Caroline Kennedy
2 Caroline Kennedy
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
  • High School:
    JSerra Catholic
  • Position:
    OH/OPP
  • m
    32
  • k/s
    2.64
  • h %
    .282
  • a/s
    0.05
  • b/s
    0.52
  • sa/s
    0.00
  • d/s
    0.38

Bio

2019 (Sophomore)
Second-team All-NEC selection … Appeared in all 32 matches and 111 of 113 sets … Second on the team in kills per set (2.67) while recording a team-best .282 hitting percentage … Ninth in the conference in kills per set … Her .332 hitting percentage in NEC matches ranked sixth in the conference, while her 3.02 kills per set placed seventh … Added 0.52 blocks per set … Collected double-digit kills in 14 matches, including 10 of 16 NEC contests … Hit .356 with 2.77 kills and 0.73 blocks per set in October … Season-high 17 kills in three straight matches from 11/1-11/8 … Season-best five blocks in the wins over Central Connecticut and Long Island in October … Added 14 kills against the Blue Devils and 12 in Brooklyn against the Sharks …  Double-digit kills in non-conference wins over North Dakota and Providence … Eight matches of 3+ blocks.

2018 (Freshman)
Second-team All-NEC selection … Twice named Molten/NEC Rookie of the Week (Sept. 4 & 10) … Named Hampton Inn-vitational MVP … Appeared in all 35 matches and 138 of 139 sets … Set Bryant Division I single-season record for kills with 409 … Recorded 2.96 kills per set on a .215 hitting percentage … Added 0.86 digs and 0.43 blocks per set … Tallied 24 matches of 10+ kills … Posted career-best 20-kill efforts against Charlotte (Aug. 31) and Hartford (Sept. 25) … Notched three double-doubles in kills and digs (Central Michigan, Charlotte, Marist) … 15+ kills in all three matches at the Rose Hill Classic (Aug. 31-Sept. 1) … Hit .500 twice at the Hampton Inn-vitational, in wins over Middle Tennessee (Sept. 7) and Quinnipiac (Sept. 8) … Hit .458 in a road sweep of Fairleigh Dickinson (Nov. 3) … Tallied 16 kills on a .500 hitting percentage against St. Francis Brooklyn (Nov. 10) … 11 kills in the NEC semifinal win over Central Connecticut (Nov. 16).

Before Bryant
Four-year letterwinner at JSerra Catholic High School … First-team all-league, team MVP and led Trinity League with 355 kills as a senior … Second-team all-league as a junior … Played her club volleyball for Laguna Beach Volleyball Club. 

Personal
Daughter of Laura and Tom Kennedy ... Has two sisters, Katy and Cailin.

Career Single-Match Highs
Kills: 20, 2x, last at Hartford, 9/25/18
Assists: 2, 2x, last at Central Connecticut, 11/15/19
Aces: 3, vs. Central Michigan, 8/25/18
Digs: 14, vs. Marist, 8/31/18
Blocks: 5, 3x, last at Long Island, 10/19/19

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 26 St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-0
Nov 1 at Robert Morris L, 3-1
Nov 2 at Saint Francis U W, 3-1
Nov 8 LIU L, 3-2
Nov 15 at Central Connecticut L, 3-1
Nov 16 at Sacred Heart L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 32 16
Sets 112 59
Kills 296 175
Kills per set 2.64 2.97
Errors 104 49
Total Attacks 680 379
Hitting Percentage .282 .332
Assists 6 4
Assists per set 0.05 0.07
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 1 1
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 14 10
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 42 27
Digs per set 0.38 0.46
Block Solo 4 3
Block Assist 54 31
Block Total 58 34
Blocks per set 0.52 0.58
Block Errors 14 7
Ball Handling Errors 1 1
Points 327.0 193.5
Points per set 2.9 3.3
Matches started 24 13
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 30 vs. San Diego State L, 3-0 - 3 4 5 16 -.063 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Aug 31 at FGCU L, 3-0 - 3 7 6 17 .059 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Aug 31 vs. Akron L, 3-1 - 4 15 5 36 .278 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 16.5
Sep 3 at New Hampshire L, 3-0 - 3 5 6 18 -.056 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 6.5
Sep 6 North Dakota W, 3-0 1 3 11 1 17 .588 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Sep 7 Villanova L, 3-0 1 3 7 5 21 .095 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Sep 7 Marist W, 3-0 1 3 7 2 12 .417 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 8.0
Sep 10 Providence W, 3-1 1 4 10 1 18 .500 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Sep 13 vs. Kent State W, 3-2 - 4 2 4 14 -.143 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Sep 14 vs. Binghamton W, 3-0 1 3 8 2 18 .333 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
Sep 14 at Army West Point L, 3-0 1 3 7 4 20 .150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 7.5
Sep 17 Brown L, 3-0 1 3 3 3 17 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 4 0 5.0
Sep 20 vs. Boston College L, 3-0 1 3 7 3 18 .222 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 8.5
Sep 21 vs. UAlbany L, 3-0 1 3 5 3 15 .133 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6.0
Sep 21 at Rhode Island L, 3-2 1 5 14 4 31 .323 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Sep 24 Hartford L, 3-0 1 3 9 1 13 .615 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Sep 27 at FDU W, 3-0 1 3 12 1 18 .611 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Sep 28 at St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-2 - 5 12 7 36 .139 1 0 1 3 0 7 0 1 1 1 0 12.5
Oct 1 at Merrimack W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 7 .571 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 6.0
Oct 4 Robert Morris L, 3-0 1 3 13 3 25 .400 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Oct 5 Saint Francis U W, 3-0 1 3 11 0 15 .733 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Oct 11 Merrimack W, 3-0 1 3 6 3 14 .214 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Oct 12 Sacred Heart L, 3-0 1 3 7 3 23 .174 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 0 5 0 10.0
Oct 15 Central Connecticut W, 3-2 1 5 14 2 32 .375 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 5 0 16.5
Oct 19 at LIU W, 3-1 1 4 12 6 25 .240 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 5 0 14.5
Oct 25 FDU W, 3-0 1 3 7 3 12 .333 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Oct 26 St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-0 1 3 8 0 21 .381 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 9.5
Nov 1 at Robert Morris L, 3-1 1 4 17 6 38 .289 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 17.5
Nov 2 at Saint Francis U W, 3-1 - 4 17 4 33 .394 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 18.5
Nov 8 LIU L, 3-2 1 5 17 3 30 .467 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 18.0
Nov 15 at Central Connecticut L, 3-1 1 4 4 4 20 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4.5
Nov 16 at Sacred Heart L, 3-1 - 4 13 3 30 .333 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 14.5
  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
2018-19 35 138 409 2.96 181 1060 .215 10 0.07 9 0.07 229 14 119 0.86 4 55 59 0.43 449.5 3.3
2019-20 32 112 296 2.64 104 680 .282 6 0.05 0 0.00 14 0 42 0.38 4 54 58 0.52 327.0 2.9
2020-21 7 30 86 2.87 45 217 .189 4 0.13 1 0.03 0 0 19 0.63 1 31 32 1.07 103.5 3.5
2021-22 32 115 303 2.63 137 759 .219 11 0.10 2 0.02 8 2 99 0.86 2 62 64 0.56 338.0 2.9
2022-23 29 85 183 2.15 110 486 .150 5 0.06 0 0.00 0 0 52 0.61 2 49 51 0.60 209.5 2.5
Total 135 480 1277 2.66 577 3202 .219 36 0.07 12 0.03 251 16 331 0.69 13 251 264 0.55 1427.5 3.0
    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
Event Total 32 112 296 2.64 104 680 .282 6 0.05 0 0.00 14 0 42 0.38 4 54 58 0.52 327.0 2.9
Conference 16 59 175 2.97 49 379 .332 4 0.07 0 0.00 10 0 27 0.46 3 31 34 0.58 193.5 3.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 14 47 130 2.77 30 270 .370 0 0.00 0 0.00 7 0 16 0.34 2 23 25 0.53 143.5 3.1
Away 12 45 125 2.78 52 293 .249 5 0.11 0 0.00 3 0 23 0.51 1 21 22 0.49 136.5 3.0
Neutral 6 20 41 2.05 22 117 .162 1 0.05 0 0.00 4 0 3 0.15 1 10 11 0.55 47.0 2.4
Result Wins 15 53 142 2.68 37 292 .360 2 0.04 0 0.00 7 0 23 0.43 1 29 30 0.57 157.5 3.0
Losses 17 59 154 2.61 67 388 .224 4 0.07 0 0.00 7 0 19 0.32 3 25 28 0.47 169.5 2.9
Month August 3 10 26 2.60 16 69 .145 1 0.10 0 0.00 0 0 2 0.20 0 5 5 0.50 28.5 2.9
September 15 51 119 2.33 47 286 .252 2 0.04 0 0.00 7 0 21 0.41 1 21 22 0.43 130.5 2.6
October 9 30 83 2.77 21 174 .356 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0 9 0.30 2 20 22 0.73 95.0 3.2
November 5 21 68 3.24 20 151 .318 3 0.14 0 0.00 5 0 10 0.48 1 8 9 0.43 73.0 3.5

News Mentions

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Kennedy named to All-NEC second team

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November 21, 2019

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Bryant downed by SHU in 2019 season finale

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November 16, 2019

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Ward breaks D1 digs record but Bryant falls to LIU

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November 8, 2019

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November 7, 2019

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October 31, 2019

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October 24, 2019

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Bryant collects four-set win at LIU

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October 19, 2019

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October 18, 2019

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October 15, 2019

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October 12, 2019

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Bryant sweeps Merrimack to move to 5-1 in NEC

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October 11, 2019

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October 10, 2019

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Electric offensive performance fuels sweep of Saint Francis U

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October 5, 2019

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Robert Morris tops Bulldogs, 3-0

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October 4, 2019

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October 3, 2019

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Bay State duo powers Bryant attack in sweep at Merrimack

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October 1, 2019

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September 30, 2019

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Career days from freshmen power win at St. Francis Brooklyn

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September 28, 2019

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NEC title defense begins with sweep of FDU

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September 27, 2019

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September 24, 2019

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Bryant hosts Hartford in final non-conference match

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September 23, 2019

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September 21, 2019

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September 20, 2019

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September 19, 2019

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Bulldogs downed by Brown Tuesday

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September 17, 2019

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Bryant battles Brown Tuesday at the Chace

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September 16, 2019

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Saturday split gives Bryant 2-1 weekend at Army

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September 14, 2019

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Bryant downs Kent State in first five-set match of 2019

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September 12, 2019

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Bryant closes out Providence in four Tuesday

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September 10, 2019

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Bryant battles Providence Tuesday at the Chace

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September 9, 2019

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Sweep of Marist earns Bryant 2-1 weekend showing

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September 7, 2019

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Bryant sweeps North Dakota in 2019 home opener

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September 6, 2019

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Bryant hosts Hampton Inn-vitational Friday and Saturday

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September 5, 2019

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McGovern selected as Molten/NEC Rookie of the Week

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September 3, 2019

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Bulldogs defeated Tuesday at New Hampshire

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September 3, 2019

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Bryant meets New Hampshire Tuesday in Granite State

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September 2, 2019

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Bulldogs defeated by FGCU, Akron Saturday

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August 31, 2019

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Bryant opens 2019 Friday & Saturday in Fort Myers

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August 29, 2019

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2019 Preview: Middles, Outsides, Opposites

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August 28, 2019

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Bryant selected to finish fourth in NEC preseason poll

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August 15, 2019

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Garlacy announces 2019 Bryant schedule

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April 18, 2019