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Jersey Number 10
Cristina Montanez
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- East Stroudsburg North
- Hometown:
- East Stroudsburg, Pa.
2025
- Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team and the MAAC All-Academic Team.
- Started all 30 matches and made an appearance in 114 of the 116 total sets.
- Finished the season with a career-high 165 kills, putting up double figure kills in three matches, all in conference play.
- Named MAAC co-Player of the Week on October 21 following back-to-back matches in double figures with 10 against Manhattan (10/17) and a career-high 12 versus Iona (10/18).
- Led the team with a .360 hitting percentage which was second best in the MAAC.
- Also led the team with 89 blocks, including a career-high 18 solo blocks.
- Set a career-high in a pair of matches with 10 combined blocks against Marist (10/11) and Niagara (11/8).
2024
- Named a team captain.
- Tabbed CSC Academic All-District.
- Made 31 appearances with 30 starts as a senior middle blocker.
- Led the Pioneers and was fourth in the MAAC with a career-high 117.0 blocks (1.04/set).
- Fifth on the team with 125 kills (1.11/set).
- Hit a team-high .242 on the season.
- Tied a career-high with nine blocks against Kent St. (9/7), Manhattan (9/28) and Quinnipiac (11/2).
- Finished with a season-high 10 kills, while hitting at a .643 clip in a 3-1 SHU win over Canisius on Nov. 10.
2023
- NEC Defensive Player of the Week (10/10)
- Started 26 matches as a junior middle blocker.
- Set new career highs across the board with the board with 114 kills (1.27/set), 90 blocks (1.00/set) and a .326 hitting percentage.
- Led the Pioneers with a .326 attack percentage, 85 assisted blocks and 90 total blocks.
- Set a single-match program record with eight blocks in a three-set match against CCSU on Oct. 7.
- Tallied a season-best nine kills against Saint Francis (PA) on Oct. 13.
2022
- Appeared in eight matches as a sophomore.
- Finished the season with 16 kills and 16 blocks.
- Tallied a season-high seven blocks in a three-set win over LIU (10/28).
- Recorded a season-high five kills in a SHU sweep of St. Francis Brooklyn (10/29).
2021
- Did not appear in any matches
Before SHU:
- Named the EPC All-Conference Monroe Division MVP and First-Team.
- ESN MVP, Offensive, and Defensive Player of the Year.
- PVCA District XI AA All-Star Second-Team.
- Led the EPC in blocks for two years.
- Was a member of the National Honors Society, Student Athletic Character Council, and her Class Treasurer.
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