Maya Popernik
7 Maya Popernik
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Year:
    Fr.
  • Hometown:
    Chicago, Ill.
  • High School:
    Whitney Young Magnet
  • Position:
    OH
  • m
    17
  • k/s
    0.88
  • h %
    .024
  • a/s
    0.15
  • b/s
    0.19
  • sa/s
    0.15
  • d/s
    0.77

Bio

2018 (Freshman)
Named to NEC Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Appeared in 17 matches and 26 sets … Collected 23 kills, 20 digs, five blocks and four aces … Recorded career highs in kills (10) and digs (7) in the win at Hartford (Sept. 25) … Made her first career start against Dartmouth (Oct. 30) … Tallied two blocks in the NEC Semifinal victory over Central Connecticut (Nov. 16).

Before Bryant
Four-year letterwinner at Whitney M. Young Magnet School … Advanced to IHSA Class 4A Super 16 with a 30-win season as a senior … IHSA Class 4A Regional Champions in 2016 and 2017 … Chicago City Champions in 2015 and 2016 … Mother played volleyball and father played soccer at Loyola Chicago.

Personal
Daughter of Lori and Paul Popernik ... Mother played volleyball at Loyola Chicago, while her father played soccer ... Has one brother, Noah ... Planning to major in Communication.

Career Single-Match Highs
Kills: 10, at Hartford, 9/25/18
Assists: 2, at Hartford, 9/25/18
Aces: 2, vs. Dartmouth, 10/30/18
Digs: 7, at Hartford, 9/25/18
Blocks: 2, vs. Central Connecticut, 11/16/18

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 17 7
Sets 26 8
Kills 23 6
Kills per set 0.88 0.75
Errors 21 8
Total Attacks 83 22
Hitting Percentage .024 -.091
Assists 4 0
Assists per set 0.15 0.00
Service Aces 4 0
Service Errors 6 0
Service Aces per set 0.15 0.00
Receptions 67 16
Reception Errors 3 1
Digs 20 4
Digs per set 0.77 0.50
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 5 2
Block Total 5 2
Blocks per set 0.19 0.25
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 29.5 7.0
Points per set 1.1 0.9
Matches started 1 -
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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 25 vs. Central Michigan W, 3-2 - 1 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aug 25 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore W, 3-0 - 2 1 0 2 .500 0 1 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Aug 29 UMass Lowell W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 vs. Charlotte L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 vs. Marist W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 1 at Fordham L, 3-2 - 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 4 New Hampshire L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 vs. Delaware L, 3-2 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 14 at Stony Brook W, 3-2 - 2 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 15 vs. Colgate L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 18 at Brown L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 Saint Francis U W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 22 Robert Morris W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 25 at Hartford W, 3-1 - 3 10 3 20 .350 2 1 0 15 1 7 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Sep 28 at Long Island L, 3-1 - 1 1 0 2 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 29 at St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-0 - 1 0 1 2 -.500 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 5 Sacred Heart L, 3-0 - 1 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 6 FDU W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 at Central Connecticut W, 3-0 - 1 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 19 at Saint Francis U W, 3-2 - 1 1 1 2 .000 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 20 at Robert Morris W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 27 Central Connecticut W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 30 Dartmouth L, 3-0 1 3 3 6 25 -.120 1 2 2 21 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Nov 2 at Sacred Heart W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 3 at FDU W, 3-0 - 2 3 3 11 .000 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Nov 9 Long Island L, 3-2 - 1 0 2 3 -.667 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.5
Nov 10 St. Francis Brooklyn L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 vs. Central Connecticut W, 3-2 - 3 2 2 8 .000 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3.0
Nov 17 vs. Sacred Heart W, 3-0 - 1 1 1 2 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 30 at No. 2 Minnesota L, 3-0 - 1 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 4 1 0 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
2018-19 17 26 23 0.88 21 83 .024 4 0.15 4 0.15 67 3 20 0.77 0 5 5 0.19 29.5 1.1
2019-20 16 32 52 1.63 36 174 .092 3 0.09 5 0.16 186 13 63 1.97 1 5 6 0.19 60.5 1.9
Total 33 58 75 1.29 57 257 .070 7 0.12 9 0.16 253 16 83 1.43 1 10 11 0.19 90.0 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 17 26 23 0.88 21 83 .024 4 0.15 4 0.15 67 3 20 0.77 0 5 5 0.19 29.5 1.1
Conference 7 8 6 0.75 8 22 -.091 0 0.00 0 0.00 16 1 4 0.50 0 2 2 0.25 7.0 0.9
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 3 5 3 0.60 9 29 -.207 1 0.20 2 0.40 26 1 5 1.00 0 1 1 0.20 5.5 1.1
Away 9 13 16 1.23 8 41 .195 3 0.23 1 0.08 32 2 11 0.85 0 2 2 0.15 18.0 1.4
Neutral 5 8 4 0.50 4 13 .000 0 0.00 1 0.13 9 0 4 0.50 0 2 2 0.25 6.0 0.8
Result Wins 10 17 19 1.12 12 49 .143 3 0.18 2 0.12 36 1 14 0.82 0 4 4 0.24 23.0 1.4
Losses 7 9 4 0.44 9 34 -.147 1 0.11 2 0.22 31 2 6 0.67 0 1 1 0.11 6.5 0.7
Month August 2 3 1 0.33 1 3 .000 0 0.00 1 0.33 7 0 2 0.67 0 0 0 0.00 2.0 0.7
September 6 9 11 1.22 4 25 .280 3 0.33 1 0.11 20 1 10 1.11 0 1 1 0.11 12.5 1.4
October 4 6 5 0.83 8 29 -.103 1 0.17 2 0.33 26 0 6 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 7.0 1.2
November 5 8 6 0.75 8 26 -.077 0 0.00 0 0.00 14 2 2 0.25 0 4 4 0.50 8.0 1.0

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