8 Ashley Matthews
Ashley Matthews
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Salem, N.H.
  • High School:
    Salem
  • Position:
    Outside Hitter
  • Major:
    Health Sciences
  • m
    26
  • k/s
    2.67
  • h %
    .148
  • a/s
    0.14
  • b/s
    0.13
  • sa/s
    0.39
  • d/s
    2.40

Bio

Career Highs:

Kills: 17 (9/19/18 at Curry)
Service Aces: 5 (9/22/18 at UNE)
Digs: 21 (10/29/16 vs. Gordon)

2018 (Junior Year): Appeared in 26 matches...averaged 2.40 digs per set and 2.67 kills per set.

2017 (Sophomore Year): Appeared in 24 matches, averaging 1.97 digs and 1.36 kills per set (61 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 13 occasions, including a career-high 11 against Mount Holyoke (10/11). 

2016 (Freshman Year): Appeared in 25 matches, averaging 2.60 digs and 1.38 kills per set (73 total sets)...posted eight 10+ dig efforts, posting a career-high of 21 against Gordon (10/21)...registered at least five kills on 9 occasions, including a season-high 8 on multiple occasions. 

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 17 at Wentworth L, 3-1
Oct 20 Endicott L, 3-1
Oct 23 Gordon L, 3-2
Oct 25 Emmanuel (Mass.) W, 3-2
Oct 27 at Roger Williams L, 3-1
Oct 30 at Salve Regina L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 26 8
Sets 101 33
Kills 270 95
Kills per set 2.67 2.88
Errors 139 42
Total Attacks 887 316
Hitting Percentage .148 .168
Assists 14 4
Assists per set 0.14 0.12
Service Aces 39 14
Service Errors 35 9
Service Aces per set 0.39 0.42
Receptions 529 160
Reception Errors 45 10
Digs 242 83
Digs per set 2.40 2.52
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 13 9
Block Total 13 9
Blocks per set 0.13 0.27
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 315.5 113.5
Points per set 3.1 3.4
Matches started 26 8
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 1 at Kean L, 3-1 1 4 5 4 25 .040 0 1 4 - 4 9 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Sep 1 vs. Wis.-Eau Claire L, 3-0 1 3 2 4 23 -.087 0 2 0 17 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 2 vs. Rivier L, 3-1 1 4 6 4 24 .083 0 1 1 23 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Sep 2 vs. Vassar L, 3-0 1 3 5 5 24 .000 0 1 2 15 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Sep 5 Connecticut Col. L, 3-0 1 3 7 9 33 -.061 0 1 1 14 1 7 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
Sep 8 Amherst L, 3-0 1 3 8 6 38 .053 0 0 0 16 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Sep 8 Emerson L, 3-0 1 3 8 3 25 .200 2 2 1 14 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Sep 11 at Elms W, 3-1 1 4 14 1 28 .464 0 1 2 31 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 15.0
Sep 13 Framingham St. L, 3-2 1 5 16 9 41 .171 1 0 1 39 1 12 0 1 0 1 0 16.5
Sep 15 at Worcester St. L, 3-1 1 4 14 3 28 .393 1 1 2 11 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 15.0
Sep 15 vs. Colby-Sawyer W, 3-2 1 5 9 7 28 .071 2 4 2 32 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Sep 19 at Curry W, 3-2 1 5 17 5 48 .250 1 2 1 23 1 10 0 1 0 1 0 19.5
Sep 22 at U. of New England W, 3-1 1 4 14 4 37 .270 0 5 2 31 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 19.0
Sep 25 Nichols W, 3-0 1 3 7 1 18 .333 1 3 0 4 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Sep 27 at Clark University L, 3-1 1 4 15 7 45 .178 1 1 3 39 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 16.0
Sep 29 Eastern Conn. St. L, 3-1 1 4 13 6 41 .171 0 2 0 16 2 8 0 0 0 0 1 15.0
Sep 29 Westfield St. W, 3-0 1 3 6 4 17 .118 0 6 3 18 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Oct 3 Salve Regina L, 3-1 1 4 8 6 33 .061 1 0 1 26 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
Oct 5 at Mount Holyoke W, 3-1 1 4 17 6 48 .229 0 2 0 28 2 9 0 1 0 1 0 19.5
Oct 10 Smith W, 3-1 1 4 8 6 27 .074 1 0 2 12 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Oct 11 at Keene St. L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 13 at Wheaton (Mass.) L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 13 vs. U. of New England L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 17 at Wentworth L, 3-1 1 4 16 3 46 .283 0 0 2 28 2 17 0 1 0 1 0 16.5
Oct 20 Endicott L, 3-1 1 4 13 7 44 .136 0 1 0 30 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Oct 23 Gordon L, 3-2 1 5 13 11 60 .033 0 0 1 18 1 11 0 2 0 2 0 14.0
Oct 25 Emmanuel (Mass.) W, 3-2 1 5 14 8 47 .128 2 0 0 43 4 17 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Oct 27 at Roger Williams L, 3-1 1 4 7 5 30 .067 1 3 2 - 2 9 0 3 0 3 0 11.5
Oct 30 at Salve Regina L, 3-0 1 3 8 5 29 .103 0 0 2 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
  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
2016-17 25 73 101 1.38 73 404 .069 13 0.18 22 0.30 295 24 190 2.60 1 13 14 0.19 130.5 1.8
2017-18 24 61 83 1.36 65 294 .061 14 0.23 14 0.23 205 19 120 1.97 0 3 3 0.05 98.5 1.6
2018-19 26 101 270 2.67 139 887 .148 14 0.14 39 0.39 529 45 242 2.40 0 13 13 0.13 315.5 3.1
2019-20 27 106 297 2.80 163 1047 .128 24 0.23 36 0.34 494 37 329 3.10 0 14 14 0.13 340.0 3.2
Total 102 341 751 2.20 440 2632 .118 65 0.19 111 0.33 1523 125 881 2.58 1 43 44 0.13 884.5 2.6
    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 26 101 270 2.67 139 887 .148 14 0.14 39 0.39 529 45 242 2.40 0 13 13 0.13 315.5 3.1
Conference 8 33 95 2.88 42 316 .168 4 0.12 14 0.42 160 10 83 2.52 0 9 9 0.27 113.5 3.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 12 46 121 2.63 76 424 .106 8 0.17 15 0.33 250 18 109 2.37 0 6 6 0.13 139.0 3.0
Away 10 40 127 3.17 43 364 .231 4 0.10 16 0.40 192 15 106 2.65 0 7 7 0.17 146.5 3.7
Neutral 4 15 22 1.47 20 99 .020 2 0.13 8 0.53 87 12 27 1.80 0 0 0 0.00 30.0 2.0
Result Wins 9 37 106 2.86 42 298 .215 7 0.19 23 0.62 222 19 89 2.41 0 3 3 0.08 130.5 3.5
Losses 17 64 164 2.56 97 589 .114 7 0.11 16 0.25 307 26 153 2.39 0 10 10 0.16 185.0 2.9
Month September 17 64 166 2.59 82 523 .161 9 0.14 33 0.52 343 29 139 2.17 0 5 5 0.08 201.5 3.1
October 9 37 104 2.81 57 364 .129 5 0.14 6 0.16 186 16 103 2.78 0 8 8 0.22 114.0 3.1

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September 22, 2018

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September 19, 2018

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September 15, 2018

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