Claudia Rivera
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  • Height:
    5-3
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Gurabo, P.R.
  • High School:
    Notre Dame HS
  • Position:
    L/DS
  • Major:
    Human Performance
  • m
    33
  • k/s
    0.04
  • h %
    .147
  • a/s
    1.02
  • b/s
    0.00
  • sa/s
    0.12
  • d/s
    5.09
Bio

As a Graduate - AVCA Second Team All-American...Named to NCAA South Regional All-Championships team...AVCA All-South Region Team Selection...Earned All-SSC First Team Honors...SSC Defensive Player of the Week (9/12)...SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll...Played in all 33 matches...Recorded a total of 570 digs and now ranks 2nd all-time in UT history with 1922 career digs...Recorded double-digit digs in 26 of 33 matches...Single-match highs in kills (2), attacks (7), and assists (9).

As a Senior (2021-2022): 2021 Division II National Champion and NCAA Championships All-Tournament team Most Outstanding Player…AVCA Second Team All-American… All-SSC First Team selection… Earned D2CAA All-South Region First Team…SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Started 35 of 36 matches recording a total of 690 digs which sets the UT single-season all-time record and now ranks 8th all-time in UT history with 1356 digs…Set the Tampa single-game digs record with 45 against Gannon (12/10)... Recorded a new season-high 140 digs…5 time SSC Defensive Player of the Week and tallied 20+ digs in 14 games this season. 

As a Junior (2020-21): Competed in spring 2020-21 season, receiving a Covid-19 waiver… SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll... Played in nine matches…She finished the season with a team-leading 105 digs…Also registered 28 assists and four service aces…Had six 10-plus dig performances…Had a season-high 20 digs at Saint Leo (4/6)…Had double-digit digs in three of final four matches…Recorded 18 digs in 3-0 win over Palm Beach Atlantic (4/10)…Credited with a season-best seven assists versus Florida Southern (4/1)…Had two service aces in a pair of matches.

As a Sophomore: Played in all 33 matches… She logged a total of 243 digs, 123 sets, and 45 assists… Had two service aces on the season along with one kill against Barry University in an NCAA South Regional game (12/06)… Recorded a career-high of 15 digs against Embry-Riddle (11/15), along with 10 different occasions of logging 10+ digs… Recorded a career-high of four assists twice against PBA (9/28) and Saint Leo (10/22).

As a Freshman: A 2018 NCAA Division II National Champion... A member of the NCAA South Regional Championship Team... A member of the 2018 SSC Championship Team... A member of PrepVolleyball's Team of the Week (9/28)... PrepVolleyball Unsung Hero of the Week (9/28)... In her freshman campaign, she logged 310 digs (2.44 per set), 20 assists, 20 service aces, and one kill... She recorded 10 or more digs on 11 different occasions... She stated 14 digs against the No. 4 ranked Ferris State (9/1)... Dug the No. 3 PBA Sailfish 14 times (9/21)... Accumulated 16 digs against No. 12 West Florida (10/20)... Had six and nine digs in back-to-back games against No. 17 Palm Beach Atlantic and No. 23 Barry.

High School:
Attended Notre Dame High School where she played for Coach Renato Gonzalez... Was co-captain of her high school team in both (2016, 2017)... A member of the Puerto Rico High School Athletic Alliance All-Star team (2015, 2017)... A member of the La Ondra Deportiva All-Star team (2016).

Personal: Played club for Magdiel Rivera...Daughter of Miguel Rivera and Anabelle Solá...Has a younger sister, Ana...Human Performance major...Born July 25. 

Career Highs

NCAA Career Statistics

Recent games
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Matches 33 20
Sets 112 71
Kills 5 2
Kills per set 0.04 0.03
Errors 0 0
Total Attacks 34 19
Total Attacks per set 0.30 0.27
Hitting Percentage .147 .105
Assists 114 68
Assists per set 1.02 0.96
Service Aces 13 7
Service Errors 12 7
Service Aces per set 0.12 0.10
Receptions 444 260
Reception Errors 7 6
Digs 570 365
Digs per set 5.09 5.14
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 0 0
Block Total 0 0
Blocks per set 0.00 0.00
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 18.0 9.0
Points per set 0.2 0.1
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News mentions
Cors, Rivera, Dufresne, and Schrenger 2022.
Four Spartans Earn All-South Region Accolades; SSC Well Represented
Spartans Takedown Badgers; Advance to South Region Semifinals
Spartans Takedown Badgers; Advance to South Region Semifinals

TAMPA, Fla. – No.6 University of Tampa Spartans conclude their bout against Spring Hill College victorious, Friday night at the Bob Martinez Center.

2022 All-SSC Honors
No. 6 Spartans Finish Triple Header Weekend 3-0
Simmons 2022.
Dufresne, Dillon, and Rivera 2022.
Spartans Drop Down in AVCA Coaches' Poll
Zoey Seput, Claudia Rivera and Kalli Cors 2022.
Spartans Win Comfortably at Home
Team 2022.
Spartans Extend Win Streak on the Road
Spartans Extend Win Streak on the Road
WEEKEND PREVIEW: Road Weekend for the Top-Ranked Spartans
Rivera Wins SSC Defensive Player of the Week
Spartans Roll Tritons in Weekend Finale
Spartans Roll Tritons in Weekend Finale
No. 1 Spartans begin conference play with a win on the road
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