11 Cassandra Holmes
Cassandra Holmes
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Ellington, Conn.
  • High School:
    Ellington
  • Position:
    Middle Blocker
  • Major:
    Accounting and Finance
  • m
    28
  • k/s
    1.61
  • h %
    .184
  • a/s
    0.09
  • b/s
    0.56
  • sa/s
    0.23
  • d/s
    0.54

Bio

Career Highs:

Kills: 13 (9/9/17 vs. Suffolk)
Service Aces: 3 (9/1/17 at Framingham State)
Blocks: 5 (9/1/17 at UC Santa Cruz)

2017 (Sophomore Year): Appeared in 28 matches, averaging 1.61 kills per set (95 total sets)...posted two 10+ kill efforts, with a career-high of 13 coming against Suffolk (9/9)...registered career-high in service aces (3) at Framingham State (9/1).

2016 (Freshman Year): Appeared in 29 matches, averaging 1.97 digs and 1.36 kills per set (92 total sets)...posted five 10+ dig efforts, with a season-high of 13 coming against Roger Williams (10/4)...registered at least five kills on 9 occasions, including a season-high 11 against Mount Holyoke (10/11). 

High School:  2016 graduate of Ellington High School, where she played four years of varsity volleyball, three years of varsity basketball, and four years of varsity softball...earned Team MVP, All-NCCC, and All-State honors for volleyball...played club volleyball for Husky.

Personal: Born on August 7, 1998 in Hartford, Connecticut to Charissa and Curt Holmes...has a brother named Curtis...father played baseball at American International College...Favorites: TV Show – Friends; Pro Team – Boston Red Sox; Athlete – Andrew Benintendi; Food – Chicken Parm...majoring in accounting and finance.

What I Like Best About WNE: “The close knit community”

  

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 21 U. of New England W, 3-0
Oct 24 at Nichols W, 3-0
Oct 26 at Johnson & Wales (RI) L, 3-0
Oct 28 Curry W, 3-0
Oct 28 Keene St. W, 3-0
Oct 31 at Wentworth L, 3-2
  Overall Conf
Matches 28 9
Sets 95 30
Kills 153 53
Kills per set 1.61 1.77
Errors 72 18
Total Attacks 441 148
Hitting Percentage .184 .236
Assists 9 2
Assists per set 0.09 0.07
Service Aces 22 6
Service Errors 21 5
Service Aces per set 0.23 0.20
Receptions 5 2
Reception Errors 1 1
Digs 51 20
Digs per set 0.54 0.67
Block Solo 17 2
Block Assist 36 14
Block Total 53 16
Blocks per set 0.56 0.53
Block Errors 3 1
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 210.0 68.0
Points per set 2.2 2.3
Matches started 28 9
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 1 at UC Santa Cruz L, 3-1 1 4 2 5 14 -.214 0 2 1 - 0 2 4 1 0 5 0 8.5
Sep 1 vs. Elmhurst L, 3-0 1 3 2 4 22 -.091 3 0 2 - 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3.0
Sep 2 vs. Southwestern (Tex.) L, 3-0 1 3 5 1 15 .267 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Sep 2 vs. Mills W, 3-0 1 3 7 3 13 .308 1 2 2 - 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 10.0
Sep 6 at Connecticut Col. L, 3-0 1 3 5 2 10 .300 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 1 7.5
Sep 8 vs. Amherst L, 3-0 1 3 2 6 15 -.267 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 3.0
Sep 9 vs. Gallaudet W, 3-1 1 4 6 3 18 .167 0 0 0 - 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 8.0
Sep 9 vs. Suffolk W, 3-1 1 4 13 4 22 .409 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 2 1 3 0 15.0
Sep 14 at WPI L, 3-2 1 5 6 4 24 .083 0 2 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 9.0
Sep 16 at Framingham St. W, 3-0 1 3 6 1 11 .455 1 3 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 10.5
Sep 16 vs. Colby-Sawyer W, 3-0 1 3 6 3 17 .176 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 8.0
Sep 19 Elms W, 3-0 1 1 4 0 5 .800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 20 at Eastern Nazarene W, 3-0 1 3 9 1 18 .444 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 11.5
Sep 23 Wentworth L, 3-1 1 4 4 2 14 .143 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Sep 26 at Gordon W, 3-1 1 4 12 4 21 .381 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Sep 28 at Wellesley L, 3-0 1 3 5 2 16 .188 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Sep 30 Eastern Conn. St. W, 3-1 1 4 5 4 16 .063 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 7.0
Sep 30 Westfield St. W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 4 Roger Williams L, 3-1 1 4 8 2 26 .231 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
Oct 11 at Endicott L, 3-0 1 3 3 2 11 .091 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Oct 12 Mount Holyoke W, 3-1 1 4 7 4 22 .136 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 8.5
Oct 14 at Wheaton (Mass.) L, 3-1 1 4 4 1 12 .250 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 7.0
Oct 14 vs. Mass.-Dartmouth W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Salve Regina L, 3-0 1 3 3 2 12 .083 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 5.0
Oct 21 U. of New England W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 15 .267 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
Oct 24 at Nichols W, 3-0 1 3 5 4 21 .048 1 1 0 - 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
Oct 26 at Johnson & Wales (RI) L, 3-0 1 3 0 1 6 -.167 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 28 Curry W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 10 .400 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 7.0
Oct 28 Keene St. W, 3-0 1 3 6 1 11 .455 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
Oct 31 at Wentworth L, 3-2 1 5 9 5 24 .167 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 4 0 13.5
  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
2016-17 29 97 156 1.61 62 415 .227 3 0.03 1 0.01 8 4 27 0.28 8 44 52 0.54 187.0 1.9
2017-18 28 95 153 1.61 72 441 .184 9 0.09 22 0.23 5 1 51 0.54 17 36 53 0.56 210.0 2.2
2018-19 29 111 242 2.18 76 565 .294 3 0.03 39 0.35 4 0 60 0.54 6 43 49 0.44 308.5 2.8
2019-20 29 114 258 2.26 93 612 .270 7 0.06 28 0.25 2 0 53 0.46 14 67 81 0.71 333.5 2.9
Total 115 417 809 1.94 303 2033 .249 22 0.05 90 0.22 19 5 191 0.46 45 190 235 0.56 1039.0 2.5
    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 28 95 153 1.61 72 441 .184 9 0.09 22 0.23 5 1 51 0.54 17 36 53 0.56 210.0 2.2
Conference 9 30 53 1.77 18 148 .236 2 0.07 6 0.20 2 1 20 0.67 2 14 16 0.53 68.0 2.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 8 26 43 1.65 14 119 .244 2 0.08 3 0.12 1 0 10 0.38 1 15 16 0.62 54.5 2.1
Away 13 46 69 1.50 34 200 .175 3 0.07 15 0.33 1 1 29 0.63 11 14 25 0.54 102.0 2.2
Neutral 7 23 41 1.78 24 122 .139 4 0.17 4 0.17 3 0 12 0.52 5 7 12 0.52 53.5 2.3
Result Wins 14 45 95 2.11 33 220 .282 6 0.13 11 0.24 3 0 28 0.62 7 22 29 0.64 124.0 2.8
Losses 14 50 58 1.16 39 221 .086 3 0.06 11 0.22 2 1 23 0.46 10 14 24 0.48 86.0 1.7
Month September 17 57 99 1.74 49 271 .185 7 0.12 13 0.23 3 0 31 0.54 14 17 31 0.54 134.5 2.4
October 11 38 54 1.42 23 170 .182 2 0.05 9 0.24 2 1 20 0.53 3 19 22 0.58 75.5 2.0

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