Vika Nesterov
15 Vika Nesterov
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Kfar Saba, Israel
  • High School:
    Wingate Academy for Sports Excellence
  • Position:
    S
  • m
    33
  • k/s
    1.31
  • h %
    .208
  • a/s
    8.34
  • b/s
    0.45
  • sa/s
    0.27
  • d/s
    2.73

Bio

As a sophomore: NEC Setter of the Year ... All-NEC First Team ... Two-time NEC Player of the Week ... ECAC Player of the Week ... Started in all 33 matches while playing in all 124 sets of the 2015 season ... Topped the 1000-assist mark for the second-straight season, finishing the year with a league-leading 1,034 ... Ranked second in the NEC with 8.34 assist per set, good for 13th in the program's single-season ranks ... Added 163 kills (1.31/set) and a .208 attack percentage ... Posted 20 double-doubles, including six straight to open the season, and a pair of triple-doubles on the year ... Recorded 15 kills, 21 assist and 12 digs in a 3-1 win over Holy Cross Aug. 28 ... Repeated the feat at UNH with 10 kills, 29 assists and 14 digs despite a 3-1 loss ... Hit the 30-assist mark 12 times, the 40-assist mark nine times, the 50-assist mark four times and the 60-assist mark once with 62 helpers in a 3-1 win over Saint Francis U. Oct. 18 ... Led the team with 33 aces ... Second on the squad with 339 digs ... Chipped in 56 blocks ... Finished the year with 224.5 points to average 1.81 points per set. 

As a redshirt-freshman: Started all 34 matches as the Bulldogs' primary setter in 2014 ... Recorded 1,004 assists in her first season donning the Black and Gold, quarterbacking the offense to one of its best performances of the Division I era ... Averaged 7.91 helpers per outing ... Finished second on the team in digs with 324, averaging 2.55 per set ... Also finished second on the side with 21 aces ... Added 120 kills and 67 blocks ... Led the Bulldogs with 15 double-doubles ... Posted double-digit assists in all 34 appearances, surpassing 40 helpers six times and 50 dimes twice (53 vs. La Salle Sept. 13; 52 at Holy Cross, Oct. 28) ... NEC Rookie of the Week ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll and the NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

As a freshman: Did not appear in any matches for the Bulldogs in 2013 … Named to NEC Academic Honor Roll and the NEC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Before Bryant: Graduated from Wingate Academy for Sports Excellence in Netanya, Israel in 2011 before serving two years of mandatory military service ... Member of Israeli Youth and Junior National Teams.

Personal: Daughter of Irina and Andrey Nesterov, Viktoria Nesterov was born Jan. 28, 1993.

Career Game Highs
Kills: 15 vs. Holy Cross, 8/28/15
Assists: 62 vs. Saint Francis U., 10/18/15
Aces: 2, 15 times (last vs. FDU, 10/31/15)
Digs: 19, twice (last at Robert Morris, 11/14/15)
Blocks: 6, three times (last at CCSU, 11/6/15)

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 31 FDU W, 3-1
Nov 1 Sacred Heart W, 3-2
Nov 6 at Central Connecticut W, 3-1
Nov 14 at Robert Morris L, 3-2
Nov 15 at Saint Francis U L, 3-0
Nov 21 vs. #2 Robert Morris L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 33 14
Sets 124 54
Kills 163 53
Kills per set 1.31 0.98
Errors 65 21
Total Attacks 471 168
Hitting Percentage .208 .190
Assists 1034 527
Assists per set 8.34 9.76
Service Aces 33 13
Service Errors 23 8
Service Aces per set 0.27 0.24
Receptions 25 3
Reception Errors 7 2
Digs 339 156
Digs per set 2.73 2.89
Block Solo 1 1
Block Assist 55 29
Block Total 56 30
Blocks per set 0.45 0.56
Block Errors 13 3
Ball Handling Errors 22 10
Points 224.5 81.5
Points per set 1.8 1.5
Matches started 33 14
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 28 Quinnipiac W, 3-1 1 4 10 1 24 .375 28 0 1 3 0 6 0 3 0 3 0 11.5
Aug 28 Holy Cross W, 3-1 1 4 15 3 24 .500 21 1 1 1 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 16.5
Aug 29 Iona W, 3-1 1 4 7 1 19 .316 25 1 1 0 0 12 0 4 0 4 0 10.0
Sep 1 Providence W, 3-0 1 3 7 1 16 .375 27 2 1 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 2 9.0
Sep 4 at UConn L, 3-1 1 4 6 5 18 .056 18 0 1 0 0 14 0 1 1 1 0 6.5
Sep 4 vs. James Madison L, 3-0 1 3 5 4 19 .053 13 2 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 2 7.0
Sep 5 vs. UMBC L, 3-1 1 4 5 5 20 .000 25 2 1 0 0 7 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Sep 8 at New Hampshire L, 3-1 1 4 10 5 28 .179 29 1 1 2 1 14 0 0 1 0 1 11.0
Sep 11 at Marist L, 3-2 1 5 5 1 17 .235 24 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 1 0 0 6.0
Sep 12 vs. Bucknell W, 3-0 1 3 5 2 9 .333 24 0 1 2 1 8 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Sep 12 vs. La Salle W, 3-1 1 4 8 3 21 .238 30 2 1 3 1 9 0 1 0 1 1 10.5
Sep 15 Hartford W, 3-0 1 3 3 3 16 .000 20 1 2 1 0 6 0 2 1 2 0 5.0
Sep 18 vs. No. 23 Minnesota L, 3-0 1 3 6 1 11 .455 10 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Sep 19 at Col. of Charleston L, 3-0 1 3 4 1 12 .250 26 2 1 0 0 4 0 2 2 2 0 7.0
Sep 19 vs. Sam Houston St. L, 3-1 1 4 2 4 10 -.200 32 2 1 1 0 13 0 1 1 1 1 4.5
Sep 22 Dartmouth W, 3-1 1 4 5 1 15 .267 27 1 2 7 0 12 0 3 1 3 1 7.5
Sep 26 St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 8 .250 17 2 1 0 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Sep 27 Long Island W, 3-1 1 4 6 4 23 .087 29 0 1 2 0 10 0 2 0 2 1 7.0
Sep 29 at UMass Lowell L, 3-0 1 3 2 1 7 .143 25 2 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 1 1 4.5
Oct 3 at FDU W, 3-0 1 3 7 1 14 .429 28 0 1 0 0 11 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Oct 4 at Sacred Heart L, 3-2 1 5 5 2 13 .231 25 1 1 - 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Oct 10 Central Connecticut W, 3-0 1 3 4 1 7 .429 37 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 2 4.5
Oct 13 Holy Cross W, 3-1 1 4 3 1 10 .200 59 0 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 3 1 4.5
Oct 17 Robert Morris W, 3-1 1 4 4 4 16 .000 45 2 1 0 0 11 0 1 0 1 1 6.5
Oct 18 Saint Francis U W, 3-1 1 4 1 0 4 .250 62 0 0 0 0 14 0 3 0 3 0 2.5
Oct 24 at St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-1 1 4 2 2 5 .000 41 1 0 1 1 7 0 2 1 2 0 4.0
Oct 25 at Long Island L, 3-0 1 3 5 2 13 .231 22 1 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 2 6.0
Oct 31 FDU W, 3-1 1 4 6 0 14 .429 51 2 1 0 0 16 0 3 0 3 2 9.5
Nov 1 Sacred Heart W, 3-2 1 5 3 0 10 .300 45 1 0 0 0 18 0 4 0 4 0 6.0
Nov 6 at Central Connecticut W, 3-1 1 4 1 1 8 .000 50 1 1 0 0 9 0 6 0 6 0 5.0
Nov 14 at Robert Morris L, 3-2 1 5 3 1 18 .111 47 1 0 0 0 19 1 4 1 5 0 7.0
Nov 15 at Saint Francis U L, 3-0 1 3 4 3 15 .067 28 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 2 5.0
Nov 21 vs. #2 Robert Morris L, 3-1 1 4 2 1 7 .143 44 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 2 2.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2014-15 34 127 120 0.94 55 380 .171 1004 7.91 21 0.17 25 1 324 2.55 4 63 67 0.53 176.5 1.4
2015-16 33 124 163 1.31 65 471 .208 1034 8.34 33 0.27 25 7 339 2.73 1 55 56 0.45 224.5 1.8
2016-17 33 119 151 1.27 48 409 .252 868 7.29 35 0.29 23 2 338 2.84 2 26 28 0.24 201.0 1.7
Total 100 370 434 1.17 168 1260 .211 2906 7.85 89 0.24 73 10 1001 2.71 7 144 151 0.41 602.0 1.6
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 33 124 163 1.31 65 471 .208 1034 8.34 33 0.27 25 7 339 2.73 1 55 56 0.45 224.5 1.8
Conference 14 54 53 0.98 21 168 .190 527 9.76 13 0.24 3 2 156 2.89 1 29 30 0.56 81.5 1.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 14 53 76 1.43 20 206 .272 493 9.30 13 0.25 16 2 145 2.74 0 31 31 0.58 104.5 2.0
Away 12 46 54 1.17 25 168 .173 363 7.89 12 0.26 3 3 121 2.63 1 18 19 0.41 76.0 1.7
Neutral 7 25 33 1.32 20 97 .134 178 7.12 8 0.32 6 2 73 2.92 0 6 6 0.24 44.0 1.8
Result Wins 19 71 99 1.39 29 263 .266 666 9.38 17 0.24 22 5 189 2.66 0 43 43 0.61 137.5 1.9
Losses 14 53 64 1.21 36 208 .135 368 6.94 16 0.30 3 2 150 2.83 1 12 13 0.25 87.0 1.6
Month August 3 12 32 2.67 5 67 .403 74 6.17 2 0.17 4 0 30 2.50 0 8 8 0.67 38.0 3.2
September 16 57 81 1.42 41 250 .160 376 6.60 20 0.35 18 3 153 2.68 0 18 18 0.32 110.0 1.9
October 9 34 37 1.09 13 96 .250 370 10.88 7 0.21 3 4 84 2.47 0 15 15 0.44 51.5 1.5
November 5 21 13 0.62 6 58 .121 214 10.19 4 0.19 0 0 72 3.43 1 14 15 0.71 25.0 1.2

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Vika Nesterov action photo 1

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