Ally Lunsford
16 Ally Lunsford
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Minneola, Fla.
  • High School:
    Lake Minneola
  • Position:
    MB
  • m
    26
  • k/s
    2.11
  • h %
    .329
  • a/s
    0.11
  • b/s
    0.84
  • sa/s
    0.12
  • d/s
    0.33

Bio

As a junior: Appeared in 85 sets in 26 matches, earning 21 starts ... Finished with a team-high 71.0 blocks, including seven solo rejections ... Totaled 179 kills (2.11 per set), nine assists, 10 aces and 28 digs ... Tallied double-digit kills on five occasions and at least one block in 24 matches ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll.

As a sophomore: Appeared in all 33 matches, earning 31 starts ... Totaled 155 kills while posting the first 100-block season of her career, finishing the year with 108 (0.91/set) ... Posted 10 solo blocks and 98 block assists, including two eight-stuff performances against Dartmouth and Sacred Heart ... Ranked seventh in the league and second on the squad in hitting percentage (.251) ... Served up 19 aces ... Added 46 digs and totalled 233 points (1.96/set).

As a freshman: Appeared in 30 matches as a rookie, earning 29 starts ... Totalled 160 kills while leading the team at the net with 94 blocks (10 solo, 84 assists) ... Posted nine stuffs twice ... Hit double-digit kills on two occasions ... Added three aces and 21 digs ... Averaged 2.09 poinst per set ... NEC Rookie of the Week ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll.

Before Bryant: Lunsford was a four-year varsity letterwinner and two-year starter at Lake Minneola High School ... Captained the Hawks in each of her final three years, leading them to back-to-back district championships in 2011 and 2012 ... Set a school record with 160 blocks ... Named the team's defensive MVP in 2010 ... TSVA Most Improved Player in 2009 and TSVA Most Spirited Player in 2010 ... AP Scholar with honors ... Summa Cum Laude ... National Honor Society member ... Plays club for Top Select.

Personal: Daughter of David Lunsford and Diana Lunsford Turner, Alexandra Noel Lunsford was born Dec. 22, 1995.

Career Game Highs
Kills: 14 vs. UMass Lowell, 8/29/14
Assists: 1, 17 times (last at FDU, 11/13/16)
Aces: 4 vs. Iona, 8/29/15
Digs: 6 vs. Saint Francis U., 10/22/16
Blocks: 9, three times (last vs. UMass Lowell, 10/5/16)

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 26 11
Sets 85 34
Kills 179 70
Kills per set 2.11 2.06
Errors 54 25
Total Attacks 380 148
Hitting Percentage .329 .304
Assists 9 2
Assists per set 0.11 0.06
Service Aces 10 4
Service Errors 16 11
Service Aces per set 0.12 0.12
Receptions 7 1
Reception Errors 1 0
Digs 28 15
Digs per set 0.33 0.44
Block Solo 7 1
Block Assist 64 22
Block Total 71 23
Blocks per set 0.84 0.68
Block Errors 4 1
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 228.0 86.0
Points per set 2.7 2.5
Matches started 21 9
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 1 3 6 3 10 .300 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Aug 26 Hartford W, 3-0 1 3 8 0 13 .615 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 4 0 10.5
Aug 27 Rider W, 3-0 1 3 9 2 16 .438 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 1 11.5
Aug 27 Rutgers L, 3-0 1 3 6 3 15 .200 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 3 0 8.5
Aug 31 at Quinnipiac L, 3-0 1 3 5 2 13 .231 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
Sep 2 vs. UMass Lowell L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 2 vs. Fairfield L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 3 at Brown L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 6 New Hampshire W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 vs. SIUE L, 3-1 - 4 8 1 20 .350 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
Sep 10 at Columbia L, 3-1 1 4 7 1 16 .375 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 8.5
Sep 10 vs. Manhattan W, 3-0 1 3 10 1 15 .600 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 11.0
Sep 13 at Holy Cross W, 3-0 1 3 7 2 14 .357 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 9.5
Sep 16 at George Mason W, 3-1 1 4 10 2 21 .381 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 5 0 12.5
Sep 17 vs. Loyola W, 3-0 1 2 4 1 8 .375 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 17 vs. Hampton W, 3-0 - 3 8 1 11 .636 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 9.5
Sep 20 at Providence L, 3-2 1 5 5 3 27 .074 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 8.5
Sep 24 at Saint Francis U W, 3-1 1 4 10 3 16 .438 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 11.5
Sep 25 at Robert Morris W, 3-1 1 4 8 1 19 .368 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 9.5
Sep 30 at Central Connecticut L, 3-0 1 3 8 3 14 .357 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 9.5
Oct 5 UMass Lowell W, 3-2 1 5 10 4 15 .400 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 8 0 9 0 16.0
Oct 8 Sacred Heart L, 3-0 1 3 5 1 11 .364 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Oct 9 FDU W, 3-0 1 2 2 1 6 .167 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Oct 15 at Long Island L, 3-1 1 4 6 6 20 .000 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 7.0
Oct 16 at St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-0 1 3 6 2 9 .444 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
Oct 19 at Dartmouth L, 3-1 - 3 6 3 18 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 8.0
Oct 22 Saint Francis U W, 3-1 1 4 10 2 19 .421 1 0 1 0 0 6 1 2 0 3 0 12.0
Oct 23 Robert Morris W, 3-2 1 4 9 4 21 .238 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 11.5
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 - 1 1 0 3 .333 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Nov 13 at FDU W, 3-1 - 2 5 2 10 .300 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Nov 19 vs. #2 LIU Brooklyn L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  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 30 103 160 1.55 79 438 .185 6 0.06 3 0.03 3 0 21 0.20 10 84 94 0.91 215.0 2.1
2015-16 33 119 155 1.30 54 397 .254 2 0.02 19 0.16 14 1 46 0.39 10 98 108 0.91 233.0 2.0
2016-17 26 85 179 2.11 54 380 .329 9 0.11 10 0.12 7 1 28 0.33 7 64 71 0.84 228.0 2.7
2017-18 27 103 233 2.26 62 580 .295 4 0.04 1 0.01 4 2 34 0.33 9 80 89 0.86 283.0 2.7
Total 116 410 727 1.77 249 1795 .266 21 0.05 33 0.08 28 4 129 0.31 36 326 362 0.88 959.0 2.3
    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 26 85 179 2.11 54 380 .329 9 0.11 10 0.12 7 1 28 0.33 7 64 71 0.84 228.0 2.7
Conference 11 34 70 2.06 25 148 .304 2 0.06 4 0.12 1 0 15 0.44 1 22 23 0.68 86.0 2.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 9 30 65 2.17 20 126 .357 3 0.10 8 0.27 1 0 18 0.60 3 25 28 0.93 88.5 3.0
Away 13 43 84 1.95 30 200 .270 4 0.09 2 0.05 1 0 7 0.16 4 33 37 0.86 106.5 2.5
Neutral 4 12 30 2.50 4 54 .481 2 0.17 0 0.00 5 1 3 0.25 0 6 6 0.50 33.0 2.8
Result Wins 15 49 116 2.37 28 213 .413 6 0.12 6 0.12 5 1 21 0.43 4 43 47 0.96 147.5 3.0
Losses 11 36 63 1.75 26 167 .222 3 0.08 4 0.11 2 0 7 0.19 3 21 24 0.67 80.5 2.2
Month August 5 15 34 2.27 10 67 .358 3 0.20 4 0.27 0 0 4 0.27 1 14 15 1.00 46.0 3.1
September 11 39 85 2.18 19 181 .365 4 0.10 1 0.03 6 1 8 0.21 3 27 30 0.77 102.5 2.6
October 8 28 54 1.93 23 119 .261 1 0.04 5 0.18 1 0 16 0.57 3 21 24 0.86 72.5 2.6
November 2 3 6 2.00 2 13 .308 1 0.33 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 2 0.67 7.0 2.3

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