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- Height:
- 5-5
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- Year:
- So.
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- Hometown:
- Virginia Beach, Va.
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- High School:
- Columbus (Ga.)
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- Position:
- S
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- m
- 18
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- k/s
- 0.09
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- h %
- .300
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- a/s
- 1.04
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- b/s
- 0.00
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- sa/s
- 0.27
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- 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
  | 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 | |
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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 | ||
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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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