Has a great serve and the ability to run down defensive plays that others cannot get to ... impressed the coaching staff with her attitude and work ethic while embracing her new role on the team.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Enjoyed an increased role on the team, appearing in 88 games and making three starts at defensive specialist ... worked as a back-up setter to Kristen Kinder ... had three matches with double-digit kills in 2001 ... posted 12 matches with five or more digs .... helped the team to a three-game victory vs. Boston College with 10 digs ... had a career-high 13 digs during a five-game thriller over Illinois State ... stepped up in the BIG EAST Championship match against Georgetown with 10 digs ... touched Providence for two aces and five digs ... saw limited time at setter against Valparaiso (two assists, seven digs) ... second career kill scored against St. John's.

AS A FRESHMAN: Provided quality depth for the Irish at the defensive specialist position ... played in 34 games ... saw her first collegiate action off the bench in the upset of #15 BYU, tallying six digs and an ace ... had four digs and an ace vs. Clemson ... scored her first career kill against Samford ... had three digs and an ace at West Virginia ... had three digs in one game vs. Rutgers ... led the team in digs with nine at St. John's ... had four digs at Connecticut ... posted three digs vs. Boston College, North Carolina and Providence ... started the match at Syracuse ... played one game vs. Connecticut in the BIG EAST Championship semifinals.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Two-sport star at Oliver Wendell Holmes High School in San Antonio, Texas ... participated in track and field all four years, while also playing volleyball her final two years ... a setter and defensive specialist for head coach Troy Errington ... earned first-team all-city and all-district honors her senior year in volleyball ... named the San Antonio Express News Player of the Week during her senior season ... ran the 400, 800 and 1,600 meters on the track team for head coach Steve Barlow ... set a school record in the mile (5:16) and the 800 meters (2:19) ... also competed on the cross country team ... featured on local radio station KMOL as a model student-athlete ... named the team MVP of both the volleyball and track teams her senior year ... a stand-out student-athlete who was a member of the National Honor Society, English Honor Society, and Spanish Honor Society ... served as the school year book editor in 1999-2000 ... faced the challenge of competing in volleyball and cross country at the same time of the year ... would sometimes run a cross country meet in the morning and then play a volleyball tournament later in the day ... full name is Christa Cecilia Moen ... born Oct. 30th 1981 ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.

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