Caroline Kennedy
2 Caroline Kennedy
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Year:
    Fr.
  • Hometown:
    San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
  • High School:
    JSerra Catholic
  • Position:
    OH/OPP
  • m
    35
  • k/s
    2.96
  • h %
    .215
  • a/s
    0.07
  • b/s
    0.43
  • sa/s
    0.07
  • d/s
    0.86

Bio

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, vs. Charlotte, 8/31/18
Aces: 3, vs. Central Michigan, 8/25/18
Digs: 14, vs. Marist, 8/31/18
Blocks: 5, vs. Sacred Heart, 11/17/18

Player Profile

Recent Games
Nov 3 at FDU W, 3-0
Nov 9 Long Island L, 3-2
Nov 10 St. Francis Brooklyn L, 3-1
Nov 16 vs. Central Connecticut W, 3-2
Nov 17 vs. Sacred Heart W, 3-0
Nov 30 at No. 2 Minnesota L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 35 14
Sets 138 54
Kills 409 153
Kills per set 2.96 2.83
Errors 181 69
Total Attacks 1060 383
Hitting Percentage .215 .219
Assists 10 2
Assists per set 0.07 0.04
Service Aces 9 0
Service Errors 20 0
Service Aces per set 0.07 0.00
Receptions 229 20
Reception Errors 14 0
Digs 119 29
Digs per set 0.86 0.54
Block Solo 4 1
Block Assist 55 19
Block Total 59 20
Blocks per set 0.43 0.37
Block Errors 7 3
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 449.5 163.5
Points per set 3.3 3.0
Matches started 33 13
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 24 at UIC L, 3-0 1 3 10 3 31 .226 1 0 2 28 2 5 0 2 0 2 0 11.0
Aug 25 vs. Central Michigan W, 3-2 1 5 13 9 44 .091 1 3 2 29 0 13 0 2 0 2 0 17.0
Aug 25 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore W, 3-0 1 3 8 4 20 .200 0 0 1 12 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
Aug 29 UMass Lowell W, 3-0 1 3 10 2 24 .333 1 0 3 - 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 11.0
Aug 31 vs. Charlotte L, 3-2 1 5 20 9 49 .224 2 2 2 39 4 10 0 1 0 1 0 22.5
Aug 31 vs. Marist W, 3-1 1 4 15 4 36 .306 1 1 3 2 0 14 0 4 2 4 0 18.0
Sep 1 at Fordham L, 3-2 1 5 17 11 52 .115 0 2 3 18 1 8 0 1 0 1 0 19.5
Sep 4 New Hampshire L, 3-2 1 5 15 7 41 .195 1 1 1 29 4 7 0 3 0 3 0 17.5
Sep 7 Middle Tennessee W, 3-0 1 3 12 1 22 .500 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Sep 8 Coppin State W, 3-0 1 3 11 3 29 .276 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Sep 8 Quinnipiac W, 3-1 1 4 16 2 28 .500 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.0
Sep 11 at Providence W, 3-2 1 5 10 3 28 .250 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 11.0
Sep 14 vs. Delaware L, 3-2 1 5 9 8 36 .028 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 10.0
Sep 14 at Stony Brook W, 3-2 1 5 12 4 34 .235 0 0 0 14 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 13.0
Sep 15 vs. Colgate L, 3-1 1 4 15 3 27 .444 1 0 0 5 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 15.5
Sep 18 at Brown L, 3-1 1 4 8 7 33 .030 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 4 2 4 0 10.0
Sep 21 Saint Francis U W, 3-0 1 3 9 5 23 .174 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Sep 22 Robert Morris W, 3-2 1 5 13 6 43 .163 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 14.0
Sep 25 at Hartford W, 3-1 1 4 20 2 42 .429 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 4 0 4 0 22.0
Sep 28 at Long Island L, 3-1 1 4 12 6 33 .182 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 3 1 3 0 13.5
Sep 29 at St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-0 1 2 2 2 9 .000 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 5 Sacred Heart L, 3-0 1 3 3 2 12 .083 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 6 FDU W, 3-0 1 3 8 5 25 .120 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
Oct 12 at Central Connecticut W, 3-0 1 3 7 5 22 .091 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Oct 19 at Saint Francis U W, 3-2 1 5 13 2 29 .379 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 14.0
Oct 20 at Robert Morris W, 3-2 1 5 19 5 38 .368 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 21.0
Oct 27 Central Connecticut W, 3-1 1 4 11 7 29 .138 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Oct 30 Dartmouth L, 3-0 - 3 10 8 26 .077 0 0 3 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Nov 2 at Sacred Heart W, 3-2 1 5 9 11 30 -.067 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 10.5
Nov 3 at FDU W, 3-0 1 3 13 2 24 .458 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Nov 9 Long Island L, 3-2 1 5 18 8 40 .250 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 19.0
Nov 10 St. Francis Brooklyn L, 3-1 - 4 16 3 26 .500 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 16.5
Nov 16 vs. Central Connecticut W, 3-2 1 5 11 9 34 .059 0 0 0 - 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 12.0
Nov 17 vs. Sacred Heart W, 3-0 1 3 9 3 23 .261 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 5 0 12.0
Nov 30 at No. 2 Minnesota L, 3-0 1 3 5 10 18 -.278 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
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 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
Conference 14 54 153 2.83 69 383 .219 2 0.04 0 0.00 20 0 29 0.54 1 19 20 0.37 163.5 3.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 13 48 152 3.17 59 368 .253 3 0.06 1 0.02 45 5 33 0.69 1 12 13 0.27 160.0 3.3
Away 14 56 157 2.80 73 423 .199 2 0.04 2 0.04 95 3 36 0.64 2 25 27 0.48 173.5 3.1
Neutral 8 34 100 2.94 49 269 .190 5 0.15 6 0.18 89 6 50 1.47 1 18 19 0.56 116.0 3.4
Result Wins 22 85 251 2.95 96 636 .244 5 0.06 4 0.05 86 2 72 0.85 4 34 38 0.45 276.0 3.2
Losses 13 53 158 2.98 85 424 .172 5 0.09 5 0.09 143 12 47 0.89 0 21 21 0.40 173.5 3.3
Month August 6 23 76 3.30 31 204 .221 6 0.26 6 0.26 110 7 49 2.13 1 11 12 0.52 88.5 3.8
September 15 61 181 2.97 70 480 .231 2 0.03 3 0.05 103 7 40 0.66 1 23 24 0.39 196.5 3.2
October 7 26 71 2.73 34 181 .204 2 0.08 0 0.00 9 0 11 0.42 1 9 10 0.38 76.5 2.9
November 7 28 81 2.89 46 195 .179 0 0.00 0 0.00 7 0 19 0.68 1 12 13 0.46 88.0 3.1

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August 30, 2018

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August 29, 2018

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Bryant opens home slate Wednesday vs. UMass Lowell

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August 28, 2018

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Bryant opens Saturday with win over Central Michigan

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August 25, 2018

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Senior duo leads Bryant to sweep of Maryland Eastern Shore

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