Four Tartans Earn All-UAA Volleyball Honors

(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) – Four Carnegie Mellon University volleyball players have been honored on the 2024 All-University Athletic Association (UAA) Volleyball Team with junior Julianna McFarland and sophomore Neha Tummala earning second-team recognition. Graduate student Laura Reichard and senior Abby Chen were recognized as honorable mention selections.

This marks McFarland's first appearance on the All-UAA team. The junior led the team in hitting percentage at .248, block solos with 24 and block assists with 56. She ranked second with 239 kills and 2.37 kills per set. She had double-digit kills in seven matches this season, including a career-high of 20 against NYU.

Tummala is also making her first appearance on the All-UAA team. She led the Tartans with 1,163 assists and 10.48 assists per set which both ranked second in the UAA during the regular season. The sophomore recorded a career-best 60 assists against Case Western Reserve and handed out 50 or more assists in five contests this season. Tummala also led the team with 54 service aces and third on the Tartans with 353 digs. Her 54 aces ranked second best in the UAA.

Chen, making her third appearance on the All-UAA team, had 490 digs which led the Tartans along with her 4.45 digs per set which both ranked third in the UAA. Her 49 service aces ranked second on the team and fifth in the UAA. Chen tabbed double-digit digs in 25 matches, with a career-high 33 coming at Allegheny. The senior also recorded a season-best five service aces against NYU at the association championship. Chen currently has 1,938 digs for her career ranking sixth all-time in program history.

For the second straight season, Reichard is be recognized on the All-UAA team. Reichard tallied a team-best 347 kills for the season and 3.13 kills per set. She ranked second on the team with 433 digs. She had a career-best 23 kills against Washington and Lee University and reached double-digit kills in 20 games for the season while she accumulated 22 games with double-digit digs. For her career, Reichard has recorded 1,097 kills and 1,744 digs to rank 14th and seventh respectively, in program history.