Manhattanville University Athletics

Honors and Awards:
- AVCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region Honorable Mention (2017)
- Manhattanville Co-Female Rookie of the Year (2017-18)
- ECAC Division III Metro Defensive Player of the Month (Sept. 2018, Oct. 2018)
- First Team All-MAC Freedom (2017)
- Second Team All-MAC Freedom (2018)
- MAC Fall Academic Honor Roll (2018)

2018: Played all 22 matches as the Valiants primary libero … Second Team All-MAC Freedom selection ... first on the squad in digs (453), digs per set (5.96) and service aces (34), third in assists (90) and assists per set (1.18) … finished the season eighth all-time in Manhattanville program history with 1,034 career digs after just two years … is now first (2017) and fifth (2018) in single-season dig totals in program history … ranked 13th in all of Division III in digs per set … registered double-digit digs in all but one match, at least 20 digs in 12 matches and at least 30 in three matches … finished with 32 digs, six assists and two service aces in a 3-1 win over Rutgers-Newark (9/8) … registered her only double-double of the season with a career-high 11 assists and 25 digs, while adding three service aces, in a 3-2 win at Wilkes (9/12) … totaled a season-best 33 digs in a tough five-set loss to King’s (9/18) … compiled 32 digs, two assists and two aces in a four-set loss at Montclair State (10/5) … finished with 25 digs, eight assists and three aces in a four-set loss to Dickinson (10/20).
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2017: Appeared in all 23 matches and 88 sets as a freshman libero … finished the season with a school-record 581 digs, ranking third in Division III by averaging 6.60 digs per set … also added 18 kills, 68 assists and a team-best 35 service aces … recorded at least 14 digs in every match, including 13 matches of 20-plus digs and eight matches of 31 or more … dug out 37 balls in her collegiate debut against Hunter (9/1) … added a season-best nine assists to 36 digs in a four-set win over Ramapo (9/9) … recorded a season-best 42 digs at Notre Dame (9/16), the most digs by a Valiant in over two decades … registered 39 digs, seven assists and a season-best four kills in a five-set win over Wilkes (9/19).
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High School: A 2017 graduate of Notre Dame High School … played volleyball in high school for the Knights … named a PRHSAA All-Star and helped the team to multiple Puerto Rico High School Athletic Alliance championships.
 
Personal: Daughter of Militza Candelas and Luis Lopez … has three siblings: Gabriela, Luis and Fernando ... also a member of the women's golf team in the spring.