University of South Alabama Athletics

SOUTH ALABAMA
2022 (Junior): Made 31 starts in 31 appearances … 2022 Sun Belt Second-Team All-Conference … Fourth in the Sun Belt in total blocks (116) and tied for eighth best all time for South Alabama … .326 hitting percentage was the best on the team, fourth-best in the conference, and fourth in the Jaguars’ all-time records … Seventh in the Sun Belt in blocks per set (0.98)… Recorded 280 kills, a .326 hitting percentage, 28 service aces, 68 digs, 116 blocks, and seven assists … Tied her career kills (14) three separate times, the most recent against Texas State (10/22) … She also tied her career blocks (8) against Texas State (10/22) … 2022 Preseason Defensive Player of the Year … Preseason All-Sun Belt Team.

2021 (Sophomore):  Appeared in 30 matches with 29 starts ... Ranked third in the Sun Belt Conference in total blocks (111), and fourth in blocks per set (1.03) ... Ranked fifth in the league in blocks per set (1.13) in league contests, and tied for fifth in total blocks (63) ... SBC Championship all-tournament team selection ... Recorded 223 kills, a .289 hitting percentage, four assists, 23 service aces, 43 digs, 17 solo blocks and 94 block-assists for 111 total blocks ... Her 111 total blocks and .289 hitting percentage each rank 10th on the Jaguar single-season record list ... Recorded five or more total blocks in eight matches, including a stretch of three straight from Nov. 6-13 ... Tallied 10 or more kills in six matches ... Finished with a career-high 14 kills against Valaparaiso (Sept. 4), and matched that total at Georgia State (Nov. 12) ... Posted a career-high eight total blocks against Troy (Nov. 6) ... Recorded a career-high five service aces against Charleston Southern (Aug. 27).

TENNESSEE    
2020 (COVID Sophomore):  Played in 18 sets ... Recorded three kills, three service aces, four digs, two solo blocks and three block-assists for five total blocks.

EASTERN WASHINGTON    
2019 (Freshman):  Appeared in all 30 matches with 20 starts ... Recorded 208 kills, which ranked second on the team, along with 66 total blocks, including nine solo, for an average of 0.59 blocks per set, 42 digs, six service aces and three assists ... Collected a career-high 13 kills at North Dakota (Sept. 19) and against Montana (Nov. 8) ... Posted a .545 hitting percentage with 13 kills against Montana (Nov. 8) ... Finished with a career-high six blocks against Southern Utah (Oct. 17) ... Big Sky All-Academic team selection.

High School:  Lettered in volleyball and soccer two years each at Bonita HS in LaVerne, Calif. ... Named First-Team All-America as a junior and senior ... Also named the team’s most valuable player for 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons ... Recorded over 600 kills in her career.

Personal:  Full name is Nicoletta Carmella Capizzi ... Born Jan. 27, 2001, in Bakersfield, Calif. ... Has one older sister, Milan ... Majoring in sport management.