Kirstyn Sperry
11 Kirstyn Sperry
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Phoenix, Ariz.
  • High School:
    Desert Vista
  • Position:
    S
  • m
    34
  • k/s
    1.81
  • h %
    .192
  • a/s
    4.53
  • b/s
    0.49
  • sa/s
    0.35
  • d/s
    2.50

Bio

As a sophomore: Appeared in the team's second most sets (118) in 34 matches, earning 32 starts ... Led the team with 41 service aces (0.35 per set), while ranking third with 213 kills (1.81 per set) ... Finished second on the team with 535 assists (4.53 per set) and 58 blocks (0.49 per set), while placing third with 295 digs (2.50 per set) ... Finished her sophomore season with 17 double-doubles, including 11 assists and 15 digs in the NEC Semifinals vs. LIU Brooklyn on Nov. 19 ... Recorded her first-career triple double vs. Hartford on Aug. 26 ... Named Molten/NEC Women's Volleyball Player of the Week and the Mason Invitational Tournament MVP in the same week (Sept. 20) ... Named to the All-NEC Second Team and NEC Academic Honor Roll.

As a freshman: Appeared in all 33 matches, earning seven starts ... Dished out 321 assists on the year, averaging 2.74 per set ... Led the team and ranked 51st in the nation (third in NEC) with 41 service aces ... Added 195 digs (1.67/set) ... Registered a trio of double-doubles on the year, including a career-high 31-assist, 13-dig performance at Marist Sept. 11 ... Posted back-to-back double-doubles against St. Francis Brooklyn and LIU Brooklyn Sept. 26 and 27 ... Also chipped in 29 kills and a .937 reception percentage on the year.

Before Bryant: Sperry was two-year varsity letterwinner and starter at Desert Vista High School … Led the Thunder to a 2014 AIA Division I State Championship, going 41-3 on the season … Team finished fifth at states in 2013 … 2014 All-Tribune First Team selection … Led team with 727 assists and 62 aces as a senior and with 587 assists as a junior … 2014 Westwood Tournament of Champions winner … Team finished second at Nike Tournament of Champions … 2013 Nike Tournament of Champions All-Tournament Team … Registered a triple-double as a junior … Also earned two varsity letters in tennis … Four-year Scholar-Athlete/Activity Award winner … Four-year Team GPA Award winner … Four-year Certificate of Academic Excellence Award recipient … National Honor Society member … Played Club for Spiral Volleyball Club.

Personal: Daughter of Kirk and Lauren Sperry, Kirstyn Sperry was born August 9, 1997.

Career Game Highs
Kills: 14, twice (last at Providence, 9/20/16)
Assists: 31 at Marist, 9/11/15
Aces: 5, twice (last vs. St. Francis Brooklyn, 11/6/16)
Digs: 21 at Dartmouth, 10/19/16
Blocks: 5 vs. Robert Morris, 10/23/16

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 34 14
Sets 118 49
Kills 213 92
Kills per set 1.81 1.88
Errors 99 43
Total Attacks 593 250
Hitting Percentage .192 .196
Assists 535 219
Assists per set 4.53 4.47
Service Aces 41 15
Service Errors 24 11
Service Aces per set 0.35 0.31
Receptions 154 63
Reception Errors 14 8
Digs 295 115
Digs per set 2.50 2.35
Block Solo 2 0
Block Assist 56 25
Block Total 58 25
Blocks per set 0.49 0.51
Block Errors 11 8
Ball Handling Errors 24 11
Points 284.0 119.5
Points per set 2.4 2.4
Matches started 32 14
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 7 2 15 .333 1 0 1 15 1 6 0 0 1 0 0 7.0
Aug 26 Hartford W, 3-0 1 3 10 5 25 .200 16 5 0 8 2 11 0 3 1 3 2 16.5
Aug 27 Rider W, 3-0 1 3 6 2 21 .190 3 1 1 9 1 11 0 1 0 1 2 7.5
Aug 27 Rutgers L, 3-0 1 3 4 6 21 -.095 10 1 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 6.0
Aug 31 at Quinnipiac L, 3-0 1 1 1 3 6 -.333 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 2 vs. UMass Lowell L, 3-2 - 5 0 1 1 -1.000 18 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 2 vs. Fairfield L, 3-0 1 3 5 3 16 .125 16 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 6.5
Sep 3 at Brown L, 3-1 - 3 0 0 0 - 10 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 6 New Hampshire W, 3-0 1 3 8 0 13 .615 23 3 0 4 0 14 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Sep 9 vs. SIUE L, 3-1 1 4 4 5 18 -.056 18 1 1 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 3 5.0
Sep 10 at Columbia L, 3-1 1 4 14 2 28 .429 16 0 0 7 0 5 1 3 0 4 0 16.5
Sep 10 vs. Manhattan W, 3-0 1 3 5 5 17 .000 24 2 1 5 0 6 0 2 1 2 1 8.0
Sep 13 at Holy Cross W, 3-0 1 3 5 2 13 .231 14 2 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Sep 16 at George Mason W, 3-1 1 4 5 3 15 .133 23 1 0 4 1 15 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
Sep 17 vs. Loyola W, 3-0 1 3 7 0 18 .389 29 1 3 0 0 10 1 2 0 3 1 10.0
Sep 17 vs. Hampton W, 3-0 1 3 5 4 16 .063 23 1 1 1 0 4 0 2 0 2 1 7.0
Sep 20 at Providence L, 3-2 1 5 14 2 30 .400 21 3 0 9 0 15 0 2 0 2 0 18.0
Sep 24 at Saint Francis U W, 3-1 1 4 8 3 23 .217 7 1 0 7 2 12 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
Sep 25 at Robert Morris W, 3-1 1 4 9 5 26 .154 20 0 1 9 0 12 0 2 2 2 2 10.0
Sep 30 at Central Connecticut L, 3-0 1 3 4 4 19 .000 20 0 0 - 0 6 0 2 1 2 1 5.0
Oct 5 UMass Lowell W, 3-2 1 5 8 2 21 .286 17 2 1 3 0 13 0 2 0 2 0 11.0
Oct 8 Sacred Heart L, 3-0 1 3 10 5 24 .208 7 1 1 5 0 5 0 1 1 1 1 11.5
Oct 9 FDU W, 3-0 1 2 2 1 5 .200 9 1 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Oct 15 at Long Island L, 3-1 1 4 9 2 29 .241 26 0 0 15 4 17 0 3 0 3 0 10.5
Oct 16 at St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-0 1 3 7 2 12 .417 20 2 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 9.5
Oct 19 at Dartmouth L, 3-1 1 4 5 7 29 -.069 23 2 1 10 0 21 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Oct 22 Saint Francis U W, 3-1 1 4 6 5 22 .045 22 1 0 6 0 12 0 4 0 4 0 9.0
Oct 23 Robert Morris W, 3-2 1 5 6 3 22 .136 22 0 1 5 0 12 0 5 0 5 0 8.5
Oct 28 Central Connecticut W, 3-1 1 4 11 3 21 .381 14 2 1 2 0 8 0 1 2 1 0 13.5
Nov 5 Long Island W, 3-0 1 3 12 3 17 .529 11 0 0 3 0 4 0 2 0 2 2 13.0
Nov 6 St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-0 1 3 3 3 13 .000 13 5 1 4 1 4 0 1 1 1 3 8.5
Nov 12 at Sacred Heart L, 3-0 1 3 5 3 13 .154 12 0 1 - 1 5 0 1 1 1 0 5.5
Nov 13 at FDU W, 3-1 1 4 0 1 4 -.250 16 2 3 5 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 2.0
Nov 19 vs. #2 LIU Brooklyn L, 3-1 1 4 8 2 20 .300 11 0 2 9 1 15 0 1 0 1 2 8.5
  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
2015-16 33 117 29 0.25 20 122 .074 321 2.74 41 0.35 190 12 195 1.67 0 4 4 0.03 72.0 0.6
2016-17 34 118 213 1.81 99 593 .192 535 4.53 41 0.35 154 14 295 2.50 2 56 58 0.49 284.0 2.4
2017-18 33 125 169 1.35 90 550 .144 813 6.50 41 0.33 7 0 379 3.03 2 75 77 0.62 249.5 2.0
2018-19 34 136 107 0.79 51 304 .184 1014 7.46 50 0.37 4 0 345 2.54 0 18 18 0.13 166.0 1.2
Total 134 496 518 1.04 260 1569 .164 2683 5.41 173 0.35 355 26 1214 2.45 4 153 157 0.32 771.5 1.6
    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 34 118 213 1.81 99 593 .192 535 4.53 41 0.35 154 14 295 2.50 2 56 58 0.49 284.0 2.4
Conference 14 49 92 1.88 43 250 .196 219 4.47 15 0.31 63 8 115 2.35 0 25 25 0.51 119.5 2.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 13 44 93 2.11 40 240 .221 168 3.82 22 0.50 70 5 107 2.43 0 24 24 0.55 127.0 2.9
Away 14 49 86 1.76 39 247 .190 228 4.65 13 0.27 69 8 129 2.63 1 22 23 0.47 111.0 2.3
Neutral 7 25 34 1.36 20 106 .132 139 5.56 6 0.24 15 1 59 2.36 1 10 11 0.44 46.0 1.8
Result Wins 19 66 123 1.86 52 324 .219 326 4.94 32 0.48 77 7 171 2.59 1 36 37 0.56 174.0 2.6
Losses 15 52 90 1.73 47 269 .160 209 4.02 9 0.17 77 7 124 2.38 1 20 21 0.40 110.0 2.1
Month August 5 13 28 2.15 18 88 .114 30 2.31 7 0.54 38 4 31 2.38 0 6 6 0.46 38.0 2.9
September 15 54 93 1.72 39 253 .213 282 5.22 16 0.30 47 3 130 2.41 2 25 27 0.50 123.5 2.3
October 9 34 64 1.88 30 185 .184 160 4.71 11 0.32 48 4 96 2.82 0 20 20 0.59 85.0 2.5
November 5 17 28 1.65 12 67 .239 63 3.71 7 0.41 21 3 38 2.24 0 5 5 0.29 37.5 2.2

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