Alysa Wright
17 Alysa Wright
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Wayne, Pa.
  • High School:
    Bishop Shanahan
  • Position:
    MB/OPP
  • m
    31
  • k/s
    2.28
  • h %
    .307
  • a/s
    0.03
  • b/s
    1.02
  • sa/s
    0.31
  • d/s
    0.47

Bio

2022 (Senior): Started all 31 matches, playing in 109 sets... Named All-America East First Team and All-Academic... Totaled 248 kills, 111 blocks, and 34 aces, leading the team in all three categories... Ranked top ten in the America East in kills, blocks, aces, hitting percentage, and total points... Finished the year as the only player in Division I with 200+ kills, 100+ blocks, and 30+ aces... Led the America East with a .307 attack percentage... Twice named America East Player of the Week... Had her best game of the year on 10/23 at UAlbany, recording 18 kills and eight blocks on a .607 attack percentage... Finished Bryant career as the D-I program leader in career attack percentage (.278) and fifth in total blocks (335).

2021 (Junior): Started all 32 matches for the Bulldogs, playing in 117 sets... Third in NEC in blocks (119, 1.02 per set) and hitting percentage (.278)... 1.02 blocks per set tie her for third most in a single season in Bryant's D-I era... Also finished season with a career high 239 kills...Named NEC Player of the Week on 8/31 after posting 28 kills, 16 blocks, and a .610 hitting percentage at the season-opening URI tournament... Also earned NEC Defensive POY on 10/19... Set a career high with 15 kills vs. Merrimack on 10/8... Had at least one block in every match, with a season high of eight vs. Boston College on 9/4.

2020-21 (Sophomore): Enjoyed a breakout season appearing in 11 matches and 42 sets … Led the team with 52 blocks on the season and led the NEC with 1.24 blocks per set … Opened the 2021 season with a career-high nine blocks at Providence … Combined for 13 blocks in the FDU series and helped Bryant snap its D1 single-match team block record with 26 … Led the team in hitting percentage with .288 (91-29-215) … Set a career-high of 12 kills on two occasions at Fairleigh Dickinson and against LIU … Earned All-NEC Second Team honors.

2019 (Freshman): Earned NEC Academic Honor Roll distinction ... Appeared in 22 matches and 62 sets … Saw the majority of her time in conference play (45 sets) … Recorded 1.29 kills and was second on the team and eighth in the NEC with 0.85 blocks per set … Raised those numbers to 1.56 kills and 1.00 blocks per set – good for fourth in the conference – in NEC matches … Season-high 11 kills in the win over Central Connecticut … Eight matches of 4+ blocks, including seven in NEC play … Recorded 14 in nine sets in a 2-0 week with wins over Central Connecticut and Long Island to earn Molten/NEC Rookie of the Week honors … Season-high eight blocks in the victory in Brooklyn … Tallied four or more blocks in four straight matches to open November.

Before Bryant
Played her high school volleyball at Bishop Shanahan in Pennsylvania … State finalist in 2017 and 2018 … State semifinalist in 2016 … Two-time All-Chestmont League selection … Also earned all-district honors … Plays her club volleyball for East Coast Power Volleyball.

Personal
Daughter of Gail and Nicholas Wright ... Has two sisters, Natalie and Liana ... Intends to major in biology.

Career Single-Match Highs
Kills: 
15, vs. Merrimack, 10/8/21
Assists: 2, at Sacred Heart, 11/12/21 
Aces: 4, at Fairleigh Dickinson, 3/17/21
Digs: 3, 2x last vs. Central Connecticut
Blocks: 9, at Providence, 2/14/21

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 109 34
Kills 248 92
Kills per set 2.28 2.71
Errors 82 29
Total Attacks 540 188
Hitting Percentage .307 .335
Assists 3 0
Assists per set 0.03 0.00
Service Aces 34 12
Service Errors 31 13
Service Aces per set 0.31 0.35
Receptions 9 5
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 51 11
Digs per set 0.47 0.32
Block Solo 8 2
Block Assist 103 34
Block Total 111 36
Blocks per set 1.02 1.06
Block Errors 2 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 341.5 123.0
Points per set 3.1 3.6
Matches started 31 10
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 1 3 4 0 8 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 6.5
Aug 26 vs. Niagara L, 3-0 1 3 7 4 20 .150 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 8.0
Aug 27 at Hofstra W, 3-1 1 4 10 1 17 .529 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 3 0 11.5
Aug 30 Stonehill W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 5 .800 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 6.0
Sep 2 No. 17 Harvard W, 3-0 1 3 6 4 14 .143 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 5 0 9.5
Sep 3 Montana St. W, 3-2 1 5 3 2 17 .059 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 6 1 7 0 8.0
Sep 3 Boston College L, 3-1 1 4 7 6 21 .048 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 5 0 11.5
Sep 6 Brown W, 3-2 1 5 10 1 22 .409 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Sep 9 vs. Stonehill W, 3-0 1 1 3 0 6 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 4.5
Sep 9 at St. John's L, 3-0 1 3 7 1 12 .500 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 9.5
Sep 10 vs. Southeastern La. L, 3-1 1 4 9 2 22 .318 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 11.5
Sep 13 at Rhode Island W, 3-0 1 3 10 3 17 .412 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 11.0
Sep 16 vs. Syracuse W, 3-2 1 5 13 4 31 .290 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 17.0
Sep 17 vs. Lindenwood (Mo.) W, 3-0 1 3 9 1 17 .471 1 1 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 11.0
Sep 17 at UConn L, 3-2 1 5 8 5 24 .125 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 5 0 5 0 11.5
Sep 20 Hartford W, 3-0 1 2 5 2 10 .300 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Sep 28 at Boston College L, 3-2 1 5 9 7 29 .069 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 9 0 9 0 14.5
Oct 1 at UMBC L, 3-0 1 3 9 2 16 .438 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 10.5
Oct 7 UAlbany W, 3-0 1 3 10 2 18 .444 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 13.0
Oct 9 New Hampshire W, 3-0 1 3 13 2 17 .647 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 5 0 18.0
Oct 14 at Binghamton L, 3-0 1 3 3 4 13 -.077 0 3 1 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
Oct 18 at Central Connecticut W, 3-2 1 5 12 5 25 .280 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 0 4 0 15.0
Oct 21 NJIT W, 3-0 1 3 7 3 19 .211 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 6 0 6 0 10.0
Oct 23 at UAlbany W, 3-1 1 4 18 1 28 .607 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 23.0
Oct 26 Merrimack W, 3-0 1 2 5 0 5 1.000 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Oct 30 at New Hampshire L, 3-1 1 4 9 4 18 .278 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Nov 2 at Hartford W, 3-0 1 3 10 0 15 .667 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 14.0
Nov 6 at NJIT W, 3-0 1 3 8 3 24 .208 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 11.0
Nov 11 UMBC W, 3-2 1 5 11 4 21 .333 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 13.5
Nov 13 Binghamton L, 3-0 1 3 4 4 14 .000 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Nov 19 vs. #2 UMBC L, 3-1 1 4 5 5 15 .000 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 6 0 11.0
  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 22 62 80 1.29 40 211 .190 1 0.02 2 0.03 2 1 8 0.13 7 46 53 0.85 112.0 1.8
2020-21 11 42 91 2.17 29 215 .288 3 0.07 9 0.21 5 0 16 0.38 4 48 52 1.24 128.0 3.0
2021-22 32 117 239 2.04 88 543 .278 7 0.06 3 0.03 7 1 20 0.17 13 106 119 1.02 308.0 2.6
2022-23 31 109 248 2.28 82 540 .307 3 0.03 34 0.31 9 0 51 0.47 8 103 111 1.02 341.5 3.1
Total 96 330 658 1.99 239 1509 .278 14 0.04 48 0.15 23 2 95 0.29 32 303 335 1.02 889.5 2.7
    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 31 109 248 2.28 82 540 .307 3 0.03 34 0.31 9 0 51 0.47 8 103 111 1.02 341.5 3.1
Conference 10 34 92 2.71 29 188 .335 0 0.00 12 0.35 5 0 11 0.32 2 34 36 1.06 123.0 3.6
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 12 41 85 2.07 30 183 .301 2 0.05 12 0.29 3 0 20 0.49 6 39 45 1.10 122.5 3.0
Away 12 45 113 2.51 36 238 .324 0 0.00 13 0.29 6 0 23 0.51 1 45 46 1.02 149.5 3.3
Neutral 7 23 50 2.17 16 119 .286 1 0.04 9 0.39 0 0 8 0.35 1 19 20 0.87 69.5 3.0
Result Wins 19 65 167 2.57 38 328 .393 3 0.05 19 0.29 2 0 32 0.49 7 60 67 1.03 223.0 3.4
Losses 12 44 81 1.84 44 212 .175 0 0.00 15 0.34 7 0 19 0.43 1 43 44 1.00 118.5 2.7
Month August 4 13 25 1.92 5 50 .400 1 0.08 1 0.08 0 0 6 0.46 1 10 11 0.85 32.0 2.5
September 13 48 99 2.06 38 242 .252 2 0.04 13 0.27 4 0 26 0.54 5 43 48 1.00 138.5 2.9
October 9 30 86 2.87 23 159 .396 0 0.00 11 0.37 4 0 14 0.47 2 33 35 1.17 115.5 3.9
November 5 18 38 2.11 16 89 .247 0 0.00 9 0.50 1 0 5 0.28 0 17 17 0.94 55.5 3.1

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