Dana Borsz Biography
2017 (Senior) | Match-By-Match Stats: Played in all 106 sets... Posted 176 digs for 1.66 digs per set, and she added two kills, 18 assists and eight aces... Averaged 1.59 digs per set against conference opponents... Reached double digits in digs twice... Registered a season-best 13 digs in five sets at UTEP (9/2)... Also had 11 digs in the Horizon League opener at UIC (9/22)... Posted three aces in four sets against Akron (9/9).
2016 (Junior) | Match-By-Match Stats: Played in all 30 matches and was the libero in 11 of them... Ranked third on the team with 239 digs and 2.32 digs per set... Set new career highs in digs and digs per set as well as aces (16)... Averaged 1.59 digs against conference opponents... Notched double digits in digs nine times, including a career-high 27 in five sets against Duquesne (8/30)... Had five aces to go along with 15 digs in a four-set win over Canisius (4/10)... Also had 22 digs in five sets against Murray State (8/27)... Set a new career high with five assists versus Valparaiso (10/29).
2015 (Sophomore) | Match-By-Match Stats: Played in 91 sets over 29 matches, eight of which she started as a defensive specialist... Posted 118 digs for an average of 1.3 digs per set... Averaged 1.27 digs over 55 sets in Horizon League play... Reached double figures in digs on two occasions... Tied her career high with 12 digs in a five-set match against Valparaiso (10/17)... Posted 10 digs in three sets against Portland in the second match of the season (8/29)... Had three assists in a three-setter against Colgate (9/5).
2014 (R-Freshman) | Match-By-Match Stats: Appeared in 23 sets over 13 matches, posting two aces and 27 digs... Played in 13 sets in eight league matches... Made her collegiate debut as the starting libero against Kennesaw State (8/30)... Tallied 12 digs in two sets against the Owls... Matched that output with 12 digs in three sets in the win over UMass Lowell (9/5)... Had her aces in back-to-back matches against Eastern Michigan (9/19) and Kansas State (9/20).
2013: Redshirted.
High School: Earned four letters and was team captain one year under coach Jason Krucek... As an outside hitter, led the Eagles in digs each of her final two seasons... Also led the squad in kills as a senior... Was a four-year varsity starter... Earned First-Team All-Southwestern Conference and first-team all-district accolades during her career... also participated in track and field.
Personal: Daughter of Thomas and Debbie… Has two brothers (Matt and Mark) and a sister (Taylor)… Major is art education... Is the 2017-18 recipient of the Women's Athletic Alumni Scholarship.