SEATTLE (Aug. 20) - Monica Herrera, an all-conference and all-region selection while playing for national power Mercy College (NY), has transferred to Seattle Pacific University to play volleyball this fall.

Herrera, a 6-foot-1 native of Lima, Peru, led NCAA Division II in services aces per game last season, averaging 1.65. She also was among the leaders in kills average at 4.65 and her attacking percentage was .302. Herrera has two years of remaining eligibility.

Mercy, located in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., went 34-2, won the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinal round for the first time in 2001.

Seattle Pacific qualified for the NCAA tournament for the second year in a row last season, finishing 20-8 under second-year coach Kellie Ryan. The Falcons lost four starters from that team.

Preseason training began Aug. 11 and Herrera joined the sessions Tuesday. The season begins Aug. 30-31 in San Bernardino, Ca., at the Coyote Invitational.