Erika Ward
12 Erika Ward
  • Height:
    5-1
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Rochester, Mich.
  • High School:
    Stoney Creek
  • Position:
    L/DS
  • m
    31
  • k/s
    0.01
  • h %
    -.053
  • a/s
    1.19
  • b/s
    0.00
  • sa/s
    0.24
  • d/s
    3.68

Bio

2019 (Junior)
Appeared in 31 of 32 matches and 103 sets … Broke Bryant’s Division I career digs mark in November and concludes her junior season with 1,412 … Recorded a team-high 3.68 digs per set in 2019 … Averaged ranked sixth in the NEC … Added 0.24 aces per set … Collected 10+ digs in 22 matches, including each of the final 10 contests of the season … Four matches of 20+ digs, highlighted by a season-high 24 in a win over Central Connecticut … Double-double of 22 digs and a career-high 15 assists in the victory at Saint Francis U … Recorded a season-high four aces on four consecutive points during the third set of the sweep of North Dakota.

2018 (Sophomore)
Named a second-team All-NEC selection and earned a spot on the NEC Commissioner’s Honor Roll … NEC All-Tournament honoree … Two-time Molten/NEC Defensive Player of the Week (Aug. 27, Oct. 15) … Appeared in 33 matches and 129 sets … Became the first player in program history to reach 1,000 career digs as a sophomore … Averaged 4.10 digs, 1.12 assists and 0.23 aces per set as the Bulldogs’ primary libero … Eight matches of 20 or more digs … Recorded a double-double of 16 digs and 10 assists in the win over Marist (Aug. 31) … Tallied 20 digs in a sweep of Coppin State (Sept. 8) … Notched 25 digs over four sets against Colgate (Sept. 15) … Had 22 digs in a road sweep of Central Connecticut (Oct. 12) … Collected 25 digs in a win at Saint Francis U (Oct. 19) and 28 in a victory at Sacred Heart (Nov. 2) … Posted a career-high 32 digs in the NEC Semifinal victory over Central Connecticut (Nov. 16) and 17 in the title match against Sacred Heart (Nov. 17) … Recorded 13 digs in the NCAA First Round at No. 2 Minnesota (Nov. 30).

2017 (Freshman)
NEC Academic Honor Roll selection … Appeared in 33 matches and 123 sets for the Bulldogs … Led the Bulldogs with 477 digs (3.98 per set) … Totaled 113 assists (0.92 per set) and 24 aces (0.20 per set … 24 matches of 10 or more digs and nine of 20 or more … Averaged 6.00 digs per set in the opening weekend of the season to earn Molten/NEC Rookie of the Week honors … Posted dig totals of 21 (Stony Brook) and 23 (Brown) in the second day of the Hampton Inn-vitational (9/9) … The 23 digs in the win over Brown were a career-high, matched a week later in the win over Binghamton (9/16) … Notched a career-high four aces in the victory over LIU Brooklyn (9/23) … Tallied 22 digs and a career-high 12 assists in the win over Fairleigh Dickinson (10/6) … Closed the year with 20-dig performances against Saint Francis U (11/11) and Central Connecticut (11/17).

Before Bryant
Ward was a three-year varsity letterwinner and two-year starter at Stoney Creek High School … Helped the program earn its first-ever Oakland Athletic Association (OAA) Red Division title and first appearance in the district finals in 2015 … Team returned to the district finals in 2016 … Led the Cougars to 2016 Rochester City Cup Championship … Holds school records for digs in a career (1,312) and digs in a season (741) … Named a 2017 Ultra Ankle JVA All-National Team pick, recognizing the top JVA players in the nation ... Named an all-state second team selection as a senior … All-state honorable mention as a junior … Two-time all-region pick (2015, 2016) … 2015 and 2016 All-OAA Red Division nod … Earned MVP award as a senior … Two-time captain … Four-time OAA Scholar-Athlete … National Honor Society member … Played club for Michigan Elite Volleyball Academy … High school and club teammate of fellow Bulldog Mackenzie Wild.

Personal
Daughter of Angela and Jim Ward … Has one brother, Evan, and one sister, Alexa.

Career Single-Match Highs
Kills: 
1, 5x, last vs. San Diego State, 8/30/19
Assists: 15, at Saint Francis U, 11/2/19
Aces: 4, 4x, last vs. North Dakota, 9/6/19
Digs: 32, vs. Central Connecticut, 11/16/18
Blocks: --

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 26 St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-0
Nov 1 at Robert Morris L, 3-1
Nov 2 at Saint Francis U W, 3-1
Nov 8 LIU L, 3-2
Nov 15 at Central Connecticut L, 3-1
Nov 16 at Sacred Heart L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 31 16
Sets 103 58
Kills 1 0
Kills per set 0.01 0.00
Errors 2 2
Total Attacks 19 11
Hitting Percentage -.053 -.182
Assists 123 81
Assists per set 1.19 1.40
Service Aces 25 15
Service Errors 26 14
Service Aces per set 0.24 0.26
Receptions 525 279
Reception Errors 15 8
Digs 379 247
Digs per set 3.68 4.26
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 1 1
Points 26.0 15.0
Points per set 0.3 0.3
Matches started 3 1
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 30 vs. San Diego State L, 3-0 - 3 1 0 3 .333 4 1 1 33 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Aug 31 at FGCU L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aug 31 vs. Akron L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 2 .000 3 1 2 22 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 3 at New Hampshire L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 0 1 21 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 6 North Dakota W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 4 4 1 13 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 7 Villanova L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 0 0 16 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 7 Marist W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 0 0 15 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 10 Providence W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 2 2 1 24 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 13 vs. Kent State W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 1 .000 6 1 2 25 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 14 vs. Binghamton W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 3 1 1 8 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 14 at Army West Point L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 1 .000 7 0 1 12 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 17 Brown L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 0 1 23 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 20 vs. Boston College L, 3-0 - 2 0 0 1 .000 1 0 1 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 21 vs. UAlbany L, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 9 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 21 at Rhode Island L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 Hartford L, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 27 at FDU W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 7 1 0 33 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 28 at St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 1 .000 9 0 1 26 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 1 at Merrimack W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 4 1 1 7 0 14 0 0 0 0 1 1.0
Oct 4 Robert Morris L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 0 2 12 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 5 Saint Francis U W, 3-0 - 3 0 1 1 -1.000 4 1 0 8 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 11 Merrimack W, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 - 1 3 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 12 Sacred Heart L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 6 0 2 13 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 15 Central Connecticut W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 3 0 0 25 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 19 at LIU W, 3-1 - 4 0 1 1 -1.000 7 1 0 27 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 25 FDU W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 0 2 11 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 26 St. Francis Brooklyn W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 4 2 0 10 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Nov 1 at Robert Morris L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 5 1 1 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 2 at Saint Francis U W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 4 .000 15 1 1 18 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 8 LIU L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 3 3 3 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Nov 15 at Central Connecticut L, 3-1 1 4 0 0 2 .000 5 1 0 29 2 20 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 16 at Sacred Heart L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 2 0 1 23 1 12 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 33 123 2 0.02 4 9 -.222 113 0.92 24 0.20 592 25 477 3.88 0 0 0 0.00 26.0 0.2
2018-19 33 129 2 0.02 1 9 .111 169 1.31 33 0.26 567 28 556 4.31 0 0 0 0.00 35.0 0.3
2019-20 31 103 1 0.01 2 19 -.053 123 1.19 25 0.24 525 15 379 3.68 0 0 0 0.00 26.0 0.3
2020-21 11 43 2 0.05 0 9 .222 36 0.84 6 0.14 189 5 223 5.19 0 0 0 0.00 8.0 0.2
Total 108 398 7 0.02 7 46 .000 441 1.11 88 0.22 1873 73 1635 4.11 0 0 0 0.00 95.0 0.2
    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 31 103 1 0.01 2 19 -.053 123 1.19 25 0.24 525 15 379 3.68 0 0 0 0.00 26.0 0.3
Conference 16 58 0 0.00 2 11 -.182 81 1.40 15 0.26 279 8 247 4.26 0 0 0 0.00 15.0 0.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 14 45 0 0.00 1 2 -.500 42 0.93 15 0.33 191 4 164 3.64 0 0 0 0.00 15.0 0.3
Away 11 40 0 0.00 1 10 -.100 63 1.57 6 0.15 230 10 155 3.88 0 0 0 0.00 6.0 0.1
Neutral 6 18 1 0.06 0 7 .143 18 1.00 4 0.22 104 1 60 3.33 0 0 0 0.00 5.0 0.3
Result Wins 15 53 0 0.00 2 9 -.222 75 1.42 18 0.34 253 6 217 4.09 0 0 0 0.00 18.0 0.3
Losses 16 50 1 0.02 0 10 .100 48 0.96 7 0.14 272 9 162 3.24 0 0 0 0.00 8.0 0.2
Month August 3 10 1 0.10 0 5 .200 7 0.70 2 0.20 73 1 23 2.30 0 0 0 0.00 3.0 0.3
September 14 43 0 0.00 0 4 .000 51 1.19 9 0.21 232 8 148 3.44 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 0.2
October 9 29 0 0.00 2 3 -.667 35 1.21 8 0.28 116 3 120 4.14 0 0 0 0.00 8.0 0.3
November 5 21 0 0.00 0 7 .000 30 1.43 6 0.29 104 3 88 4.19 0 0 0 0.00 6.0 0.3

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