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#22 Sara Falcone

Middle Hitter
Height: 6-0

Class: Junior
Hometown: Omaha, Neb.
Major: Undecided

ABOUT SARA

Born: March 19, 1989
Parents: Scott and Jani Falcone
Brother: Anthony
Dog: Missy

Pregame Superstitions/Rituals: Listening to music
Goals for the Season: Win championship
Best Thing About Maryville: The people
Favorite Pro Athlete: Michael Jordan
Favorite Pro Team: Chicago Bears
Favorite Music Artist: Blake Shelton
Current Cell Phone Ring: “That Song in My Head” – Julianne Hough
Sports You’re Least Successful At: Basketball
First Job: Cleaning at dad’s work
Best Player You’ve Played Against: Nebraska’s Jordan Larson
If You Could Travel Anywhere in the World: Anywhere with a beach - Cancun
Something You Have to Do Before Turning 40: Swim in the ocean
If You Could Have Any Talent: Be able to sing
My Parents Were Right When They Told Me: That everything goes by so fast
Biggest Pet Peeve: People who chew food loud
Most Influential Person: Mom & Dad
If You Won The Lottery, You Would: Go shopping
Most Prized Possession: Phone
Most Memorable Match: Nebraska-Omaha
Best Thing About Coach Tool’s Practice: Variety of drills and the speed of practice
Best Thing About Home Matches: Fans
Best Thing About Road Matches: Beating teams on their home court

Coach Tool on Sara

“Falcone had a very strong freshman year offensively and I am looking for her to increase her consistency another notch. Getting the ball more in transition will be her main focus offensively and putting up a solid block will be her defensive focus. Falcone’s weakness last year was her blocking so I am anxious to see how her spring training and summer workouts have made her a stronger, more consistent blocker.”

2008

First Fall Practice - Aug. 12

Made a career-best 17 digs at South Dakota (10/2), just missing her first career double-double with nine kills ... averaging 0.91 blocks in the past three matches ... leading Northwest with .224 hitting percentage in the past three matches with 18 kills off 49 attempts ... second on the team with a .255 hitting percentage this season

2007

Honorable Mention All-MIAA ... played and started all 34 matches ... top MIAA freshman in hitting percentage with .285 and kills with 3.13 per game, ranking 10th and 15th overall, respectively ... led team in hitting percentage and ranked in top three in blocks (86), points (477.5) and kills (391) ... finished season third in freshman kill records ... hit .560 (15-1-25) against Pittsburg State (10/31), the fourth-best mark in school four-game matches ... hit double-digit kills for 11-straight matches from Sept. 7-22, coinciding with an 11-match home stretch ... 16 of 23 matches with double-digit kills happened in Bearcat Arena

Gross Catholic High School

First-team all-state and all-area selection as a senior in 2006 … helped lead Gross Catholic to a state championship in 2005, a runner-up finish in 2006 and a trip to the semifinals in 2004 … ended her senior season with 374 kills, 90 blocks and 29 aces while hitting .365 … first-team all-state tournament selection in 2005 … earned second-team all-area honors as a junior … varsity letterwinner all four years … played extensive club ball with the Nebraska Elite and Nebraska One teams … also competed in soccer and cross country ... attended same high school as teammates Katie Swenson and Rachel Nisi

Personal Bio

Daughter of Scott and Jani Falcone

Career Stats

Year	GP	MP-MS	K	K/G	E	TA	Pct.	A	A/G	SA	SA/G	SE	DIG	D/G	RE	BS	BA	TB	B/G	BE	BHE	PTS	PTS/G
2007	125	34-34	391	3.31	128	924	.285	10	0.08	36	0.29	60	70	0.56	2	15	71	86	0.69	20	1	477.5	3.82
2008	107	32-22	253	2.36	87	634	2.62	11	0.10	7	0.07	20	139	1.30	22	6	74	80	0.75	10	3	303.0	2.83
Total	232	66-56	644	2.78	215	1558	.275	21	0.09	43	0.19	13	209	0.90	24	21	145	166	0.72	30	4	780.5	3.36