2023 Women's Volleyball Roster
Biography
2023-24 (SENIOR)
Helped Daemen to a 26-6 overall record and the Wildcats' third straight undefeated East Coast Conference season (12-0)... 2023 ECC Regular Season and Tournament champions... season ended in the NCAA East Regional final to Bentley... started in 6 of Daemen’s 32 matches and played in 81 sets… recorded 464 assists (5.73 assists per set)... ranked eighth among ECC leaders in assists per set and total assists… finished fourth on the team in digs (155)... recorded a season-high 11 digs against American International on Nov. 30 during the regional quarterfinal match... recorded career-high 47 assists (15.67 assists per set) against St. Thomas Aquinas on Oct. 22
2022-23 (JUNIOR)
ECC Co-Setter of the Year... Second Team All-ECC... honorable mention AVCA All-Region... helped lead Daemen to a 20-6 overall record and the Wildcats' second straight undefeated East Coast Conference season (10-0)... 2022 ECC Tournament champions... season ended in the NCAA East Region in quarterfinal loss to Saint Anselm...played in 19 of Daemen's 26 matches and 60 sets... recorded team-high 573 assists (9.55 assists per set)... ranked third among ECC leaders in assists per set and fourth in the league in total assists... finished second on the team with 28 service aces (0.47 aces per set), fifth on the team in digs (155) and finished with five total blocks on the year... earned her 1,000th career assist in her first match of the season... tallied five double-doubles (assists-digs)... recorded a season-high 21 digs against Gannon in an Oct. 18 non-conference match... recorded season-high 45 assists (11.25 assists per set) against Queens on Oct. 22... named ECC Setter of the Week three times during the season.
2021-22 (SOPHOMORE)
All-ECC First Team...honorable mention AVCA All-Region...part of team's historic season that included winning program's first NCAA East Regional title and advancing to Elite Eight for first time in school history... season ended as seventh-seed against Western Washington in national quarterfinals held in Tampa on Dec. 9... 2021 East Coast Conference Tournament champions... appeared in 31 matches and 109 sets... recorded team-high 995 assists (9.13 assists per set)... second-highest assists per set among all ECC players... second on the team with 36 service aces (0.33 service aces per set)... defensively, finished second on the team with 299 digs (2.74 digs per set)... recorded 23 assists in Daemen debut against Walsh in Warrior Invitational tournament on Sept. 3... recorded first career double-double at Daemen (50 assists, 14 digs) versus Davenport on Sept. 10... finished with double-figure assists 29 times, including nine matches with 40+ assists... finished with double-figure digs 11 times...named to the NCAA Regional all-tournament team.
BEFORE DAEMEN
Attended Duquesne University where she was a member of the women's volleyball team during the 2020-21 academic year ... appeared in five of Duquesne's nine matches during a season that was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... appeared in 17 sets and averaged 1.76 digs per set.Â
Was a four-year varsity player and three-time All-Western New York selection while prepping at East Aurora High School where she played for the Blue Devils and coach Rebecca Jacobs ... set school records for assists (1,034), service aces (234) and kills (482) ... named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association Phenom Watch List following her junior season in which she led the Blue Devils to the Section VI Class B Championship ... four-time all-league honoree ... three-time All-State Class B selection ... also competed for the Niagara Frontier Volleyball Club.
PERSONAL
Born Olivia Rose Alessi on Dec. 5, 2001 in Buffalo, N.Y. ... daughter of Tony & Heather Alessi ... has two older siblings, Alex O'Hara & Ben Alessi ... hobbies include reading, hiking, laying in a hammock, kayaking, and other outdoor activities ... skydiving is on her bucket list ... favorite television show is Friends ... favorite movie is The Butterfly Effect ... favorite musical artist is Mt. Joy ... favorite holiday is Christmas ... favorite vacation spot is The Outer Banks ... dream job is zoologist ... majoring in Psychology.Â
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2021Sophomore
Defensive Specialist/Setter
5'4"
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