Ithaca College Athletics

2007: Nikas played in 29 matches during her first season with the Bombers.  In 90 games, she tallied 96 kills and 56 blocks.  She reached a season-high nine kills in a win over Eastern Connecticut.  Her season-high of six blocks came in a win over Oneonta.  Nikas contributed to a five game win over Skidmore in the Oneonta Invitational with four aces.

High School: A 2006 graduate of Greenwich High School, Nikas was coached by Steve Lapham. She earned three varsity letters as a member of the volleyball team and was a two-time all-conference performer.
 

Personal: A business administration major, she is the daughter of Nick and Sandra Nikas.

           
                     Ithaca Individual Match-by-Match (as of Nov 18, 2008)
                                          All matches




                              # 1 NIKAS, Francine

                                        |-------ATTACK------|  SET |-SERVE-| PASS  DEF |-------BLOCK------|  GEN   Team
Date         Opponent                GP    K    E   TA    Pct    A   SA   SE   RE  DIG   BS   BA   BE Total  BHE   Hit% Score

08/29/2008   vs Richard Stockton....  2    3    3   13   .000    0    0    1    0    3    1    0    0   1.0    0  -.104  0-3 
08/29/2008   vs Sweet Briar.........  3    2    2    9   .000    0    1    0    1    2    0    2    0   2.0    0   .223  3-0 
08/20/2008   vs SUNY Inst. Tech.....  2    1    1    6   .000    0    1    0    0    1    0    1    0   1.0    0   .134  3-0 
08/30/2008   vs Rowan...............  3    4    0   14   .286    0    1    0    0    3    0    1    0   1.0    0   .169  3-0 
09/05/2008   ONEONTA................  2    3    0   10   .300    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0   1.0    0   .189  3-0 
09/05/2008   HAMILTON...............  3    1    0    6   .167    0    0    0    0    2    1    0    0   1.0    0   .179  3-2 
09/06/2008   WIDENER................  4    6    3   19   .158    0    0    1    0    7    0    1    0   1.0    0   .106  1-3 
09/06/2008   NEW YORK UNIVERSITY....  4    7    1   14   .429    2    0    1    0    0    0    2    0   2.0    0   .089  2-3 
09/09/2008   ROCHESTER..............  3    8    2   19   .316    0    1    0    0    3    1    1    0   2.0    0   .109  0-3 
09/12/2008   vs Rochester...........  4    5    3   25   .080    1    0    0    0    0    0    2    0   2.0    0   .134  3-1 
09/12/2008   vs Cortland............  3    3    1   13   .154    0    0    0    0    2    1    2    0   3.0    0   .092  0-3 
09/13/2008   vs St. John Fisher.....  5   12    6   34   .176    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0   1.0    0   .087  2-3 
09/13/2008   vs Clarkson............  4   11    3   37   .216    0    1    2    0    3    0    1    0   1.0    0   .148  3-1 
09/23/2008   at Geneseo.............  4    6    3   22   .136    0    0    1    0    4    0    2    0   2.0    1   .113  3-1 
09/27/2008   vs Elmira..............  5    7    0   18   .389    1    1    1    0    2    1    2    0   3.0    1   .200  3-2 
09/27/2008   vs NAZARETH............  4    4    1   13   .231    1    2    1    0    5    0    4    0   4.0    0   .110  1-3 
09/28/2008   vs RIT.................  5    7    4   30   .100    0    1    0    0    5    0    2    0   2.0    0   .114  2-3 
09/28/2008   vs St. John Fisher.....  5    8    4   24   .167    0    0    0    0    5    1    2    0   3.0    0   .005  2-3 
09/30/2008   CLARKSON...............  3    1    5   13  -.308    0    1    0    0    0    0    3    1   3.0    0   .202  3-0 
10/03/2008   vs Brockport...........  4    9    3   20   .300    0    1    0    0    1    1    1    0   2.0    0   .190  3-1 
10/03/2008   vs RIT.................  5    9    4   24   .208    0    0    0    0    1    0    1    0   1.0    0   .075  2-3 
10/04/2008   vs Springfield.........  3    5    2   12   .250    0    0    0    0    3    0    0    1   0.0    0  -.008  0-3 
10/04/2008   at NAZARETH............  4    6    1   18   .278    0    1    0    0    1    1    1    1   2.0    0   .062  1-3 
10/07/2008   CORTLAND...............  3    2    3   11  -.091    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0   0.0    0   .113  1-3 
10/08/2008   vs Hartwick............  4    9    6   26   .115    3    1    0    0    7    0    1    0   1.0    0   .227  3-1 
10/10/2008   vs Potsdam.............  2    4    4   10   .000    0    0    1    0    1    0    0    0   0.0    0   .164  3-1 
10/11/2008   vs Skidmore............  3    1    1   10   .000    0    0    0    0    2    0    1    0   1.0    0   .142  1-3 
10/11/2008   at Union...............  3    6    4   22   .091    4    0    0    0    3    0    0    1   0.0    0   .071  0-3 
10/21/2008   ONEONTA................  2    4    3   13   .077    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.0    0   .264  3-0 
10/25/2008   UTICA..................  3    8    2   10   .600    0    2    0    0    1    0    3    0   3.0    0   .184  3-0 
10/25/2008   HARTWICK...............  2    1    3    6  -.333    0    0    0    0    1    0    2    0   2.0    0   .210  3-0 
10/26/2008   ALFRED.................  1    0    3    8  -.375    0    2    0    0    1    0    0    0   0.0    0   .262  3-1 
10/26/2008   STEVENS................  3    5    2   13   .231    1    0    0    0    0    0    1    0   1.0    0  -.011  0-3 
11/1/2008    vs New York University.  3    4    1   11   .273    0    0    1    0    1    0    0    0   0.0    1   .113  0-3 
11/1/2008    at RIT.................  3    6    2   17   .235    0    1    0    0    2    0    0    0   0.0    0   .113  0-3 
11/2/2008    vs NAZARETH............  5    7    1   18   .333    0    2    2    0    2    2    0    0   2.0    0   .219  1-4 
11/2/2008    vs Brockport...........  4    6    3   16   .188    1    1    0    0    4    0    0    0   0.0    0   .089  1-3 

Totals..............................125  191   90  604   .167   15   21   12    1   79   10   41    4  51.0    3

Sets played: 125
Kills per set: 1.53
Assists per set: 0.12
Service aces per set: 0.17
Digs per set: 0.63
Blocks per set: 0.41