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2019 Women's Volleyball

3 Sara Matsumura

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Rowland Hall
  • Hometown Salt Lake City, Utah

Biography

Career Honors:
NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee (2019-20)
Gregory Kannerstein '63 Award (2020)
AVCA Honorable mention All-America (2019)
AVCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region (2019)
Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team (2019)
First-team All-Centennial Conference (2019)
Second-team All-Centennial Conference (2018)
Honorable Mention All-Centennial Conference (2017)
Centennial Conference All-Sportsmanship Team (2016, 17, 18, 19)
Ford Invitational Most Valuable Player (2019)
Ford Invitational All-Tournament Team (2019)
Muhlenberg Buttermaker All-Tournament Team (2019)
Haverford Invitational All-Tournament Team (2019)
Centennial Conference Player of the Week (Sept. 10, 2019)
Academic All-Centennial (2017, 18, 19)
Centennial Conference Fall Honor Roll (2017, 18, 19)

2019: Team captain … NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee … Gregory Kannerstein '63 Award … AVCA Honorable Mention All-American ... AVCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region... Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team … First-team All-Centennial Conference … Centennial Conference All-Sportsmanship Team … Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … Appeared in 24 matches at libero before missing the final seven matches due to injury … Paced the Centennial Conference in digs (521) and digs per set (5.99) … Ranked 16th in the Centennial Conference in digs per set …Notched 54 service aces … Added double-digit digs in 23 matches … Collected 37 digs against Cabrini (Sept. 6) … Tallied season-best 43 digs agianst Stockton (Sept. 19) ... Served a season-high six aces against Medaille (Sept. 1) … Contributed a season-best seven assists against Penn St. Abington (Sept. 13). 

2018: Team captain … Second-team All-Centennial Conference … Centennial Conference All-Sportsmanship Team …Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … Appeared in 27 matches, making 11 starts at outside hitter while serving as the team’s primary libero in the remainder … Played in all but three of Haverford’s sets … Led the Centennial Conference in digs with 487 and was second in the conference with 5.24 digs per set … Tallied double-digit digs in each contest, posting a season-best 34 during a win over Washington College (Oct. 10) … Reached double-digit kills against Cabrini (Sept. 14) and Widener (Sept. 15)… Grabbed a season-best three blocks at York (Sept. 7).

2017: Honorable mention All-Centennial Conference … Centennial Conference All-Sportsmanship Team … Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … Appeared in 29 matches, making 15 starts … One of five players to see time in each set Haverford played … Began the season as the primary libero before making the transition to outside hitter in late September… Contributed five service aces against Penn State Berks (Sept.  9) … Tallied season-best 38 digs against Muhlenberg (Sept. 20) … Registered double-digit kills in 14 of the last 15 matches of the season, including a season-best 20 kills against McDaniel (Oct. 14) and Denison (Oct. 21) … Added a season-best three blocks against DeSales (Oct. 20) and Denison.

2016:  Centennial Conference All-Sportsmanship Team … Appeared In 29 matches … Only Haverford player to see time in every set … Season - best 27 digs against North Carolina Wesleyan (Sept. 17) … Posted 25 digs against Heidelberg (Sept. 4) … Tallied 22 digs against then- No. 10 Eastern (Sept. 24) … Had 23 digs against conference foe Franklin & Marshall (Sept. 28) … Recorded 20 digs in triumph over rival Swarthmore (Oct. 29) … Four service aces against Muhlenberg (Oct. 12).

Prep: Team captain … Twice named to 2A first-team All-Utah by Deseret News, earning second-team honors in 2013 … Team MVP and Outstanding Offensive Player …. All-region … Senior all-star … Academic All-Region … Deseret News Prep of the Week In October 2014.

High School: Daughter of Evelyn and Kyle Matsumura.

Seasonsp-mpkk/setapctaa/ssasa/ssedigd/srebsbatbb/sbebhe
2016..106-2960.061043-.093340.32220.21273913.69370000.0002
2017..106-291981.8782601.193440.42410.39225545.2344114150.1403
2018..93-27800.8690388-.026570.61230.25234875.2451012120.1310
2019..87-2450.06523.000620.71540.62245215.99240000.0001
TOTAL.392-1092890.741871055.0971970.501400.369619534.98156126270.0716

SINGLE-MATCH HIGHS:
Kills: 20, McDaniel, Oct 14, 2017 ; vs Denison, Oct 21, 2017
Attacks: 60, vs DeSales, Oct 20, 2017
Attack pct: .400, Arcadia, Sep 30,2017 (11-1-25)
Assists: 7, vs Penn State Abington, Sep 13, 2019
Serve aces: 6, Medaille, Sep 01, 2019
Digs: 43, vs Stockton, Sep 14, 2019
Blocks: 3, vs DeSales, Oct 20, 2017 ; vs Denison, Oct 21, 2017 ; at York (Pa.), Sep 7, 2018
Block solo: 1, McDaniel, Oct 14, 2017
Block assist: 3, vs DeSales, Oct 20, 2017 ; vs Denison, Oct 21, 2017 ; at York (Pa.), Sep 7, 2018
 ALL-TIME RANKINGS - [at time of graduation]:
Service attempts: 2nd (1513)
Digs: 3rd (1953)
Digs per set: 3rd (4.98)
RecPct: 8th (.922)
Serve pct.: 8th (.937)
Service aces: 13th (140)
AstPct: 18th (.186)
Service aces per set: 19th (0.36)
Assists per set: 20th (0.50)
SINGLE-SEASON RANKINGS - [at time of graduation]:
Digs per set: 5th (5.99 in 2019)
Digs: 6th (554 in 2017)
Service aces per set: 7th (0.62 in 2019)
Service attempts: 8th (423 in 2017)
Digs: 10th (521 in 2019)
Digs per set: 10th (5.24 in 2018)
Digs per set: 11th (5.23 in 2017)
RecPct: 12th (.935 in 2019)
Service attempts: 13th (398 in 2016)
Serve pct.: 13th (.948 in 2017)
RecPct: 15th (.932 in 2017)
Digs: 16th (487 in 2018)
Service aces: t-17th (54 in 2019)

 

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2016First-Year

    OH/DS
    5'7"
    3
  • 3

    2017Sophomore

    OH/DS
    5'7"
    3
  • 3

    2018Junior

    OH/DS
    5'7"
    3
  • 3

    2019Senior

    OH/DS
    5'7"
    3
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