2021-22 Volleyball Roster
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Karakasi, Elena
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Jersey Number 5
Elena Karakasi
- Position:
- Setter
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Marousi-Athens, Greece
Bio
Senior Year (2021): Tallied 40 assists and eight digs in season-opener vs. Buffalo (8/27) … Had 33 assists, eight digs, and four kills vs. Connecticut (8/27) … Recorded 27 assists, nine digs, and four kills vs. Albany (8/28) … Posted 36 assists vs. Quinnipiac (9/3) … Added 33 assists and 12 digs at Yale (9/3) … Posted 22 assists, six digs, and four blocks vs. Hartford (9/4) … Tallied 25 assists and nine digs at Iowa (9/9) … Had 44 assists and 10 digs vs. Ball State (9/11) … Added 40 assists and four kills at Mississippi State (9/17) … Recorded 46 assists and 10 digs vs. Jackson State (9/18) … Posted 48 assists, seven digs and four kills vs. South Alabama (9/19) … Recorded 29 assists at Boston College (9/22) … Had 42 assists and 10 digs at Duke (9/26) … Notched 38 assists and 10 digs vs. Wake Forest (10/1) … Posted 30 at Louisville (10/10) … Recorded 40 assists and 11 digs vs. NC State (10/15) … Added 32 assists, seven digs, and four blocks vs. North Carolina (10/17) … Had 48 assists vs. Georgia Tech (10/22) … Recorded a career-high 58 assists at Florida State (10/31) ... Tallied 45 assists and 13 digs vs. Pittsburgh (11/12) ... Posted 36 assist and added a season-high 16 digs vs. Florida State (11/14).
Junior Year (2020-21): Ranked eighth in ACC in assists/set (8.05) … Led team in assists (467) … Recorded season-high 51 assists and notched 1,000th career assist in season-opener against Pittsburgh (9/25) … Tallied 46 assists and 10 digs at Notre Dame (10/2) … Posted 36 assists and 11 digs against Boston College (10/16) … Notched 44 assists and a career high 17 digs against North Carolina (3/5) … Recorded 44 assists and 13 digs at Virginia Tech (3/21) ... Member of the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Sophomore Year (2019): Led the Orange with 19 assists in the season opener against No. 17 Baylor ... Had 40 assists, eight kills and three total blocks vs. Morehead State ... Posted 34 assists and nine digs at Kansas ... Had 31 assists, seven digs and four block assists against Harvard ... Posted 34 assists and 10 kills at Clemson ... Tallied 41 assists, seven kills and six digs against Wake Forest ... Had 43 assists, 12 digs and six blocking assists against Duke ... Recorded seven digs against No. 3 Pittsburgh ... Totaled 33 assists against Virginia ... Registered six kills and six digs at Florida State ... Posted 31 assists, five kills, five digs and three blocks at North Carolina ... Added 43 assists and 11 digs against Notre Dame ... Tallied a career-high 57 assists, nine digs and six kills against Louisville ... Recorded 50 assists, seven kills, five digs and four blocks at Boston College ... Totaled 35 assists and six digs against Virginia Tech ... Posted 27 assists, six digs and five kills at Notre Dame ... Contributed 45 assists, six kills, three aces and three blocks against Boston College ... Tallied 41 assists and eight digs against Clemson ... Named to 2019-20 ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Freshman Year (2018): Saw her first collegiate action against New Hampshire and posted three assists … Totaled 35 assists at UConn … Recorded a season-high 39 assists in back-to-back matches against Marquette and Wyoming and also added 10 and 11 digs, respectively ... Named to 2018-19 ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prep: Member of the U17 and U19 Greece national teams ... Finished third at the Balkan Volleyball Association Championship in 2016 ... Captain of the Markopoulo V.C. junior team ... Led Markopoulo to a regional championship and runner-up finish at the 2017 Greek Championships.
Personal: Born in January of 2000 ... Daughter of Stella Kokove and Giorgos Karakasis ... Majoring in Nutrition in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics.
Junior Year (2020-21): Ranked eighth in ACC in assists/set (8.05) … Led team in assists (467) … Recorded season-high 51 assists and notched 1,000th career assist in season-opener against Pittsburgh (9/25) … Tallied 46 assists and 10 digs at Notre Dame (10/2) … Posted 36 assists and 11 digs against Boston College (10/16) … Notched 44 assists and a career high 17 digs against North Carolina (3/5) … Recorded 44 assists and 13 digs at Virginia Tech (3/21) ... Member of the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Sophomore Year (2019): Led the Orange with 19 assists in the season opener against No. 17 Baylor ... Had 40 assists, eight kills and three total blocks vs. Morehead State ... Posted 34 assists and nine digs at Kansas ... Had 31 assists, seven digs and four block assists against Harvard ... Posted 34 assists and 10 kills at Clemson ... Tallied 41 assists, seven kills and six digs against Wake Forest ... Had 43 assists, 12 digs and six blocking assists against Duke ... Recorded seven digs against No. 3 Pittsburgh ... Totaled 33 assists against Virginia ... Registered six kills and six digs at Florida State ... Posted 31 assists, five kills, five digs and three blocks at North Carolina ... Added 43 assists and 11 digs against Notre Dame ... Tallied a career-high 57 assists, nine digs and six kills against Louisville ... Recorded 50 assists, seven kills, five digs and four blocks at Boston College ... Totaled 35 assists and six digs against Virginia Tech ... Posted 27 assists, six digs and five kills at Notre Dame ... Contributed 45 assists, six kills, three aces and three blocks against Boston College ... Tallied 41 assists and eight digs against Clemson ... Named to 2019-20 ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Freshman Year (2018): Saw her first collegiate action against New Hampshire and posted three assists … Totaled 35 assists at UConn … Recorded a season-high 39 assists in back-to-back matches against Marquette and Wyoming and also added 10 and 11 digs, respectively ... Named to 2018-19 ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prep: Member of the U17 and U19 Greece national teams ... Finished third at the Balkan Volleyball Association Championship in 2016 ... Captain of the Markopoulo V.C. junior team ... Led Markopoulo to a regional championship and runner-up finish at the 2017 Greek Championships.
Personal: Born in January of 2000 ... Daughter of Stella Kokove and Giorgos Karakasis ... Majoring in Nutrition in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics.
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