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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, April 20, 2016 – Daly Santana, who has
been the sparkplug for Capitalinas de San Juan, was named Most
Valuable Player of the 2016 Puerto Rican Women’s Volleyball
Superior League.
Santana received 18 of the 32 first-place votes good for 113
points followed in a distant second by Andrea Drews of Indias de
Mayaguez, the scoring leader of the regular season, who was
named in five first-place ballots and got 61 points.
Santana, whose name was included in 30 of the 32 ballots
submitted by a panel, played in 74 sets for Capitalinas scoring
383 points (341 attacks, 30 blocks and 12 aces). Her average of
5.18 per set was the second highest in the league.
The other players receiving first-place votes were Haley
Eckerman of Ponce (3/39 points), Tara Muller of Humacao (2/21),
Stephanie Enright of Caguas (3/19) and Shirley Ferrer of Catano
(2/16).
Santana is the fourth native player to win the MVP honors in the
past 10 seasons. She joins Sarai Alvarez of Mayaguez in 2007,
Yarimar Rosa of Mayaguez in 2012 and Juncos in 2015 and Natalia
Valentin of Ponce in 2013. |
