Ally Lunsford
16 Ally Lunsford
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Minneola, Fla.
  • High School:
    Lake Minneola
  • Position:
    MB
  • m
    33
  • k/s
    1.30
  • h %
    .254
  • a/s
    0.02
  • b/s
    0.91
  • sa/s
    0.16
  • d/s
    0.39

Bio

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, eight times (last at LIU Brooklyn, 10/25/15)
Aces: 4 vs. Iona, 8/29/15
Digs: 5, twice (last vs. Sacred Heart, 11/1/15)
Blocks: 9, twice (last at Sacred Heart, 11/13/14)

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 31 FDU W, 3-1
Nov 1 Sacred Heart W, 3-2
Nov 6 at Central Connecticut W, 3-1
Nov 14 at Robert Morris L, 3-2
Nov 15 at Saint Francis U L, 3-0
Nov 21 vs. #2 Robert Morris L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 33 14
Sets 119 52
Kills 155 67
Kills per set 1.30 1.29
Errors 54 22
Total Attacks 397 181
Hitting Percentage .254 .249
Assists 2 1
Assists per set 0.02 0.02
Service Aces 19 5
Service Errors 21 8
Service Aces per set 0.16 0.10
Receptions 14 2
Reception Errors 1 0
Digs 46 17
Digs per set 0.39 0.33
Block Solo 10 4
Block Assist 98 53
Block Total 108 57
Blocks per set 0.91 1.10
Block Errors 8 3
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 233.0 102.5
Points per set 2.0 2.0
Matches started 31 13
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 28 Quinnipiac W, 3-1 1 4 2 4 13 -.154 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 1 4 1 4.5
Aug 28 Holy Cross W, 3-1 1 4 3 1 11 .182 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Aug 29 Iona W, 3-1 1 4 5 1 8 .500 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 4 0 11.0
Sep 1 Providence W, 3-0 1 3 3 0 7 .429 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Sep 4 at UConn L, 3-1 1 4 4 2 10 .200 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 4 0 4 0 7.0
Sep 4 vs. James Madison L, 3-0 1 3 3 4 13 -.077 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 5 vs. UMBC L, 3-1 1 4 7 2 17 .294 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 9.0
Sep 8 at New Hampshire L, 3-1 1 3 4 2 9 .222 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 5.0
Sep 11 at Marist L, 3-2 1 5 7 2 17 .294 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 4 0 9.0
Sep 12 vs. Bucknell W, 3-0 1 3 8 1 11 .636 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 9.0
Sep 12 vs. La Salle W, 3-1 1 2 0 2 2 -1.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
Sep 15 Hartford W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 3 .000 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 6 0 5.0
Sep 18 vs. No. 23 Minnesota L, 3-0 - 3 2 3 8 -.125 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 4.0
Sep 19 at Col. of Charleston L, 3-0 1 3 4 2 9 .222 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Sep 19 vs. Sam Houston St. L, 3-1 1 4 5 2 13 .231 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 6.0
Sep 22 Dartmouth W, 3-1 1 4 10 1 21 .429 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 7 2 8 0 14.5
Sep 26 St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-0 1 2 0 3 6 -.500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 27 Long Island W, 3-1 1 4 3 1 7 .286 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Sep 29 at UMass Lowell L, 3-0 1 3 8 0 16 .500 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 11.0
Oct 3 at FDU W, 3-0 1 3 7 1 19 .316 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 10.0
Oct 4 at Sacred Heart L, 3-2 1 5 4 0 11 .364 0 3 2 - 0 2 1 4 1 5 0 10.0
Oct 10 Central Connecticut W, 3-0 - 3 7 2 16 .313 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6 0 6 0 10.0
Oct 13 Holy Cross W, 3-1 1 4 11 2 17 .529 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Oct 17 Robert Morris W, 3-1 1 4 8 2 22 .273 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 4 0 10.0
Oct 18 Saint Francis U W, 3-1 1 4 6 1 14 .357 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 6 0 10.0
Oct 24 at St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-1 1 4 4 2 11 .182 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 5 0 6.5
Oct 25 at Long Island L, 3-0 1 2 1 1 4 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 31 FDU W, 3-1 1 4 5 0 14 .357 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 6.5
Nov 1 Sacred Heart W, 3-2 1 5 7 0 16 .438 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 7 0 8 0 12.5
Nov 6 at Central Connecticut W, 3-1 1 4 6 2 13 .308 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 9.0
Nov 14 at Robert Morris L, 3-2 1 5 7 5 19 .105 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 7 0 10.5
Nov 15 at Saint Francis U L, 3-0 1 3 2 2 9 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Nov 21 vs. #2 Robert Morris L, 3-1 1 4 2 1 11 .091 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 4.5
  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
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 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
Conference 14 52 67 1.29 22 181 .249 1 0.02 5 0.10 2 0 17 0.33 4 53 57 1.10 102.5 2.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 14 52 70 1.35 18 175 .297 0 0.00 10 0.19 1 0 25 0.48 5 50 55 1.06 110.0 2.1
Away 12 44 58 1.32 21 147 .252 1 0.02 8 0.18 6 0 18 0.41 2 39 41 0.93 87.5 2.0
Neutral 7 23 27 1.17 15 75 .160 1 0.04 1 0.04 7 1 3 0.13 3 9 12 0.52 35.5 1.5
Result Wins 19 68 95 1.40 26 231 .299 0 0.00 11 0.16 4 0 28 0.41 5 67 72 1.06 144.5 2.1
Losses 14 51 60 1.18 28 166 .193 2 0.04 8 0.16 10 1 18 0.35 5 31 36 0.71 88.5 1.7
Month August 3 12 10 0.83 6 32 .125 0 0.00 5 0.42 0 0 6 0.50 1 8 9 0.75 20.0 1.7
September 16 53 68 1.28 27 169 .243 1 0.02 7 0.13 12 1 19 0.36 5 34 39 0.74 97.0 1.8
October 9 33 53 1.61 11 128 .328 1 0.03 5 0.15 2 0 14 0.42 3 32 35 1.06 77.0 2.3
November 5 21 24 1.14 10 68 .206 0 0.00 2 0.10 0 0 7 0.33 1 24 25 1.19 39.0 1.9

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Photos

Ally Lunsford action photo 1

Photo by: Dave Silverman

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Ally Lunsford action photo 2

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Ally Lunsford action photo 3

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Ally Lunsford action photo 4

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