Becca Tursell

St. Mary's City, Md. - St. Mary's College of Maryland volleyball player, Becca Tursell (Ellicott City, Md.), was selected by the Department of Athletics and Recreation as the October Athlete-of-the-Month, becoming the second volleyball player to earn athlete-of-the-month honors as junior outside hitter Katie Ewing (Gaithersburg, Md./Quince Orchard) garnered the accolade in September.

Tursell is a 5-10, senior middle blocker who helped the Seahawks to an 8-4 overall record (4-1 CAC) in October.  She recorded four matches with double-digit kills and served up three or more aces in four matches.

The Glenelg HS product led St. Mary's with 39 total blocks (11 block solos, 28 block assists) and 26 aces, while being second in hitting percentage with .322 and third in kills per set with a 2.00 average.

Tursell notched a season-high 12 kills twice in a four-match loss to then-No. 22 Salisbury University and in a 3-2 loss to Virginia Wesleyan at St. Mary's own Seahawk Invitational.

Twice, she had four service aces in a 3-1 loss to SUNY Cortland and in a 3-2 victory over Clarkson University at the Stevens Ducks Invitational, while Tursell tallied three block solos and two block assists in a sweep of Montclair State University.

In a sweep of Neumann College at the Seahawk Invitational, she racked up 10 kills and only one error in 20 attempts for a .450 hitting percentage.

Tursell registered a season-high seven digs in a sweep of Marymount (Va.) University on October 29.

Past St. Mary's Athlete-of-the-Month
September - Katie Ewing, volleyball