8 Ashley Matthews
Ashley Matthews
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Salem, N.H.
  • High School:
    Salem
  • Position:
    OH
  • Major:
    Psychology
  • m
    27
  • k/s
    2.80
  • h %
    .128
  • a/s
    0.23
  • b/s
    0.13
  • sa/s
    0.34
  • d/s
    3.10

Bio

Career Highs:

Kills: 20 (9/10/19 at Framingham St.)
Service Aces: 6 (9/29/18 vs. Westfield St.)
Digs: 24 (9/24/19 vs. U. of New England)

2018 (Junior Year): Earned All-CCC second team honors. 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 22 at Gordon L, 3-2
Oct 24 Clark University L, 3-0
Oct 26 Roger Williams L, 3-1
Oct 30 Wentworth L, 3-1
Nov 2 at Endicott L, 3-0
Nov 5 at Roger Williams L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 27 7
Sets 106 27
Kills 297 89
Kills per set 2.80 3.30
Errors 163 39
Total Attacks 1047 292
Hitting Percentage .128 .171
Assists 24 9
Assists per set 0.23 0.33
Service Aces 36 9
Service Errors 49 11
Service Aces per set 0.34 0.33
Receptions 494 127
Reception Errors 37 10
Digs 329 109
Digs per set 3.10 4.04
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 14 4
Block Total 14 4
Blocks per set 0.13 0.15
Block Errors 6 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 340.0 100.0
Points per set 3.2 3.7
Matches started 24 6
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 30 vs. Marywood W, 3-0 1 3 6 3 27 .111 0 0 4 19 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 6.0
Aug 30 vs. St. Lawrence L, 3-0 1 3 10 5 32 .156 0 1 0 22 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Aug 31 vs. Rochester (N.Y.) L, 3-2 1 5 11 10 45 .022 1 2 2 0 3 17 0 0 1 0 0 13.0
Aug 31 vs. Lebanon Valley L, 3-1 1 4 11 6 36 .139 0 2 1 0 5 11 0 2 0 2 0 14.0
Sep 5 Elms W, 3-0 1 3 10 2 39 .205 2 0 1 24 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Sep 7 Amherst L, 3-0 1 3 12 9 40 .075 0 0 1 24 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Sep 7 Emerson L, 3-1 1 4 11 6 37 .135 3 0 0 28 2 14 0 2 0 2 0 12.0
Sep 10 at Framingham St. W, 3-2 1 5 20 10 62 .161 0 3 1 34 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 23.0
Sep 12 Sage W, 3-1 1 4 8 8 39 .000 0 0 3 33 3 14 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Sep 14 at Smith L, 3-2 1 5 17 6 43 .256 2 2 3 14 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 19.5
Sep 14 vs. Regis (Mass.) W, 3-0 1 3 7 3 20 .200 1 0 3 14 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Sep 18 at Eastern Conn. St. L, 3-1 1 4 11 8 41 .073 1 1 2 14 1 15 0 0 1 0 0 12.0
Sep 21 at Worcester St. W, 3-2 - 5 12 8 49 .082 3 2 2 22 1 19 0 1 0 1 0 14.5
Sep 21 vs. Wheaton (Mass.) L, 3-0 - 3 7 4 38 .079 1 2 1 29 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Sep 24 U. of New England L, 3-2 1 5 13 6 55 .127 1 2 1 34 3 24 0 2 0 2 0 16.0
Sep 28 vs. Norwich W, 3-1 1 4 7 4 27 .111 0 3 2 - 1 7 0 1 3 1 0 10.5
Sep 28 at Suffolk L, 3-2 1 5 7 10 39 -.077 0 3 3 16 1 16 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Oct 2 Curry W, 3-0 1 3 16 10 45 .133 0 1 3 20 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 17.0
Oct 5 Mass.-Boston W, 3-2 1 5 16 4 37 .324 0 3 1 18 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 19.5
Oct 8 vs. Nichols W, 3-0 - 3 14 6 31 .258 3 1 1 - 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 15.0
Oct 11 at Mount Holyoke W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 at Salve Regina L, 3-0 1 3 11 4 39 .179 1 1 1 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Oct 19 Colby-Sawyer L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Westfield St. W, 3-1 1 4 13 4 38 .237 0 2 5 22 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 15.5
Oct 22 at Gordon L, 3-2 1 5 12 4 40 .200 1 4 1 41 4 21 0 1 0 1 0 16.5
Oct 24 Clark University L, 3-0 1 3 7 5 31 .065 0 1 1 20 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Oct 26 Roger Williams L, 3-1 1 4 11 7 44 .091 3 0 2 20 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Oct 30 Wentworth L, 3-1 1 4 12 2 38 .263 0 0 2 12 1 17 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Nov 2 at Endicott L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 at Roger Williams L, 3-1 1 4 5 9 35 -.114 1 0 2 14 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
  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 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
Conference 7 27 89 3.30 39 292 .171 9 0.33 9 0.33 127 10 109 4.04 0 4 4 0.15 100.0 3.7
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 11 42 129 3.07 63 443 .149 9 0.21 9 0.21 255 17 142 3.38 0 7 7 0.17 141.5 3.4
Away 8 36 95 2.64 59 348 .103 9 0.25 16 0.44 155 8 112 3.11 0 4 4 0.11 113.0 3.1
Neutral 8 28 73 2.61 41 256 .125 6 0.21 11 0.39 84 12 75 2.68 0 3 3 0.11 85.5 3.1
Result Wins 11 42 129 3.07 62 414 .162 9 0.21 15 0.36 206 10 111 2.64 0 4 4 0.10 146.0 3.5
Losses 16 64 168 2.63 101 633 .106 15 0.23 21 0.33 288 27 218 3.41 0 10 10 0.16 194.0 3.0
Month August 4 15 38 2.53 24 140 .100 1 0.07 5 0.33 41 9 44 2.93 0 2 2 0.13 44.0 2.9
September 13 53 142 2.68 84 529 .110 14 0.26 18 0.34 286 19 163 3.08 0 8 8 0.15 164.0 3.1
October 9 34 112 3.29 46 343 .192 8 0.24 13 0.38 153 8 116 3.41 0 4 4 0.12 127.0 3.7
November 1 4 5 1.25 9 35 -.114 1 0.25 0 0.00 14 1 6 1.50 0 0 0 0.00 5.0 1.3

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