2017 (Freshman)
NEC Academic Honor Roll selection … Appeared in 33 matches and 123 sets for the Bulldogs … Led the Bulldogs with 477 digs (3.98 per set) … Totaled 113 assists (0.92 per set) and 24 aces (0.20 per set … 24 matches of 10 or more digs and nine of 20 or more … Averaged 6.00 digs per set in the opening weekend of the season to earn Molten/NEC Rookie of the Week honors … Posted dig totals of 21 (Stony Brook) and 23 (Brown) in the second day of the Hampton Inn-vitational (9/9) … The 23 digs in the win over Brown were a career-high, matched a week later in the win over Binghamton (9/16) … Notched a career-high four aces in the victory over LIU Brooklyn (9/23) … Tallied 22 digs and a career-high 12 assists in the win over Fairleigh Dickinson (10/6) … Closed the year with 20-dig performances against Saint Francis U (11/11) and Central Connecticut (11/17).
Before Bryant
Ward was a three-year varsity letterwinner and two-year starter at Stoney Creek High School … Helped the program earn its first-ever Oakland Athletic Association (OAA) Red Division title and first appearance in the district finals in 2015 … Team returned to the district finals in 2016 … Led the Cougars to 2016 Rochester City Cup Championship … Holds school records for digs in a career (1,312) and digs in a season (741) … Named a 2017 Ultra Ankle JVA All-National Team pick, recognizing the top JVA players in the nation ... Named an all-state second team selection as a senior … All-state honorable mention as a junior … Two-time all-region pick (2015, 2016) … 2015 and 2016 All-OAA Red Division nod … Earned MVP award as a senior … Two-time captain … Four-time OAA Scholar-Athlete … National Honor Society member … Played club for Michigan Elite Volleyball Academy … High school and club teammate of fellow Bulldog Mackenzie Wild.
Personal
Daughter of Angela and Jim Ward … Has one brother, Evan, and one sister, Alexa.
Career Single-Match Highs
Kills: 1, 2x, last vs. Central Connecticut 11/17/17
Assists: 12, at Fairleigh Dickinson, 10/6/17
Aces: 4, 2x, last vs. Fairleigh Dickinson, 11/3/17
Digs: 23, 2x, last vs. Binghamton, 9/16/17
Blocks: --
  | Overall | Conf | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Matches | 33 | 14 | ||
Sets | 123 | 56 | ||
Kills | 2 | 0 | ||
Kills per set | 0.02 | 0.00 | ||
Errors | 4 | 1 | ||
Total Attacks | 9 | 2 | ||
Hitting Percentage | -.222 | -.500 | ||
Assists | 113 | 65 | ||
Assists per set | 0.92 | 1.16 | ||
Service Aces | 24 | 17 | ||
Service Errors | 16 | 7 | ||
Service Aces per set | 0.20 | 0.30 | ||
Receptions | 592 | 173 | ||
Reception Errors | 25 | 9 | ||
Digs | 477 | 201 | ||
Digs per set | 3.88 | 3.59 | ||
Block Solo | 0 | 0 | ||
Block Assist | 0 | 0 | ||
Block Total | 0 | 0 | ||
Blocks per set | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
Block Errors | 0 | 0 | ||
Ball Handling Errors | 1 | 0 | ||
Points | 26.0 | 17.0 | ||
Points per set | 0.2 | 0.3 | ||
Matches started | 1 | 1 |
Date | Opponent | Score | ms | s | k | e | ta | pct | a | sa | se | r | re | digs | bs | ba | be | tot | bhe | pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 25 | vs. Drake | L, 3-1 | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
Aug 26 | vs. UC Riverside | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Aug 26 | vs. Cal St. Fullerton | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Aug 29 | Quinnipiac | W, 3-1 | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -.500 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
Sep 1 | vs. North Texas | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Sep 1 | at Boston College | L, 3-2 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
Sep 2 | vs. Princeton | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
Sep 5 | at New Hampshire | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Sep 8 | Manhattan | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.000 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
Sep 9 | Stony Brook | W, 3-1 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
Sep 9 | Brown | W, 3-2 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Sep 12 | Holy Cross | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.000 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Sep 15 | vs. Syracuse | W, 3-2 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Sep 16 | at Hofstra | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Sep 16 | vs. Binghamton | W, 3-1 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Sep 19 | Providence | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Sep 22 | St. Francis Brooklyn | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
Sep 23 | Long Island | W, 3-2 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 |
Sep 26 | at UMass Lowell | L, 3-0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Sep 29 | Central Connecticut | W, 3-1 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Oct 6 | at FDU | W, 3-1 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 12 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
Oct 7 | at Sacred Heart | W, 3-2 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
Oct 13 | Robert Morris | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 8 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
Oct 14 | Saint Francis U | L, 3-2 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
Oct 20 | at Central Connecticut | L, 3-2 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Oct 24 | at Hartford | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Oct 27 | at St. Francis Brooklyn | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Oct 28 | at Long Island | L, 3-1 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Nov 3 | FDU | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.000 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 |
Nov 4 | Sacred Heart | W, 3-2 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Nov 10 | at Robert Morris | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
Nov 11 | at Saint Francis U | W, 3-1 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Nov 17 | vs. No. 3 Central Connecticut | L, 3-2 | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017-18 | 33 | 123 | 2 | 0.02 | 4 | 9 | -.222 | 113 | 0.92 | 24 | 0.20 | 592 | 25 | 477 | 3.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 26.0 | 0.2 |
2018-19 | 33 | 129 | 2 | 0.02 | 1 | 9 | .111 | 169 | 1.31 | 33 | 0.26 | 567 | 28 | 556 | 4.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 35.0 | 0.3 |
2019-20 | 31 | 103 | 1 | 0.01 | 2 | 19 | -.053 | 123 | 1.19 | 25 | 0.24 | 525 | 15 | 379 | 3.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 26.0 | 0.3 |
2020-21 | 11 | 43 | 2 | 0.05 | 0 | 9 | .222 | 36 | 0.84 | 6 | 0.14 | 189 | 5 | 223 | 5.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8.0 | 0.2 |
Total | 108 | 398 | 7 | 0.02 | 7 | 46 | .000 | 441 | 1.11 | 88 | 0.22 | 1873 | 73 | 1635 | 4.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 95.0 | 0.2 |
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 | 123 | 2 | 0.02 | 4 | 9 | -.222 | 113 | 0.92 | 24 | 0.20 | 592 | 25 | 477 | 3.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 26.0 | 0.2 |
Conference | 14 | 56 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | -.500 | 65 | 1.16 | 17 | 0.30 | 173 | 9 | 201 | 3.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 17.0 | 0.3 | |
Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Location | Home | 13 | 50 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 6 | -.667 | 47 | 0.94 | 17 | 0.34 | 237 | 9 | 183 | 3.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 17.0 | 0.3 |
Away | 12 | 43 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | - | 47 | 1.09 | 5 | 0.12 | 183 | 10 | 148 | 3.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | 0.1 | |
Neutral | 8 | 30 | 2 | 0.07 | 0 | 3 | .667 | 19 | 0.63 | 2 | 0.07 | 172 | 6 | 146 | 4.87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.0 | 0.1 | |
Result | Wins | 21 | 79 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 5 | -.800 | 81 | 1.03 | 19 | 0.24 | 361 | 16 | 300 | 3.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 19.0 | 0.2 |
Losses | 12 | 44 | 2 | 0.05 | 0 | 4 | .500 | 32 | 0.73 | 5 | 0.11 | 231 | 9 | 177 | 4.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.0 | 0.2 | |
Month | August | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0.07 | 1 | 4 | .000 | 8 | 0.57 | 1 | 0.07 | 104 | 5 | 79 | 5.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | 0.1 |
September | 16 | 57 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | -1.000 | 45 | 0.79 | 11 | 0.19 | 333 | 11 | 212 | 3.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 11.0 | 0.2 | |
October | 8 | 32 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 42 | 1.31 | 5 | 0.16 | 109 | 6 | 111 | 3.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | 0.2 | |
November | 5 | 20 | 1 | 0.05 | 1 | 2 | .000 | 18 | 0.90 | 7 | 0.35 | 46 | 3 | 75 | 3.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8.0 | 0.4 |
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