Women's Volleyball | 12/12/2025 11:43:00 AM

Saint Francis women's volleyball senior Korrin Burns (Clarion, Pa./Clarion Area) has become accustomed to breaking barriers this season after setting new single-season and career records for kills and breaking the NEC Tournament record for kills in a game. Burns became the first women's volleyball player in team history to be named ECAC Offensive Player of the Year on Friday, adding another one of those moments to her list. Burns and Alexandra Sappia (West Palm Beach, Fla./Suncoast Community) also became the first players in Red Flash women's volleyball history to be named to the All-ECAC first team. Burns was the first player to earn All-ECAC honors last season with her second-team distinction.

Earlier this week, Burns was named an AVCA All-Region honorable mention after being named the NEC Player of the Year, to the All-NEC first team for the third year in a row, and the NEC All-Tournament team this season. This season, she shattered the single-season program record for kills by 102 kills and finished with 588 kills, and she finished her career with 1,453 kills to break the career record by 28 kills. She concluded her career with seven of the top eight single-game kill performances in program history, with six of those marks coming this season, including an NEC Tournament record 28 kills against FDU in the NEC Semifinals on November 21. She is also the only player in program history to have 30 kills in a game, a feat she accomplished twice, including 30 against Siena on September 5. In addition to holding the program record for career kills, Burns is second in career hitting percentage (.216), fifth in total attacks (3,582), and eighth in service aces (104). Burns, who was named NEC Player of the Week eight times in 2025 and 12 times in her career, ranks among the NCAA Division I best in kills, kills per set, points, and points per set. Saint Francis enjoyed its best four-year stretch with Burns leading the charge to a 61-49 overall record and a 44-14 mark in NEC play, while advancing to the NEC Tournament all four years.

While Burns becomes the first women's volleyball player to earn a major ECAC award, she also becomes the third student-athlete at Saint Francis to earn a Player of the Year award. Men's soccer's Francis de Fries was named the ECAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2015, and football's Donnell Brown was the ECAC Defensive Player of the Year.

Burns would not have reached the accomplishments that she reached without an assist from Sappia, her setter, who joins Burns on the All-ECAC first team. Sappia, an All-NEC first-team performer, registered the second-most assists in a single season with 1,238, and she tied the program record for service aces in a single season with 63. She registered six service aces twice this season (against LIU on November 1 and against Le Moyne on November 15), which are the 10th most in program single-game history. The performance against Le Moyne was incredible, with four service aces as Sappia served to help the Red Flash to 15-straight points in one service turn. The redshirt junior registered a career-high 59 assists to help the Red Flash advance to the NEC Championship Game. Just like Burns, Sappia ranks among the best in NCAA in several categories with assists, assists per set, aces, and aces per set. For her career, Sappia is third in assists (2,688) and fourth in service aces (154).

Saint Francis finished with a program-record 20 wins overall and 14 in NEC play.