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2017 Women's Volleyball Roster

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13 Tori Tulensru

  • Height 5-9
  • Position L/DS
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Virginia Beach, Va.
  • Last School Great Bridge HS

Biography

2017 (Redshirt Senior Year): Competed in all 26 matches and made two starts … Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team as well as the AD’s Honor Roll in the spring … Tallied 1.92 digs per set, second on the team … Totaled 179 digs, 17 assists, 14 service aces, 11 kills and one block on the year … Ended her career 15th all-time at NSU in matches played (89) … Ended the season with a career-high 20 digs at Hampton on Nov. 12, one of six matches on the year with double-digit digs … Began the season with 18 digs and two kills against Saint Francis (Pa.) on Sept. 1 … Tallied 13 digs the next match, a win at Lafayette on Sept. 2 … Went for 11 digs and a career-high three assists at Coppin State on Oct. 27 … Also had 11 digs and two service aces against Howard on Nov. 3 … In a win over North Carolina Central on Sept. 8, tallied 10 digs, two kills and two service aces … Added a career-best three aces with five digs and two kills at Lehigh on Sept. 2 … Contributed eight digs with an ace and an assist at Saint Francis (Pa.) on Sept. 16 … Added seven digs in a win against Savannah State (Sept. 22) as well as in matches versus Morgan State (Oct. 1) and Maryland Eastern Shore (Nov. 10).

2016 (Redshirt Junior Year): Competed in 22 matches and made seven starts … Played in 66 sets, averaging 1.33 digs per set … Totaled 88 digs, 11 service aces, seven assists and three kills on the season … Had three matches with 10 or more digs, all within a four-match span from Oct. 21-28 … Ended that streak with 12 at Howard on Oct. 28 … Had 10 at home against Coppin State on Oct. 21 and 11 in the next match versus Morgan State on Oct. 23 … Contributed eight digs at home against Howard on Nov. 2 … Added seven digs with two assists in the season opener against UMBC on Aug. 26 … Had a pair of six-dig matches at Maryland Eastern Shore on Nov. 4 and against Florida A&M on Nov. 18 in the MEAC tournament.

2015 (Junior Year): Played in the first match of the season but missed the rest of the year due to injury … Named to the AD’s Honor Roll for the fall and the MEAC All-Academic Team … Had 10 kills, 15 digs, two blocks and two assists in the contest against La Salle on Aug. 28 … Topped her previous career highs in digs and assists in that match and posted her first career double-double … Received a hardship waiver.

2014 (Sophomore Year): Started eight matches and played in 22 contests and 65 sets overall … Averaged 1.58 kills per set and hit .148 on the year … Totaled 103 kills, 45 digs, eight blocks, seven assists and three service aces … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll … Played the best match of her season against Coppin State on Oct. 26, finishing with 18 kills on a .400 attack percentage … Was the first of three straight matches with double digits in kills and one of five on the season … Followed that up with 11 kills at Howard on Oct. 31 and 13 kills and seven digs against UMES on Nov. 7 … Added nine kills in the next match, a win over Delaware State on Nov. 9 … Had 11 kills on a .412 attack percentage with two digs and two blocks versus The Citadel on Sept. 19 … Added 10 kills and two digs the following day against Eastern Kentucky … Posted a season-high 10 digs with four kills against Tennessee Tech on Sept. 5.

2013 (Freshman Year): Played in 18 matches with six starts … Competed in 46 sets on the year … Totaled 70 kills on a .097 attack percentage, averaging 1.52 per set, with 28 digs, 15 blocks, four assists and two service aces … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll … Named to the Appalachian Invitational all-tournament team after averaging 2.42 kills per set in three matches to start the year … Posted 11 kills with six blocks against Loyola (Md.) on Aug. 31 … Added 10 kills and four digs versus Appalachian State later in the day … Also reached double figures with 11 kills to go along with nine digs and four blocks against Canisius on Sept. 7 … Averaged 2.21 kills per set over the first eight matches of the year before injury slowed her down the rest of her season … Had eight kills in the season opener against Sam Houston State on Aug. 30 and again Sept. 7 versus Fordham.

High School: Played varsity volleyball all four years at Great Bridge … Named first-team All-Southeastern District, first-team All-Eastern Region and first-team All-Tidewater by the Virginian Pilot as a senior in 2012 … Totaled 250 digs, 193 kills and 83 service aces her senior year … Competed for the East team that defeated the West squad in the Virginia High School Coaches Association all-star game in the summer of 2013 … Earned first-team all-district and second-team All-Tidewater honors her junior season … Team MVP and team captain for volleyball junior and senior seasons … Second-team all-district her sophomore year in 2010 … Also played varsity basketball all four years and varsity softball her freshman through junior years … Basketball Team MVP her sophomore year and team captain her sophomore, junior and senior years … Leadership Award recipient from William & Mary as a junior … Recipient of the Marine Corps Athletic Award and the Athletic Leadership Award her senior year … An Honor Roll student throughout her four years.

Club: Played for the local U-18 Coastal Gold team as part of the Coastal Virginia Volleyball Club her senior year … Competed with former NSU teammate Monique Gatling … Member of the U-17 Chesapeake Volleyball Club in 2011.

Personal: Full name is Victoria Loke Malia Tulensru … Goes by “Tori” … Last name is pronounced Two-LENS-shrew … Born on Dec. 13, 1994 … Daughter of Pamela Klepac-Tulensru and Noda Tulensru … Has one younger brother, Nehemiah, and one younger sister, Annaleah … Mother is in the Navy and father is in the Guam Army National Guard … Lived in Guam before the start of her high school career … Majoring in kinesiotherapy … Wants to join the military … Enjoys swimming, hanging out with family, working out, walks on the beach and watching Netflix.
 
CAREER HIGHS
Kills 18, Coppin State (10-26-14)
Total Attacks 44, vs. Cansius (9-7-13)
Hitting Percentage .412 (11-4-17), vs. The Citadel (9-19-14)
Assists 3, at Coppin State (10-27-17)
Service Aces 3, at Lehigh (9-2-17)
Digs 15, vs. La Salle (8-28-15)
Block Assists 6, vs. Loyola (Md.) (8-31-13)
Total Blocks 6, vs. Loyola (Md.) (8-31-13)
Points 20, at Hampton (11-12-17)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2013Freshman

    Right Side/Setter
    5'9"
    13
  • 13

    2014Sophomore

    Right Side/Defensive Specialist
    5'9"
    13
  • 13

    2015Junior

    Right Side
    5'9"
    13
  • 13

    2016Redshirt Junior

    Right Side/Setter
    5'9"
    13
  • 13

    2017Redshirt Senior

    Libero/Defensive Specialist
    5'9"
    13