Sydney Gorski
18 Sydney Gorski
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Chagrin Falls, Ohio
  • High School:
    Kenston
  • Position:
    MB
  • m
    19
  • k/s
    0.98
  • h %
    .183
  • a/s
    0.06
  • b/s
    0.47
  • sa/s
    0.00
  • d/s
    0.30

Bio

2017 (Sophomore)
NEC Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection … Appeared in 19 matches and 47 sets for the Bulldogs … Totaled 46 kills (0.98 per set), 22 blocks (0.47 per set) and 14 digs … Season-high seven kills in the season opener against Drake (8/25) … Provided a spark off the bench in the comeback win at Sacred Heart (10/7), recording six kills and five blocks.

2016 (Freshman)
Appeared in 46 sets in 17 matches, earning nine starts ... Totaled 66 kills (1.43 per set), 46 blocks (0.73 per set), 15 digs and four service aces ... Finished with a career-best 13 kills at FDU on Nov. 13 ... Talled a career-best five blocks, including one solo vs. UMass Lowell on Sept. 2 ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll and Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Before Bryant
Gorski was a four-year varsity letterwinner and two-year starter for Kenston High School  … Helped the Bombers to three-straight Chagrin Valley Conference Championships and district titles from 2012-14 … Team won the Western Reserve Conference in 2015 … Kenston earned a regional crown and advanced to the state semifinals in 2012 … Regional semifinalists in 2013 and 2014 … 2015 Western Reserve Conference Player of the Year … Named first team all-district, News Herald First Team and Division I District II All-Star Team selection as a senior … 2015 Team MVP … Two-time captain … All-Chagrin Valley Conference Honorable Mention nod in 2013 and 2014 … 2014 Volleyball Academic Award winner for highest GPA … 2015 Western Reserve Conference Scholar-Athlete … National Honor Society member … Played club for Maverick Volleyball Club.

Personal
Daughter of Holly and Jeffrey Gorski … Has one brother, Blaise … Grandfather, Bob Urda, played baseball at Western Michigan from 1950-53 before playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954 … Uncle, James Urda, played football at Kent State from 1979-82 … Cousin, Patrick Foley, currently plays lacrosse at Johns Hopkins.

Career Single-Match Highs
Kills: 13, at Fairleigh Dickinson, 11/13/16
Assists: 1, 3x, last at Central Connecticut, 10/20/17
Aces: 2 vs. LIU Brooklyn, 11/5/16
Digs: 2, 2x, last at Fairleigh Dickinson, 11/13/16
Blocks: 5, 2x, last at Sacred Heart, 10/7/17

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 28 at Long Island L, 3-1
Nov 3 FDU W, 3-0
Nov 4 Sacred Heart W, 3-2
Nov 10 at Robert Morris W, 3-0
Nov 11 at Saint Francis U W, 3-1
Nov 17 vs. No. 3 Central Connecticut L, 3-2
  Overall Conf
Matches 19 8
Sets 47 19
Kills 46 22
Kills per set 0.98 1.16
Errors 22 9
Total Attacks 131 54
Hitting Percentage .183 .241
Assists 3 2
Assists per set 0.06 0.11
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 2 1
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 2 0
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 14 3
Digs per set 0.30 0.16
Block Solo 4 2
Block Assist 18 10
Block Total 22 12
Blocks per set 0.47 0.63
Block Errors 8 2
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 59.0 29.0
Points per set 1.3 1.5
Matches started 8 3
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 1 4 7 2 15 .333 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Aug 26 vs. UC Riverside W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 13 .308 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 5.0
Aug 26 vs. Cal St. Fullerton L, 3-0 1 1 0 2 3 -.667 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aug 29 Quinnipiac W, 3-1 1 2 0 2 3 -.667 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 1 vs. North Texas L, 3-0 - 2 0 1 3 -.333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 1 at Boston College L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 2 vs. Princeton L, 3-0 - 2 2 0 7 .286 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 3.0
Sep 5 at New Hampshire L, 3-0 - 3 3 1 6 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 5.0
Sep 8 Manhattan W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 Stony Brook W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 Brown W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 12 Holy Cross W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 15 vs. Syracuse W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Hofstra L, 3-0 - 3 2 3 12 -.083 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 4.0
Sep 16 vs. Binghamton W, 3-1 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 19 Providence W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 22 St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 Long Island W, 3-2 - 2 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2.0
Sep 26 at UMass Lowell L, 3-0 - 2 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.5
Sep 29 Central Connecticut W, 3-1 - 2 5 0 6 .833 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Oct 6 at FDU W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 at Sacred Heart W, 3-2 - 4 6 1 10 .500 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 5 0 9.0
Oct 13 Robert Morris W, 3-0 1 3 3 3 13 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 4.5
Oct 14 Saint Francis U L, 3-2 1 2 4 2 11 .182 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Oct 20 at Central Connecticut L, 3-2 - 3 0 3 9 -.333 1 0 0 - 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 24 at Hartford W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 27 at St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-0 1 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 28 at Long Island L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 3 FDU W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Sacred Heart W, 3-2 - 2 3 0 4 .750 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Nov 10 at Robert Morris W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 at Saint Francis U W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 17 vs. No. 3 Central Connecticut L, 3-2 1 5 5 1 12 .333 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
  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
2016-17 17 46 66 1.43 30 154 .234 0 0.00 4 0.09 2 1 10 0.22 2 22 24 0.52 83.0 1.8
2017-18 19 47 46 0.98 22 131 .183 3 0.06 0 0.00 2 0 14 0.30 4 18 22 0.47 59.0 1.3
2018-19 2 4 7 1.75 7 19 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 2 0.50 0 0 0 0.00 7.0 1.8
2019-20 17 44 61 1.39 24 155 .239 5 0.11 3 0.07 3 0 11 0.25 3 25 28 0.64 79.5 1.8
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Total 55 141 180 1.28 83 459 .211 8 0.06 7 0.05 7 1 37 0.26 9 65 74 0.52 228.5 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 19 47 46 0.98 22 131 .183 3 0.06 0 0.00 2 0 14 0.30 4 18 22 0.47 59.0 1.3
Conference 8 19 22 1.16 9 54 .241 2 0.11 0 0.00 0 0 3 0.16 2 10 12 0.63 29.0 1.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 13 16 1.23 7 38 .237 1 0.08 0 0.00 0 0 2 0.15 1 6 7 0.54 20.0 1.5
Away 6 16 11 0.69 8 40 .075 1 0.06 0 0.00 1 0 1 0.06 3 9 12 0.75 18.5 1.2
Neutral 7 18 19 1.06 7 53 .226 1 0.06 0 0.00 1 0 11 0.61 0 3 3 0.17 20.5 1.1
Result Wins 9 20 23 1.15 7 50 .320 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0.05 2 9 11 0.55 29.5 1.5
Losses 10 27 23 0.85 15 81 .099 3 0.11 0 0.00 2 0 13 0.48 2 9 11 0.41 29.5 1.1
Month August 4 10 12 1.20 7 34 .147 1 0.10 0 0.00 0 0 7 0.70 0 1 1 0.10 12.5 1.3
September 8 17 13 0.76 5 38 .211 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0 0 0.00 3 9 12 0.71 20.5 1.2
October 5 13 13 1.00 9 43 .093 2 0.15 0 0.00 0 0 3 0.23 1 8 9 0.69 18.0 1.4
November 2 7 8 1.14 1 16 .438 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 4 0.57 0 0 0 0.00 8.0 1.1

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Sydney Gorski action photo 1

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  • Quinnipiac vs. Bryant
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