday (Sept. 25). Friday's tilt with the Rebels will stream live on SEC Network + at 7:30 p.m., while Sunday's match at Bama will air live on the SEC Network at 1 p.m.
 
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