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2022 Women's Volleyball Roster
Crucis, Rachael
Jersey Number 1
Rachael Crucis
- Position:
- Libero
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Brunswick
- Hometown:
- Brunswick, Ohio
Bio
• Horizon League Player of the Week (10/26/2022)
• 2021 Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational All-Tournament Team
• Summit League Defensive Player of the Week (10/15/19, 11/5/2019)
• 2019 All-Summit League Honorable Mention
• 2019 Summit League All-Freshman Team
2022: Started in all 29 matches as a senior ... Moved into third in program history with 1,805 digs ... Named Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week after a 27-dig and 7-assist performance against IUPUI (Oct. 22) ...Recorded 10 or more digs in 26 of the 29 matches ... Eclipsed the 20-dig mark 10 times with a season-high 27 at Cleveland State (Oct. 14) and against IUPUI (Oct. 22).
2021: Started all 31 matches in her junior campaign ... Joined the 1,000-dig club on September 14 in the Mastodons' match against Toledo ... Dug out 10 or more digs in 27 of her 31 matches ... Named to the Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational All-Tournament Team after recording 48 digs against SIUE, Evansville and Kent State (Aug. 27-28) .... Recorded two double-doubles, at Oakland (Sept. 28) and Northern Kentucky (Nov. 6) ... Dug out a season-high 23 attacks against Milwaukee (Sept. 24) ... Had a season-high four aces against Old Dominion (Sept. 11) and at Green Bay (Oct. 22) ... Recorded two dig-kills, one at Youngstown State (Oct. 2) and one in the season finale against IUPUI (Nov. 12).
Spring 2021: Started at the libero spot in all 17 matches in the spring 2021 season ... Recorded double-digit digs in 15 matches ... Dug out a season-high 24 attacks at Green Bay (March 2) ... Finished the season with 276 digs for a 4.68 per set average ... Aced IUPUI three times on February 8 ... Through two seasons, she ranks third in program history in career digs per set at 4.63.
2019: Finished the season with 585 digs, which was the sixth-most by a Mastodon in a single season ... Earned the starting role after the opening weekend of the season ... Played in 33 matches and 126 sets ... Selected as the Summit League Defensive Player of the Week on October 15 and November 5 ... The first honor came after 18 digs in three sets against Oral Roberts (Oct. 11) and 26 in five sets at Omaha (Oct. 13) ... The second came behind a 24-dig, 12-assist double-double against North Dakota State (Nov. 1) and 22 digs against North Dakota (Nov. 3) ... Earned a place as a Summit League Honorable Mention and Summit League All-Freshman Team ... Finished first in the Summit League in digs during the season with 585, second in digs per set at 4.64 ... Led the Mastodons to an opponent hitting percentage of .201 for the season ... Had double-digit digs in 28 of 33 matches ... Recorded 25 digs in her first-career outing against Western Michigan (Aug. 30) ... Dug out 24 attempts against Eastern Illinois (Sept. 13) ... Notched a season-high 32 digs against Central Arkansas (Sept. 21) in SIUE's Cougar Classic ... Tied her season-high at South Dakota State with 32 digs (Oct. 18) ... Recorded her first-career double-double against North Dakota State with 24 digs and 12 assists (Nov. 1) ... Notched 19 digs in the Summit League Tournament quarterfinal against Oral Roberts (Nov. 22) ... Had 22 digs in the Mastodons' first-ever appearance in the National Invitational Volleyball Championship against Bowling Green (Dec. 5).
High School: Four-year letterwinner… Three-time Conference, All-County and All-Gazette selection … Named to the All-District Team her last two season … Named Third Team All-Ohio her senior year after being an Honorable Mention selection as a junior … Set two program records with 184 career aces and 44 digs in a single match … Led her team to a conference title in 2016 and a pair of district championships.
Personal: Daughter of Frank and Carrie Crucis … Has one brother, Tony ... Majoring in Communication Sciences & Disorders.
• 2021 Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational All-Tournament Team
• Summit League Defensive Player of the Week (10/15/19, 11/5/2019)
• 2019 All-Summit League Honorable Mention
• 2019 Summit League All-Freshman Team
2022: Started in all 29 matches as a senior ... Moved into third in program history with 1,805 digs ... Named Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week after a 27-dig and 7-assist performance against IUPUI (Oct. 22) ...Recorded 10 or more digs in 26 of the 29 matches ... Eclipsed the 20-dig mark 10 times with a season-high 27 at Cleveland State (Oct. 14) and against IUPUI (Oct. 22).
2021: Started all 31 matches in her junior campaign ... Joined the 1,000-dig club on September 14 in the Mastodons' match against Toledo ... Dug out 10 or more digs in 27 of her 31 matches ... Named to the Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational All-Tournament Team after recording 48 digs against SIUE, Evansville and Kent State (Aug. 27-28) .... Recorded two double-doubles, at Oakland (Sept. 28) and Northern Kentucky (Nov. 6) ... Dug out a season-high 23 attacks against Milwaukee (Sept. 24) ... Had a season-high four aces against Old Dominion (Sept. 11) and at Green Bay (Oct. 22) ... Recorded two dig-kills, one at Youngstown State (Oct. 2) and one in the season finale against IUPUI (Nov. 12).
Spring 2021: Started at the libero spot in all 17 matches in the spring 2021 season ... Recorded double-digit digs in 15 matches ... Dug out a season-high 24 attacks at Green Bay (March 2) ... Finished the season with 276 digs for a 4.68 per set average ... Aced IUPUI three times on February 8 ... Through two seasons, she ranks third in program history in career digs per set at 4.63.
2019: Finished the season with 585 digs, which was the sixth-most by a Mastodon in a single season ... Earned the starting role after the opening weekend of the season ... Played in 33 matches and 126 sets ... Selected as the Summit League Defensive Player of the Week on October 15 and November 5 ... The first honor came after 18 digs in three sets against Oral Roberts (Oct. 11) and 26 in five sets at Omaha (Oct. 13) ... The second came behind a 24-dig, 12-assist double-double against North Dakota State (Nov. 1) and 22 digs against North Dakota (Nov. 3) ... Earned a place as a Summit League Honorable Mention and Summit League All-Freshman Team ... Finished first in the Summit League in digs during the season with 585, second in digs per set at 4.64 ... Led the Mastodons to an opponent hitting percentage of .201 for the season ... Had double-digit digs in 28 of 33 matches ... Recorded 25 digs in her first-career outing against Western Michigan (Aug. 30) ... Dug out 24 attempts against Eastern Illinois (Sept. 13) ... Notched a season-high 32 digs against Central Arkansas (Sept. 21) in SIUE's Cougar Classic ... Tied her season-high at South Dakota State with 32 digs (Oct. 18) ... Recorded her first-career double-double against North Dakota State with 24 digs and 12 assists (Nov. 1) ... Notched 19 digs in the Summit League Tournament quarterfinal against Oral Roberts (Nov. 22) ... Had 22 digs in the Mastodons' first-ever appearance in the National Invitational Volleyball Championship against Bowling Green (Dec. 5).
High School: Four-year letterwinner… Three-time Conference, All-County and All-Gazette selection … Named to the All-District Team her last two season … Named Third Team All-Ohio her senior year after being an Honorable Mention selection as a junior … Set two program records with 184 career aces and 44 digs in a single match … Led her team to a conference title in 2016 and a pair of district championships.
Personal: Daughter of Frank and Carrie Crucis … Has one brother, Tony ... Majoring in Communication Sciences & Disorders.
Women's Volleyball Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational Trophy
Tuesday, September 24
Women’s volleyball content day BTS
Wednesday, August 28
2024 Mastodon Hall of Fame Ceremony
Tuesday, February 06
Match Point Scenes
Tuesday, October 24
