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Biddulph Earns PL Rookie of the Week Honors
Middle blocker serves up solid offense for Eagles

September 9, 2002

Biddulph has unleashed 19 service aces.

WASHINGTON — Freshman Cutrina Biddulph (Reseda, Calif./Granada Hills), a middle blocker on the American University volleyball team, was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week for the first two weeks of the 2002 season.

At 6-4, Biddulph has stepped into the starting lineup, helping AU to a five-game winning streak after losing its first three to ranked opponents at the Louisville Classic. In eight matches she has recorded 19 service aces while racking up 47 kills and a .407 attack percentage.

After capturing the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore Tournament on Sunday, the Eagles will face No. 12 Wisconsin, No. 18 UC Santa Barbara and the host, the Duke Blue Devils, on Friday and Saturday at the Duke Classic. On Sept. 20 and 22, American hosts its own tournament, the American Volleyball Classic, with No. 6 Florida, No. 11 Penn State and Yale.

American University, which fields a 19-sport NCAA Division I athletics program featuring 10 women’s sports and nine for men, recently completed its inaugural year of membership in the Patriot League. The University had an extremely successful year to date on respective fields of play, capturing league championships in men’s soccer, women’s volleyball, men’s tennis and women’s tennis, and regular-season titles in men’s basketball and women’s lacrosse.

Chartered by an Act of Congress in 1893, American University features students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and more than 160 nations worldwide.