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BUFFALO, NY - The University at Buffalo volleyball team announced its 2000 team awards at the annual Athletic Awards Banquet, held at Samuel's Grande Manor on Tuesday, May 1. Junior Larissa LaCour (West Islip, NY/West Islip) was named Most Valuable Player, and freshman Lindsay Matikosh (North Tonawanda, NY/North Tonawanda) earned Top Newcomer honors. Junior Heather Barfuss (Huntington, NY/John H. Glenn) was named Most Improved Player, while freshman Alexis Bouie (Albion, NY/Albion) received the team's Coach's Award.

LaCour finished her first season as UB's starting setter with 1,040 assists, the sixth-highest single-season total in school history. Her 9.12 assists per game are the fourth-highest single-season average at UB. LaCour was the only Bull to start every match and to play in every game during the 2000 season. She also upped her career assists total to 1,372 for a 5.79 per game career average. Both of those numbers rank sixth all-time at UB. LaCour posted career highs in every statistical category this past season, including assists with 63 against Bucknell, kills with seven against Cleveland State and digs with 23 against Akron.

Matikosh ended her rookie campaign with 2.46 kills per game and a team-leading 2.65 digs per game, both of which rank eighth on UB's career lists. Matikosh finished second on the team in kills with 278, and she recorded seven double-doubles in kills and digs during the season. In UB's 32 matches, Matikosh recorded double figures in kills 12 times and in digs 10 times. Matikosh began her freshman season by being named the Most Valuable Player of the UB Invitational after posting 37 kills and 53 digs in UB's three matches.

Barfuss appeared in a total of 100 games in all 32 matches for the Bulls this past season, averaging 1.30 kills per game, 1.53 digs per game and 0.42 blocks per game. Her 153 digs on the year were the fourth-highest total on the team and 55 more than she compiled in 101 games last season. Barfuss posted a double-double with 10 kills and 10 digs in a win over Canisius at the UB Invitational, and she recorded a career-high seven assists against Akron on November 10.

Bouie contributed 1.31 kills, 0.67 digs and a team-high 0.81 blocks per game in her freshman campaign while appearing in 24 matches. Bouie had a career night on October 28 against Kent State, posting career highs of nine kills on 19 attempts, eight blocks and two assists. Bouie started five matches for the Bulls, posting six kills, five blocks and three digs against Miami in her first career start on October 6.

The Bulls finished the 2000 season with a 4-28 overall record.