2021 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Ulate, Francela
L/DS
/ VolleyballL/DS
/ VolleyballMB
/ VolleyballOH
/ VolleyballMB
/ VolleyballS
/ VolleyballL/DS
/ VolleyballMB/OPP
/ VolleyballS
/ VolleyballOH
/ VolleyballOPP/OH
/ VolleyballOH
/ VolleyballOPP/OH
/ VolleyballOH
/ VolleyballMB
/ VolleyballMB
/ VolleyballS/OPP
/ Volleyball
Jersey Number 15
Francela Ulate
- Position:
- OH
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Heredia, Costa Rica
- Previous School:
- Binghamton
Bio
2021: Saw playing time in 26 matches (15 starts) and 80 sets overall…Accumulated 109 kills, 43 blocks, 29 digs, nine service aces and two assists…Piled up at least five kills in a dozen different matches, including a season-best 11 rally killers in the Sept. 29 road victory at Southeast Missouri…Hit at least .231 on eight separate occasions, including a season-best .429 (eight kills, two errors in 14 swings) in the sweep at Memphis on Sept. 18…Was responsible for 12 multi-block outings, including a pair of six-block performances in a pair of OVC wins (Oct. 8 against Murray State, Oct. 22 at SIUE)…Tallied a pair of service aces in three different matches (at Arkansas State on Aug. 27, against Wichita State on Aug. 27, at SIUE on Oct. 22).
BEFORE UTM: Played three seasons for head coach Glenn Kiriyama at Binghamton University, a member of the America East Conference, along fellow Skyhawk teammate Audrey Haworth...Racked up 330 kills (2.75 per set), 65 service aces (0.54 per set), 207 digs and 41 blocks over 40 career matches...Started every match during the 2019 and 2020-21 seasons, ranking in the top-10 nationally in service aces while also leading the Bearcats in kills during that span – earning All-AEC second team accolades as a senior in 2020-21...Paced Binghamton in kills (138) and service aces (25) as part of the abbreviated 12-match season in 2020-21...Her 0.60 service aces per set average led the AEC, ranked fourth amongst all NCAA Division I players and was the second-best total in Binghamton's Division I Era (since 2001)...Her 4.14 points per set and 3.29 kills per set average were third and fifth, respectively, in the AEC's year-end statistical rankings...Also ranked second on the squad with 93 digs while adding 17 blocks...Best match of Ulate's senior campaign came on March 7 against Albany as she tallied season-highs of 20 kills and a .317 hitting percentage in only three sets...Overall, she had seven double-digit kill performances and a trio of double-doubles in 2020-21...Provided multiple service aces on seven separate occasions, unleashing a season-best five aces (to go along with a season-high four blocks) in just three sets on March 14 at UMBC...Season-best of 14 digs came at Hartford on March 17 as she scooped up double figures in the dig column four different times...Once again topped the AEC and ranked 10th nationally in service aces (40, 0.56 per set) while slamming down a team-high 189 kills as a junior...Ranked in the top-10 in the league in service aces (0.56 per set, first), points (3.35 per set, sixth) and kills (2.63 per set, 10th)...Her service aces average was the fourth-highest mark in the school's Division I Era as she tacked on career-best totals of 112 digs and 24 blocks while starting all 23 matches...Her 2019 campaign was highlighted by a career-best 21-kill, 18-dig effort against Morgan State on Sept. 21...In that match, she also set a season-high with a .367 attack percentage, committing only three errors on 49 swings...Was responsible for a pair of double-doubles and seven instances of double figure kills as a junior...Wicked serve led to 11 matches with at least two aces, including a career-best six (in just three sets) at Army on Sept. 13...Before playing in five matches as a sophomore at Binghamton, she started her collegiate career under head coach Samantha Reed at Bergen Community College in Paramus, NJ...As a freshman in 2016, she helped guide the Bulldogs to a 15-6 overall record, nabbing first team All-Region 19 and first team All-Garden State Athletic Conference honors in the process...Accounted for nearly half of the team's kills (229 of 466), averaging 3.18 kills per set on a sizzling .319 attack percentage...Led Bergen in service aces (49, 0.68 per set) and ranked second on the team with 70 digs...Had 11 matches with double-digit kills as a true freshman at Bergen, including back-to-back 20-plus outings (21 against Ocean County on Sept. 24, season-high 22 against Brookdale on Sept. 27)...Hit above .400 on six separate occasions as her season-high of .750 (nine kills, no errors in 12 attempts) came at Westchester on Sept. 21...Came away with a pair of double-doubles (kills and digs) and had 14 multi-service ace performances – six of which included at least four aces...Season-best six service aces came in three sets against Rowan College on Sept. 10...Attended Liceo de Santa Barbara High School and Hackensack High School, where she was a two-sport star in volleyball and basketball...Went on to play one season of collegiate basketball at Bergen before focusing primarily on volleyball.
PERSONAL: Born on Sept. 27, 1997...Daughter of Jose Campos and Karen Arias...Has two siblings, Fabrizzio and Josue...Majoring in health and human performance.
BEFORE UTM: Played three seasons for head coach Glenn Kiriyama at Binghamton University, a member of the America East Conference, along fellow Skyhawk teammate Audrey Haworth...Racked up 330 kills (2.75 per set), 65 service aces (0.54 per set), 207 digs and 41 blocks over 40 career matches...Started every match during the 2019 and 2020-21 seasons, ranking in the top-10 nationally in service aces while also leading the Bearcats in kills during that span – earning All-AEC second team accolades as a senior in 2020-21...Paced Binghamton in kills (138) and service aces (25) as part of the abbreviated 12-match season in 2020-21...Her 0.60 service aces per set average led the AEC, ranked fourth amongst all NCAA Division I players and was the second-best total in Binghamton's Division I Era (since 2001)...Her 4.14 points per set and 3.29 kills per set average were third and fifth, respectively, in the AEC's year-end statistical rankings...Also ranked second on the squad with 93 digs while adding 17 blocks...Best match of Ulate's senior campaign came on March 7 against Albany as she tallied season-highs of 20 kills and a .317 hitting percentage in only three sets...Overall, she had seven double-digit kill performances and a trio of double-doubles in 2020-21...Provided multiple service aces on seven separate occasions, unleashing a season-best five aces (to go along with a season-high four blocks) in just three sets on March 14 at UMBC...Season-best of 14 digs came at Hartford on March 17 as she scooped up double figures in the dig column four different times...Once again topped the AEC and ranked 10th nationally in service aces (40, 0.56 per set) while slamming down a team-high 189 kills as a junior...Ranked in the top-10 in the league in service aces (0.56 per set, first), points (3.35 per set, sixth) and kills (2.63 per set, 10th)...Her service aces average was the fourth-highest mark in the school's Division I Era as she tacked on career-best totals of 112 digs and 24 blocks while starting all 23 matches...Her 2019 campaign was highlighted by a career-best 21-kill, 18-dig effort against Morgan State on Sept. 21...In that match, she also set a season-high with a .367 attack percentage, committing only three errors on 49 swings...Was responsible for a pair of double-doubles and seven instances of double figure kills as a junior...Wicked serve led to 11 matches with at least two aces, including a career-best six (in just three sets) at Army on Sept. 13...Before playing in five matches as a sophomore at Binghamton, she started her collegiate career under head coach Samantha Reed at Bergen Community College in Paramus, NJ...As a freshman in 2016, she helped guide the Bulldogs to a 15-6 overall record, nabbing first team All-Region 19 and first team All-Garden State Athletic Conference honors in the process...Accounted for nearly half of the team's kills (229 of 466), averaging 3.18 kills per set on a sizzling .319 attack percentage...Led Bergen in service aces (49, 0.68 per set) and ranked second on the team with 70 digs...Had 11 matches with double-digit kills as a true freshman at Bergen, including back-to-back 20-plus outings (21 against Ocean County on Sept. 24, season-high 22 against Brookdale on Sept. 27)...Hit above .400 on six separate occasions as her season-high of .750 (nine kills, no errors in 12 attempts) came at Westchester on Sept. 21...Came away with a pair of double-doubles (kills and digs) and had 14 multi-service ace performances – six of which included at least four aces...Season-best six service aces came in three sets against Rowan College on Sept. 10...Attended Liceo de Santa Barbara High School and Hackensack High School, where she was a two-sport star in volleyball and basketball...Went on to play one season of collegiate basketball at Bergen before focusing primarily on volleyball.
PERSONAL: Born on Sept. 27, 1997...Daughter of Jose Campos and Karen Arias...Has two siblings, Fabrizzio and Josue...Majoring in health and human performance.
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