2021 (Junior)
Appeared in eight matches and 22 sets for the Bulldogs in 2021 … Posted her best match of the season against LIU with a season-high eight kills and seven blocks … One of three who led the team with four solo blocks on the season … Accumulated 23 total blocks.
2019 (Sophomore)
Earned NEC Academic Honor Roll distinction ... Appeared in 31 of 32 matches and 97 sets … Recorded 1.54 kills and a team-leading 0.88 blocks per set … Blocks per set total ranked seventh in the NEC … Tallied 1.08 blocks per set in conference play, good for third in the NEC … Hit .224 for the season and .280 in conference contests … Three matches of 10+ kills with a season-high 11 at FGCU … 15 matches of 3+ blocks … Recorded five or more blocks in three straight matches from 10/15-25 … Season-high six blocks vs. Fairleigh Dickinson and at Sacred Heart … Team was 7-3 when O’Brien tallied at least four blocks.
2018 (Freshman)
NEC Academic Honor Roll recipient … Appeared in 32 matches and 112 sets … Recorded 1.72 kills per set on a .195 hitting percentage along with 0.66 blocks per set and 21 digs … Six matches of 10+ kills and five matches of 5+ blocks … Recorded nine kills and six blocks in her collegiate debut against Central Michigan (Aug. 25) … 10-kill performances in back-to-back matches against Marist (Aug. 31) and Fordham (Sept. 1) … Six blocks in the win at Hartford (Sept. 25) … Recorded 12 kills in a sweep of Fairleigh Dickinson (Oct. 6) … Career-high 16 kills in a five-set victory at Robert Morris (Oct. 20) … Collected 11 kills and eight digs in the NEC Semifinal win over Central Connecticut (Nov. 16).
Before Bryant
Four-year letterwinner at Milton High School … Sectional D2 finalists in 2017 … Two-time all-state honoree (2016, 2017) and three time Bay State League All-Star (2015, 2016, 2017) … Also played one year of basketball and lacrosse … Played her club volleyball for SMASH Volleyball Club.
Personal
Daughter of Jacqueline and Greg O'Brien ... Has one brother, Matthew.
Career Single-Match Highs
Kills: 16, at Robert Morris, 10/20/18
Assists: 1, 9x last at Sacred Heart, 3/8/21
Aces: --
Digs: 3, 2x, last at Sacred Heart, 3/8/21
Blocks: 7, vs. LIU, 3/31/21
  | Overall | Conf | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Matches | 8 | 7 | ||
Sets | 22 | 20 | ||
Kills | 34 | 31 | ||
Kills per set | 1.55 | 1.55 | ||
Errors | 16 | 10 | ||
Total Attacks | 82 | 70 | ||
Hitting Percentage | .220 | .300 | ||
Assists | 1 | 1 | ||
Assists per set | 0.05 | 0.05 | ||
Service Aces | 0 | 0 | ||
Service Errors | 0 | 0 | ||
Service Aces per set | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
Receptions | 1 | 0 | ||
Reception Errors | 0 | 0 | ||
Digs | 4 | 4 | ||
Digs per set | 0.18 | 0.20 | ||
Block Solo | 4 | 4 | ||
Block Assist | 19 | 18 | ||
Block Total | 23 | 22 | ||
Blocks per set | 1.05 | 1.10 | ||
Block Errors | 1 | 1 | ||
Ball Handling Errors | 0 | 0 | ||
Points | 47.5 | 44.0 | ||
Points per set | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 14 | at Providence | L, 3-1 | - | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 |
Mar 1 | Merrimack | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mar 1 | Merrimack | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mar 8 | at Sacred Heart | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6.0 |
Mar 8 | at Sacred Heart | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | .385 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9.0 |
Mar 17 | at FDU | W, 3-2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.5 |
Mar 17 | at FDU | W, 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mar 23 | Central Connecticut | W, 3-2 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 |
Mar 23 | Central Connecticut | L, 3-1 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Mar 26 | at St. Francis Brooklyn | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Mar 26 | at St. Francis Brooklyn | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Mar 31 | vs. Long Island | W, 3-2 | - | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.5 |
Mar 31 | vs. Long Island | L, 3-1 | - | 4 | 8 | 1 | 12 | .583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12.0 |
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019-20 | 31 | 97 | 149 | 1.54 | 70 | 352 | .224 | 4 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0.12 | 8 | 77 | 85 | 0.88 | 195.5 | 2.0 |
2020-21 | 8 | 22 | 34 | 1.55 | 16 | 82 | .220 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.18 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 1.05 | 47.5 | 2.2 |
2021-22 | 32 | 114 | 186 | 1.63 | 75 | 409 | .271 | 7 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.00 | 20 | 0 | 33 | 0.29 | 23 | 77 | 100 | 0.88 | 247.5 | 2.2 |
2022-23 | 30 | 97 | 139 | 1.43 | 72 | 343 | .195 | 5 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00 | 13 | 2 | 24 | 0.25 | 9 | 84 | 93 | 0.96 | 190.0 | 2.0 |
Total | 101 | 330 | 508 | 1.54 | 233 | 1186 | .232 | 17 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00 | 43 | 2 | 73 | 0.22 | 44 | 257 | 301 | 0.91 | 680.5 | 2.1 |
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 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Event | Total | 8 | 22 | 34 | 1.55 | 16 | 82 | .220 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.18 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 1.05 | 47.5 | 2.2 |
Conference | 7 | 20 | 31 | 1.55 | 10 | 70 | .300 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.20 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 1.10 | 44.0 | 2.2 | |
Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Location | Home | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 9 | .111 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.75 | 3.0 | 0.8 |
Away | 4 | 11 | 19 | 1.73 | 14 | 51 | .098 | 1 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.36 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 1.00 | 25.0 | 2.3 | |
Neutral | 2 | 7 | 14 | 2.00 | 2 | 22 | .545 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1.29 | 19.5 | 2.8 | |
Result | Wins | 3 | 8 | 13 | 1.63 | 4 | 26 | .346 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.75 | 17.0 | 2.1 |
Losses | 5 | 14 | 21 | 1.50 | 12 | 56 | .161 | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.21 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 1.21 | 30.5 | 2.2 | |
Month | February | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 6 | 12 | -.250 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 3.5 | 1.8 |
March | 7 | 20 | 31 | 1.55 | 10 | 70 | .300 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.20 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 1.10 | 44.0 | 2.2 |
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