Abby Rae
4 Abby Rae
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Walpole, Mass.
  • High School:
    Walpole
  • Position:
    L/DS
  • m
    31
  • k/s
    0.01
  • h %
    .000
  • a/s
    0.71
  • b/s
    0.00
  • sa/s
    0.22
  • d/s
    2.98

Bio

2022 (Senior): Played in all 31 matches for Bryant and 104 sets... Totaled 310 digs (2.98 per set), 23 aces (0.22 per set), and 74 assists (0.71 per set)... Had 10+ digs 15 times, including a season-high 18 at UConn on 9/17... Named America East Defensive Player of the Week on 8/30 after recording 39 digs (4.33 per set) 15 assists, and an ace at the season-opening Hofstra Tournament... Her weekly honor was the first for any Bryant Athlete in America East... Set career-high with five aces in America East semifinals against UMBC... Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team... Finished senior season with 2.82 digs per set, the fifth most in D-I program history, and 956 total digs, the tenth most.

2021 (Junior): Played in all 32 matches and 114 sets as the primary libero for the Bulldogs... Set career highs in digs, service aces, and assists... Led Bryant with 465 digs (4.08 per set) and was 5th in the NEC in that category... Was also 10th in the NEC with 32 aces and 0.28 per set... Posted career high 33 digs in NEC Championship game vs. Sacred Heart on 11/20... Twice set career high with four service aces (8/27 vs. Holy Cross, 9/18 vs. NJIT)... Had at least 20 digs five times.

2020-21 (Sophomore): Appeared in all 11 matches and 43 sets for the Bulldogs in 2021 … Posted a career-best of 15 digs at Fairleigh Dickinson … Recorded double-digit digs on four occasions … Set a season-high two service aces against Merrimack.

2019 (Freshman): Earned NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll distinction ... Appeared in 28 matches and 79 sets … Averaged 1.19 digs per set while adding 23 assists and 21 aces … Played in 14 of 16 NEC matches … Season-best 10 digs at Rhode Island … Three aces against Binghamton, Albany and Merrimack.

Before Bryant
Played her high school volleyball at Walpole (Mass.) High School … Three-time Bay State Conference champions … Four-time first-team Bay State Conference All-Star … 2018 Boston Globe All-Scholastic honoree … Named all-state as a senior in 2018 ... Division 1 State All-Star as a junior in 2017 … Division 1 South sectional finalists in 2016 … Also played one year of softball … Plays her club volleyball for SMASH Volleyball Club.

Personal
Daughter of Julie and Steven Rae ... Has one sister, Mckenzie ... Intends to major in actuarial science.

Career Single-Match Highs
Kills: 1, 8x, last vs. Stonehill, 8/30/22
Assists: 9, 2x, last vs. Syracuse, 9/16/22
Aces: 5, vs. UMBC, 11/19/22
Digs: 33, at vs Sacred Heart, 11/20/21
Blocks: --

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 30 at New Hampshire L, 3-1
Nov 2 at Hartford W, 3-0
Nov 6 at NJIT W, 3-0
Nov 11 UMBC W, 3-2
Nov 13 Binghamton L, 3-0
Nov 19 vs. #2 UMBC L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 31 10
Sets 104 32
Kills 1 0
Kills per set 0.01 0.00
Errors 1 1
Total Attacks 11 3
Hitting Percentage .000 -.333
Assists 74 8
Assists per set 0.71 0.25
Service Aces 23 8
Service Errors 18 1
Service Aces per set 0.22 0.25
Receptions 526 185
Reception Errors 29 13
Digs 310 82
Digs per set 2.98 2.56
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 0 0
Block Total 0 0
Blocks per set 0.00 0.00
Block Errors 1 1
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 24.0 8.0
Points per set 0.2 0.3
Matches started 1 1
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 26 vs. Miami (Fla.) L, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 - 6 0 0 26 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aug 26 vs. Niagara L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 19 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aug 27 at Hofstra W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 7 1 2 17 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Aug 30 Stonehill W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 2 .500 4 2 1 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 2 No. 17 Harvard W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 15 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 3 Montana St. W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 5 0 3 31 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 3 Boston College L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 17 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 6 Brown W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 5 1 1 22 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 9 vs. Stonehill W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 2 0 0 17 4 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 9 at St. John's L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 18 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 10 vs. Southeastern La. L, 3-1 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 22 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 13 at Rhode Island W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 1 0 13 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 16 vs. Syracuse W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 2 .000 9 0 1 26 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 17 vs. Lindenwood (Mo.) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 3 .000 5 4 2 18 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 17 at UConn L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 5 0 2 25 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 20 Hartford W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 1 1 6 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 28 at Boston College L, 3-2 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 16 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 1 at UMBC L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 16 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 7 UAlbany W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 24 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 9 New Hampshire W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 1 0 24 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 14 at Binghamton L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 28 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 18 at Central Connecticut W, 3-2 - 4 0 0 0 - 2 1 1 9 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 21 NJIT W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 1 0 14 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 23 at UAlbany W, 3-1 - 2 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 16 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 26 Merrimack W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 30 at New Hampshire L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 23 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 2 at Hartford W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 4 2 1 5 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Nov 6 at NJIT W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 0 0 16 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 11 UMBC W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 11 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 13 Binghamton L, 3-0 1 3 0 1 1 -1.000 0 5 1 13 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 5.0
Nov 19 vs. #2 UMBC L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 1 0 1 10 0 7 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
2019-20 28 79 2 0.03 1 14 .071 23 0.29 21 0.27 171 9 92 1.16 0 0 0 0.00 23.0 0.3
2020-21 11 43 2 0.05 0 15 .133 2 0.05 5 0.12 120 3 89 2.07 0 0 0 0.00 7.0 0.2
2021-22 32 114 3 0.03 0 16 .188 95 0.83 32 0.28 552 22 465 4.08 0 0 0 0.00 35.0 0.3
2022-23 31 104 1 0.01 1 11 .000 74 0.71 23 0.22 526 29 310 2.98 0 0 0 0.00 24.0 0.2
Total 102 340 8 0.02 2 56 .107 194 0.57 81 0.24 1369 63 956 2.81 0 0 0 0.00 89.0 0.3
    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 31 104 1 0.01 1 11 .000 74 0.71 23 0.22 526 29 310 2.98 0 0 0 0.00 24.0 0.2
Conference 10 32 0 0.00 1 3 -.333 8 0.25 8 0.25 185 13 82 2.56 0 0 0 0.00 8.0 0.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 12 41 1 0.02 1 5 .000 23 0.56 13 0.32 186 5 109 2.66 0 0 0 0.00 14.0 0.3
Away 12 40 0 0.00 0 0 - 26 0.65 6 0.15 202 16 117 2.92 0 0 0 0.00 6.0 0.1
Neutral 7 23 0 0.00 0 6 .000 25 1.09 4 0.17 138 8 84 3.65 0 0 0 0.00 4.0 0.2
Result Wins 19 64 1 0.02 0 10 .100 57 0.89 17 0.27 293 14 195 3.05 0 0 0 0.00 18.0 0.3
Losses 12 40 0 0.00 1 1 -1.000 17 0.42 6 0.15 233 15 115 2.88 0 0 0 0.00 6.0 0.1
Month August 4 12 1 0.08 0 2 .500 19 1.58 3 0.25 71 4 48 4.00 0 0 0 0.00 4.0 0.3
September 13 48 0 0.00 0 6 .000 40 0.83 8 0.17 246 12 155 3.23 0 0 0 0.00 8.0 0.2
October 9 26 0 0.00 0 0 - 7 0.27 5 0.19 154 13 66 2.54 0 0 0 0.00 5.0 0.2
November 5 18 0 0.00 1 3 -.333 8 0.44 7 0.39 55 0 41 2.28 0 0 0 0.00 7.0 0.4

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Rae, McGovern Named to CSC Academic All-District Team

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November 9, 2022

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Rae Named America East Defensive Specialist of the Week

BOSTON, MA - Bryant volleyball’s Abby Rae has been named America East Defensive Specialist of the Week to open the 2022 season. It is the...

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