Alisi Motu'apuaka
9 Alisi Motu'apuaka
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Virginia Beach, Va.
  • High School:
    Columbus (Ga.)
  • Position:
    S
  • m
    18
  • k/s
    0.09
  • h %
    .300
  • a/s
    1.04
  • b/s
    0.00
  • sa/s
    0.27
  • d/s
    1.00

Bio

2018 (Sophomore)
Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll … Appeared in 18 matches and 45 sets … Recorded 47 assists, 45 digs, 12 aces and four kills … Posted five matches of two or more aces … Tallied 16 digs, seven assists and two aces in the win over Central Michigan (Aug. 25) … Notched 20 assists against Dartmouth (Oct. 30).

2017 (Freshman)
Appeared in 31 matches and 112 sets for the Bulldogs … Ranked third on the team in assists with 227 (2.03 per set) … Logged 136 digs (1.21 per set) and ranked second on the team in service aces with 35 (0.31 per set) … Career-high five aces in the win over Binghamton (9/16) ... Saw an increased role at setter over the final month of the season, recording 10 or more assists in seven of her final eight matches … Tallied 21 assists in the win over Sacred Heart (11/4) … Career-high 22 digs in the victory at Saint Francis U (11/11) … Career-best 24 assists in the NEC semifinals against Central Connecticut (11/17).

Before Bryant
Motu’apuaka was a three-year varsity starter and four-year letterwinner at Columbia High School … Helped lead the Blue Devils to three-straight postseason appearances, including two runs to the state semifinals in 2014 and 2016 … Named all-state honorable mention selection as a sophomore and senior … Two-time all-conference first team selection (2015, 2016) … Senior all-star nod … 2016 All-Bi-City First Team honoree … Also earned two varsity letters in soccer and two in track & field … Named a 2015 all-conference honorable mention in soccer … Played club for A5 South.

Personal
Daughter of Manu and Siaosi Motu’apuaka … Has two brothers, Andrew and Army … Andrew plays football at Virginia Tech … Army plays football at Virginia Union … Uncle, Lewis Powell, coaches football at the University of Utah.

Career Single-Match Highs
Kills: 3, vs. UC Riverside, 8/26/17
Assists: 24, vs. Central Connecticut, 11/17/17
Aces: 5, vs. Binghamton, 9/16/17
Digs: 22, at Saint Francis U, 11/11/17
Blocks: --

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 18 6
Sets 45 7
Kills 4 1
Kills per set 0.09 0.14
Errors 1 0
Total Attacks 10 2
Hitting Percentage .300 .500
Assists 47 8
Assists per set 1.04 1.14
Service Aces 12 0
Service Errors 16 2
Service Aces per set 0.27 0.00
Receptions 16 4
Reception Errors 2 0
Digs 45 4
Digs per set 1.00 0.57
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 0 0
Block Total 0 0
Blocks per set 0.00 0.00
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 16.0 1.0
Points per set 0.4 0.1
Matches started 2 -
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 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aug 25 vs. Central Michigan W, 3-2 - 5 1 0 4 .250 7 2 1 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Aug 25 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aug 29 UMass Lowell W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 1 1 5 - 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Aug 31 vs. Charlotte L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 vs. Marist W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 1 at Fordham L, 3-2 - 4 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 4 New Hampshire L, 3-2 - 4 0 0 0 - 1 2 2 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 7 Middle Tennessee W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 8 Coppin State W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 8 Quinnipiac W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 at Providence W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 14 vs. Delaware L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 14 at Stony Brook W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 15 vs. Colgate L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 18 at Brown L, 3-1 - 1 0 0 0 - 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 21 Saint Francis U W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 22 Robert Morris W, 3-2 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 25 at Hartford W, 3-1 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 28 at Long Island L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 29 at St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 Sacred Heart L, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 6 FDU W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 12 at Central Connecticut W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 at Saint Francis U W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 20 at Robert Morris W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 27 Central Connecticut W, 3-1 - 1 1 0 1 1.000 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 30 Dartmouth L, 3-0 - 3 2 1 3 .333 20 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Nov 2 at Sacred Heart W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 3 at FDU W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Long Island L, 3-2 - 1 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 10 St. Francis Brooklyn L, 3-1 - 1 0 0 1 .000 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 - 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
  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
2017-18 31 112 7 0.06 6 25 .040 227 2.03 35 0.31 33 3 136 1.21 0 0 0 0.00 42.0 0.4
2018-19 18 45 4 0.09 1 10 .300 47 1.04 12 0.27 16 2 45 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 16.0 0.4
2019-20 32 113 39 0.35 8 132 .235 619 5.48 26 0.23 3 0 222 1.96 0 0 0 0.00 65.0 0.6
Total 81 270 50 0.19 15 167 .210 893 3.31 73 0.27 52 5 403 1.49 0 0 0 0.00 123.0 0.5
    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
Event Total 18 45 4 0.09 1 10 .300 47 1.04 12 0.27 16 2 45 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 16.0 0.4
Conference 6 7 1 0.14 0 2 .500 8 1.14 0 0.00 4 0 4 0.57 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 9 17 3 0.18 1 5 .400 30 1.76 5 0.29 14 1 14 0.82 0 0 0 0.00 8.0 0.5
Away 6 15 0 0.00 0 1 .000 8 0.53 4 0.27 0 0 10 0.67 0 0 0 0.00 4.0 0.3
Neutral 3 13 1 0.08 0 4 .250 9 0.69 3 0.23 2 1 21 1.62 0 0 0 0.00 4.0 0.3
Result Wins 8 22 2 0.09 0 5 .400 16 0.73 7 0.32 2 1 28 1.27 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 0.4
Losses 10 23 2 0.09 1 5 .200 31 1.35 5 0.22 14 1 17 0.74 0 0 0 0.00 7.0 0.3
Month August 4 12 1 0.08 0 4 .250 10 0.83 3 0.25 2 1 29 2.42 0 0 0 0.00 4.0 0.3
September 7 23 0 0.00 0 0 - 9 0.39 7 0.30 10 1 8 0.35 0 0 0 0.00 7.0 0.3
October 4 7 3 0.43 1 4 .500 24 3.43 2 0.29 4 0 4 0.57 0 0 0 0.00 5.0 0.7
November 3 3 0 0.00 0 2 .000 4 1.33 0 0.00 0 0 4 1.33 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0

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