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2021 Women's Volleyball Roster

4 Izzy Fichtel

  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown San Antonio, Texas
  • Highschool Winston Churchill

Biography

2021: Started 18 matches and played in 69 total sets around injuries as a sophomore… Finished fourth in the Atlantic 10 with 1.10 blocks per set, ranked joint-sixth all-time in a single campaign at Fordham… Hit .268 with 160 total kills, averaging 2.32 per set… Finishes her sophomore year atop the career blocks-per-set list, averaging 1.35 per frame… Made season debut with six kills and three blocks against UC Riverside (8/28)… Posted 11 kills and two blocks in the team’s first win of the year against UMES (9/3)… Racked up a season-high eight blocks, adding a career-high five digs and 10 kills in a five-set loss at St. John’s (9/10)… Had seven kills and no errors on 20 attacks (.350) in a three-set win over St. Francis Brooklyn (9/17)… Tallied 11 kills and five blocks at Davidson (9/25)… Led the way in a win over George Washington with 12 kills at a blistering .611 clip with two blocks and two digs (10/8)… Blocked six shots (two solo) with nine kills (hitting .529) in a win over George Mason (10/10)… Racked up a career-high 16 kills, hitting .379, with eight blocks and a dig in a four-set win over Duquesne (10/30)… In a tough five-set loss to Saint Louis, totaled 11 kills and eight blocks (11/5)… Posted eight kills and five blocks in her final two games of the year, against Davidson at home (11/7) and in a five-set win over Saint Louis in the A-10 quarterfinals (11/19).

2020*: Appeared in eight of 10 matches due to a late-season injury, appearing and starting in all 30 sets prior to that… Shattered the previous single-season program record with 1.93 blocks per set, which would have been a new NCAA 25-point era record had minimum requirements been met, tallying 58 total and four solo... Added 58 kills at a .214 clip, second-highest on the team… One-time Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Week and one-time A-10 Rookie of the Week… Began their collegiate career with a bang, breaking the school’s four-set record for blocks, with 12, and falling one shy of matching the overall record, against St. John’s (2/3)… Smashed a season-high 14 kills, hitting .542, with six blocks in a four-set win at George Washington (3/6)… Adding nine kills and seven blocks, one solo, in a win at George Mason (3/7)… Notched a season-high 36 attacks, tallying 12 kills, with eight blocks and four digs against the Patriots (3/12)… Blocked seven more shots to go with five kills in a sweep of Rhode Island (3/17)… Posted seven kills and seven blocks at La Salle (3/20)… Finished season with six blocks, one solo, and three kills against Rhode Island (3/24)... Named to A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Before Fordham: Earned three letters at Winston Churchill... Earned Second Team All-District honors as a freshman and sophomore before moving up to the First Team, as well as an All-State selection, as a junior... Named a TGCA All-Star the same year... NISD All-Tournament team as a senior.

Major: Environmental Science.

Personal: Has two older siblings, Emma and Eli.
 
SEASON HIGHS
Kills: 16, vs. Duquesne (10/30/21)
Assists: 1, vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (9/17/21)
Digs: 5, at St. John's (9/10/21)
Service Aces: N/A
Blocks: 8, 3x, last vs. Saint Louis (11/5/21)
 
CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 16, vs. Duquesne (10/30/21)
Assists: 1, 5x, last vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (9/17/21)
Digs: 5, at St. John's (9/10/21)
Service Aces: N/A
Blocks: 12, vs. St. John's (2/3/21)

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2020Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    4
  • 4

    2021Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    4