Sara DePouw
6 Sara DePouw
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Oconto, Wis.
  • High School:
    Oconto
  • Position:
    OH
  • m
    30
  • k/s
    2.58
  • h %
    .179
  • a/s
    0.12
  • b/s
    0.32
  • sa/s
    0.13
  • d/s
    0.99

Bio

As a senior: Appeared in all 30 matches, making 23 starts in her senior season ... Finished second on the team in kills (250), points (278.5) and points per set (2.87) ... Totaled 13 aces and 96 digs, finishing with a season-high three aces at Hampton (Sept. 17) ... Registered double-digit kills on 11 occasions ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll and the NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

As a junior: Redshirt.

As a sophomore: Appeared in and started 30 matches in her second season ... Finishing second on the team in kills (265) and blocks (81) and points (324) while leading the squad in attack percentage (.251) ... Added 16 aces and 75 digs while averaging just under three points per set ... Registered double-digit kills 16 times, including a career-high 17 in a five-set loss to Robert Morris Oct. 5 ... Named to the Bryant Hampton Inn-vitational and Akron Invitational All-Tournament Teams ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll and the NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

As a freshman: Appeared in all but one out of the 33 matches in 2013 … Finished second on the team with 235 kills, 2.14 kills per set, 305.5 points, and .72 blocks per set … Lead the Bulldogs in hitting percentage with .251 and in total blocks with 79 (6 solo, 73 assisted) …  Recorded 14 assists, 28 service aces and 118 digs during her first freshman campaign … Set her career-highs with 15 kills vs. Holy Cross on Oct. 8, with seven total blocks on Oct. 13 vs. Robert Morris, and with 11 digs vs. Fairleigh Dickinson on Nov. 9, posting her first double-double in the match as well … Named to NEC Academic Honor Roll and the NEC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Before Bryant: DePouw was a four-year varsity letterwinner and three-year starting middle at Oconto High School … Led the Blue Devils to three-straight regional championships sophomore through senior year … As a senior, DePouw helped Oconto to a Packerland Conference title, a regional championship and a sectional championship before taking her team all the way to the state championship game in a 37-2 season … Earned co-conference player of the year honors as a junior in 2011 and repeated the honor as the only winner in 2012 … 2012 Green Bay Press Gazette Player of the Year … Division III first team all-state selection and all-division second team nod as a senior … Three-time first team all-conference pick … First team all-area selection as a junior and senior and honorable mention honoree as a sophomore … Won her team's Offensive Player Award as a sophomore and junior … Named the team's Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior … Three-year team captain … Holds state tournament records for kills in a four-set match (all divisions) and service aces in a four-set match (Division III) … Also a two-year varsity letterwinner in basketball and softball as a freshman and sophomore … Second team all-conference and all-area honorable mention pick in basketball as a sophomore … Second team all-conference first baseman and Coaches Award winner in softball as a sophomore … Currently ranked first in class … High honor roll student … National Honor Society member … Played club for Wisconsin Volleyball Academy.

Personal: Daughter of Julie and Pete DePouw, Sara Marie DePouw was born Nov. 7, 1994 … Has one brother, Ryan, who plays basketball at Lawrence University.

Career Game Highs
Kills: 17 vs. Robert Morris (Oct. 5, 2014)
Assists: 3, twice (last at Brown Sept. 3, 2016)
Aces: 5 at Brown (Sept. 14, 2013)
Digs: 11 at Fairleigh Dickinson (Nov. 9, 2013)
Blocks: 9 vs. Holy Cross (Oct. 8, 2013)

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 28 Central Connecticut W, 3-1
Nov 5 Long Island W, 3-0
Nov 6 St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-0
Nov 12 at Sacred Heart L, 3-0
Nov 13 at FDU W, 3-1
Nov 19 vs. #2 LIU Brooklyn L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 30 13
Sets 97 43
Kills 250 120
Kills per set 2.58 2.79
Errors 122 56
Total Attacks 717 347
Hitting Percentage .179 .184
Assists 12 5
Assists per set 0.12 0.12
Service Aces 13 6
Service Errors 23 12
Service Aces per set 0.13 0.14
Receptions 140 50
Reception Errors 10 3
Digs 96 50
Digs per set 0.99 1.16
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 31 14
Block Total 31 14
Blocks per set 0.32 0.33
Block Errors 2 1
Ball Handling Errors 3 2
Points 278.5 133.0
Points per set 2.9 3.1
Matches started 23 11
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 26 St. John's L, 3-0 - 3 6 5 22 .045 0 0 2 9 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
Aug 26 Hartford W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 27 Rider W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 27 Rutgers L, 3-0 - 3 5 3 16 .125 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Aug 31 at Quinnipiac L, 3-0 - 3 13 3 23 .435 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 14.0
Sep 2 vs. UMass Lowell L, 3-2 1 5 12 6 26 .231 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 14.0
Sep 2 vs. Fairfield L, 3-0 1 3 7 3 12 .333 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Sep 3 at Brown L, 3-1 1 4 5 3 23 .087 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 5.0
Sep 6 New Hampshire W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 vs. SIUE L, 3-1 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.5
Sep 10 at Columbia L, 3-1 1 4 13 3 35 .286 1 1 1 18 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Sep 10 vs. Manhattan W, 3-0 1 3 15 4 36 .306 0 1 0 5 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 16.0
Sep 13 at Holy Cross W, 3-0 1 3 12 0 24 .500 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 13.5
Sep 16 at George Mason W, 3-1 1 4 9 8 27 .037 0 0 2 13 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 10.0
Sep 17 vs. Loyola W, 3-0 1 3 6 4 22 .091 0 0 0 8 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Sep 17 vs. Hampton W, 3-0 1 2 7 1 12 .500 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Sep 20 at Providence L, 3-2 1 4 8 9 44 -.023 0 0 1 19 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
Sep 24 at Saint Francis U W, 3-1 - 3 4 0 8 .500 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.0
Sep 25 at Robert Morris W, 3-1 1 4 12 7 33 .152 1 0 1 18 0 4 0 2 1 2 0 13.0
Sep 30 at Central Connecticut L, 3-0 1 3 8 6 33 .061 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Oct 5 UMass Lowell W, 3-2 - 1 0 1 3 -.333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 8 Sacred Heart L, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 9 FDU W, 3-0 1 3 10 1 19 .474 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Oct 15 at Long Island L, 3-1 1 3 7 4 27 .111 1 0 1 4 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Oct 16 at St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-0 1 3 8 2 18 .333 0 0 1 7 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
Oct 19 at Dartmouth L, 3-1 1 4 6 6 24 .000 0 0 0 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Oct 22 Saint Francis U W, 3-1 1 4 14 8 47 .128 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 15.5
Oct 23 Robert Morris W, 3-2 1 5 15 7 39 .205 1 1 1 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 16.0
Oct 28 Central Connecticut W, 3-1 1 4 16 9 41 .171 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 2 1 18.0
Nov 5 Long Island W, 3-0 1 3 8 4 28 .143 1 1 2 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
Nov 6 St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-0 1 3 11 5 27 .222 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Nov 12 at Sacred Heart L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 13 at FDU W, 3-1 1 4 7 3 27 .148 0 1 1 1 0 7 0 3 0 3 0 9.5
Nov 19 vs. #2 LIU Brooklyn L, 3-1 1 4 6 7 21 -.048 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
  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
2013-14 32 110 235 2.14 96 554 .251 14 0.13 28 0.25 77 6 118 1.07 6 73 79 0.72 305.5 2.8
2014-15 30 111 265 2.39 98 665 .251 11 0.10 16 0.14 56 3 75 0.68 5 76 81 0.73 324.0 2.9
2015-16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2016-17 30 97 250 2.58 122 717 .179 12 0.12 13 0.13 140 10 96 0.99 0 31 31 0.32 278.5 2.9
Total 92 318 750 2.36 316 1936 .224 37 0.12 57 0.18 273 19 289 0.91 11 180 191 0.60 908.0 2.9
    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 30 97 250 2.58 122 717 .179 12 0.12 13 0.13 140 10 96 0.99 0 31 31 0.32 278.5 2.9
Conference 13 43 120 2.79 56 347 .184 5 0.12 6 0.14 50 3 50 1.16 0 14 14 0.33 133.0 3.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 10 30 85 2.83 43 242 .174 3 0.10 5 0.17 32 1 28 0.93 0 10 10 0.33 95.0 3.2
Away 13 46 112 2.43 54 346 .168 7 0.15 3 0.07 93 8 54 1.17 0 12 12 0.26 121.0 2.6
Neutral 7 21 53 2.52 25 129 .217 2 0.10 5 0.24 15 1 14 0.67 0 9 9 0.43 62.5 3.0
Result Wins 16 52 154 2.96 64 411 .219 4 0.08 11 0.21 73 3 60 1.15 0 19 19 0.37 174.5 3.4
Losses 14 45 96 2.13 58 306 .124 8 0.18 2 0.04 67 7 36 0.80 0 12 12 0.27 104.0 2.3
Month August 3 9 24 2.67 11 61 .213 1 0.11 0 0.00 14 0 7 0.78 0 4 4 0.44 26.0 2.9
September 14 46 118 2.57 54 335 .191 7 0.15 6 0.13 84 6 44 0.96 0 15 15 0.33 131.5 2.9
October 9 28 76 2.71 38 218 .174 3 0.11 3 0.11 39 4 28 1.00 0 6 6 0.21 82.0 2.9
November 4 14 32 2.29 19 103 .126 1 0.07 4 0.29 3 0 17 1.21 0 6 6 0.43 39.0 2.8

News Mentions

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DePouw featured in Green Bay Press-Gazette

GREEN BAY – Sara DePouw is used to acing tests. The Oconto native made the adjustment to living across the country in Rhode Island for...

January 24, 2017

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Looking Back: Bulldogs post record-setting season in 2016

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January 12, 2017

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Tournament Time: #3 Bulldogs take on #2 LIU Brooklyn Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

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November 18, 2016

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Bulldogs top FDU in regular-season finale, secure No. 3 seed in NEC Tournament

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November 13, 2016

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DePouw powers Bulldogs to 3-0 win on Senior Day as Bryant secures postseason berth

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Led by a match-best 11 kills from senior Sara DePouw (Oconto, Wis.), the Bryant University volleyball team solidified its...

November 6, 2016

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Sperry, Bulldogs sweep LIU Brooklyn, 3-0, Saturday afternoon at home

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November 5, 2016

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Bulldogs fight for postseason berth in final home weekend of regular season, celebrate Senior Day Sunday

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November 4, 2016

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Team effort takes down CCSU, 3-1, Friday at home

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October 28, 2016

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Flynn sets new program kills record, Bulldogs complete sweep of Robert Morris with 3-2 win

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Sophomore outside hitter Julia Flynn (Pembroke, Mass.) set a new all-time program record Sunday, hammering home 34 kills...

October 23, 2016

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Bulldogs complete sweep of Saint Francis U. with 3-1 home win Saturday

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Senior Sara DePouw (Oconto, Wis.) led the Bryant University volleyball team with 14 kills while Kirstyn Sperry (Phoenix,...

October 22, 2016

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Flynn leads Bulldogs to straight-set victory over St. Francis Brooklyn Sunday

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Sophomore Julia Flynn (Pembroke, Mass.) once again paced the Black and Gold offense Sunday afternoon, as the Bryant...

October 19, 2016

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Bulldogs conclude non-league action at Dartmouth Wednesday night (7p)

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October 19, 2016

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Bryant drops final non-conference bout, 3-1, to Dartmouth Wednesday

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Sophomore Julia Flynn (Pembroke, Mass.) paced the match with 13 kills but the Bryant University volleyball team could not...

October 19, 2016

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Bulldogs spend weekend in Brooklyn, taking on LIU Saturday and St. Francis Sunday

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October 14, 2016

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Bulldogs rebound at home, down Knights in straight sets Sunday

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October 9, 2016

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Bulldogs host conference matches in busy weekend against Pioneers and Knights

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October 7, 2016

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Bulldogs return home for the first time in a month, host River Hawks Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.

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October 4, 2016

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Bulldogs look to stay perfect in NEC play, take on CCSU Friday at 6 p.m.

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September 30, 2016

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Blue Devils hand Bulldogs first NEC loss, 3-0, Friday night

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Senior setter Vika Katzen (Kfar Saba, Israel) recorded her fourth-straight double-double but Central Connecticut was too...

September 30, 2016

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Bulldogs stay perfect in opening weekend of NEC action with 3-1 win over Robert Morris Sunday

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September 25, 2016

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Sperry posts second triple-double of season, Bulldogs drop 3-2 heatbreaker to Friars Tuesday night

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September 20, 2016

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Bulldogs win Mason Invitational with Saturday sweep, trio named to all-tournament team

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University volleyball team completed its sweep through the Mason Invitational Saturday, earning a pair of 3-0...

September 17, 2016

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Bryant heads south for Mason Invitational Friday and Saturday

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University volleyball team heads south for a three-match set at the Mason Invitational Friday and Saturday,...

September 16, 2016

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Setters pick up double-doubles, Lunsford hits double digits as Bulldogs take down host Patriots Friday at Mason Invitational

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Junior Ally Lunsford (Minneola, Fla.) posted 10 kills and a match-best five blocks while setters Vika Katzen (Kfar Saba,...

September 16, 2016

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Bulldogs earn dominant three-set win at Holy Cross

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Led by 12 kills and a .500 hitting percentage from senior Sara DePouw (Oconto, Wisc.), the Bryant University women’...

September 13, 2016

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DePouw, Vendituoli lead Bryant to Saturday split, take 3-0 win over Manhattan in nightcap

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Senior captain Sara DePouw (Oconto, Wis.) averaged four kills per set to lead the Bryant University volleyball team to a...

September 10, 2016

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Bulldogs host UNH in only September home match Tuesday at 7 p.m.

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University volleyball team returns to the Chace Athletic Center for its only September home match Tuesday...

September 6, 2016

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Bulldogs drop pair of games Friday in Worcester

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University volleyball team dropped a pair of matches on Friday at the Crusader Classic, falling to UMass...

September 2, 2016

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Bobcats take 3-0 victory over Bulldogs Wednesday night

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Despite a match-best 13 kills from senior captain Sara DePouw (Oconto, Wis.), the Bryant University volleyball team...

August 31, 2016

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Bulldogs battle, fall to Rutgers, 3-0, in Hampton Inn-vitational finale

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University volleyball team battled Big Ten-built Rutgers for three sets but could not come up with the...

August 27, 2016

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Sperry's first-career triple-double headlines Bulldog split in Hampton Inn-vitational

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Sophomore Kirstyn Sperry (Phoenix, Ariz.) needed just three sets to register the first triple-double of her career,...

August 26, 2016

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Bulldogs look to return to postseason in 2016, open action with Hampton Inn-vitational Friday

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – A year after the most successful season in the program’s Division I history, the Bryant University volleyball team...

August 24, 2016

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