2023 Central Missouri Jennies Volleyball Roster

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14 Sydney Lierz

14 Sydney Lierz

  • Position:
    Outside Hitter
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool:
    Blue Valley Southwest HS
  • Hometown:
    Overland Park, Kan.

Summary

Biography

UCM Awards & Honors
• MIAA Freshman of the Year (2019)
• All-MIAA First Team (2019, 2021)
• All-MIAA Honorable Mention (2022)
• MIAA Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
• MIAA Scholar Athlete (2019, 2021, 2022)

2022: Played 110 sets in 29 matches making 28 starts while being named an All-MIAA Honorable Mention selection... Ranked third on the team in points (246.5), kills (202) and digs (257)... Compiled the second-most double-doubles on the year with five while adding 30 assists and 23 service aces... Ended the season with the fifth-most blocks (43) for the Jens including a career-high five blocks in the 3-1 victory over Pittsburg State (Sept. 16)...Received the MIAA Scholar Athlete and Honor Roll awards for her work in the classroom. 

2021: Played in all 33 matches, including 31 starts... All-MIAA First Team honoree...Hit .166 with 246 kills on a team-high 895 attempts... Had five double-doubles in kills and digs...Averaged 2.10 kills, 2.50 digs and 2.59 points per set... Compiled a season-best 14 kills against Washburn (Sept. 25)...Had a career-high six service aces against Northwest Missouri (Oct. 26)... Had a career-high 18 digs twice against Nebraska Kearney (Oct. 8) and Missouri Western (Oct. 19)... Named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and was an MIAA Scholar Athlete for her work in the classroom. 

2019: Gave the Jennies back-to-back MIAA Freshman of the Year awards for the first time in team history when she was chosen in 2019, following Hannah Engelken in 2018 … Lierz also was the only freshman on this year’s All-MIAA First Team … Lierz played in all 33 matches and in 111 sets … She led the Jennies with 2.63 kills per set and was second with 292 total kills while hitting .196 … She put down double-digit kills in 14 matches including a stretch of seven straight from Sept. 14 – Oct. 4 … Hit a season-best 20 kills against Nebraska-Kearney (Oct. 4) … Had a season-best .524 attack percentage against Missouri Western (Sept. 20) landing 13 kills against just two errors on 21 attempts … Helped out defensively with 193 digs, fifth most on the team and record seven kills-digs double-doubles … Scooped up double-digit digs in 10 matches, twice recording a season-high with 15 … Also added points with 31 blocks and 15 service aces.

In High School: Played varsity for four years at Blue Valley Southwest and Coach Kate Schnitta ... Prior to her senior year, was named to the 2018 Under Armour All-American Watch List ... In 2018, was Second Team All-Conference finishing with 195 kills, 336 digs and hitting .258 ... Was a two-time team captain and two-time All-Conference selection ... Has played club volleyball for seven years, two years with PVA and five with MAVS

Personal: Daughter of Steve and Shelley Lierz ... Majoring in Kinesiology.
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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2019Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    14
  • 14

    2020Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    14
  • 14

    2021Redshirt Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    14
  • 14

    2022Redshirt Junior

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    14
  • 14

    2023Redshirt Senior

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    14