MIAMI – FIU volleyball standout Margherita Bianchin (Venice, Italy) has been named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-South Region team, as was announced by the organization on Tuesday.
 
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Bianchin, a senior outside hitter, was named Second Team All-Conference USA and a C-USA All-Tournament selection this season while helping the Panthers to a 19-12 overall record and a 9-5 slate in C-USA. FIU advanced to its first-ever C-USA Tournament championship match. Bianchin led the team in kills with 410, with her 3.5 kills-per-set good enough for ninth in Conference USA, while also ranking sixth in C-USA in points-per-set (4.01), 11th in aces (0.29) and 19th in hitting percentage (.270). She recorded five triple-doubles on the year – which was good enough for a share of second in the nation – coming against Stetson (15K, 10A, 12D) on Aug. 25, Delaware (15K, 18A, 14D) on Aug. 31, at UTEP (17K, 17A, 12D) on Oct. 14, and Southern Miss (23K, 13A, 15D) on Oct. 21 and regular season Conference USA champion Rice (11K, 10A, 11D) on Nov. 10. Bianchin also has seven double-doubles on the year, and has logged 26 double-figure kill matches and three matches of 20-or-more kills. Her 23 kills at Southern Miss tied her career-high set last season.
 
Also excelling off the volleyball court, Bianchin was also named to the C-USA All-Academic Team, boasting a 3.87 grade-point-average in international relations.
 
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