20 Lia Simanski
Lia Simanski
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Year:
    Fr
  • Hometown:
    Altoona, PA
  • High School:
    Bishop Guilfoyle
  • Position:
    OH
  • m
    27
  • k/s
    2.74
  • h %
    .105
  • a/s
    0.06
  • b/s
    0.09
  • sa/s
    0.24
  • d/s
    3.41

Bio

High School: Member of the District 6 championship volleyball team at Bishop Guilfoyle High School as a junior...was an all-state volleyball selection in her junior and senior seasons...also took Altoona Mirror all-star status in her junior and senior years...was first-team all-district in volleyball as a junior and senior...earned the Laurel Highlands Award as a senior...was named a High Top Sports player of the game during her junior season...was the 2023 Bishop Guilfoyle salutatorian...earned the Certificate of Recognition...2021 Artist of the 21st Century Student Art Exhibit in her freshman year...earned the Presidential Award as a senior...Altoona Sunrise Rotary student of the month in 2022...member of the National Honor Society as a junior and senior, becoming the school president of NHS...Challenge Program Award for academic excellent as a senior...four-year high honor roll student...Altoona Mirror Student of the Month in her senior year.

Personal: Daughter of Kimberly and Patrick Simanski...majoring in Business.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 31 at La Roche W, 3-1
Nov 4 at Wells W, 3-0
Nov 4 vs. Alfred W, 3-2
Nov 11 La Roche W, 3-2
Nov 12 Alfred St. W, 3-1
Nov 16 at Juniata L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 27 9
Sets 98 31
Kills 269 83
Kills per set 2.74 2.68
Errors 159 48
Total Attacks 1046 338
Hitting Percentage .105 .104
Assists 6 0
Assists per set 0.06 0.00
Service Aces 24 13
Service Errors 34 16
Service Aces per set 0.24 0.42
Receptions 527 135
Reception Errors 41 7
Digs 334 123
Digs per set 3.41 3.97
Block Solo 3 2
Block Assist 6 0
Block Total 9 2
Blocks per set 0.09 0.06
Block Errors 5 1
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 299.0 98.0
Points per set 3.1 3.2
Matches started 12 7
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 1 vs. Gallaudet L, 3-2 1 5 13 8 42 .119 1 0 2 21 1 11 0 0 1 0 0 13.0
Sep 1 at St. Vincent L, 3-2 - 5 7 8 43 -.023 1 1 2 24 0 13 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
Sep 2 vs. Westminster (Pa.) L, 3-0 - 3 4 7 32 -.094 0 1 0 20 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Sep 2 vs. Franciscan L, 3-1 - 4 14 6 46 .174 0 1 1 19 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 15.0
Sep 5 Wilson W, 3-0 - 2 7 6 25 .040 1 1 1 8 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 8.0
Sep 9 vs. Delaware Valley W, 3-0 - 3 13 5 35 .229 0 2 0 28 3 14 0 1 1 1 0 15.5
Sep 9 at Wilkes W, 3-2 - 5 20 11 51 .176 0 0 2 22 1 10 1 0 0 1 0 21.0
Sep 12 at Geneva L, 3-0 - 3 3 8 34 -.147 0 0 1 17 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 14 at Elizabethtown L, 3-0 - 3 11 5 31 .194 1 1 2 22 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Sep 19 at Lycoming L, 3-1 - 4 17 7 45 .222 0 1 0 35 6 14 0 2 1 2 0 19.0
Sep 22 Penn College W, 3-0 - 3 12 2 27 .370 0 0 0 6 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Sep 27 at Gettysburg L, 3-0 - 3 4 4 40 .000 0 0 0 28 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 4.0
Sep 30 vs. Penn St.-Berks W, 3-1 - 4 14 6 46 .174 0 1 2 29 2 18 0 0 0 0 0 15.0
Sep 30 at Stevenson L, 3-0 - 3 3 3 29 .000 1 0 0 31 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 3 Pitt.-Greensburg W, 3-0 - 3 12 1 31 .355 0 0 2 18 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Oct 7 at Hilbert W, 3-0 1 3 11 6 35 .143 0 2 0 14 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Oct 14 Penn St.-Behrend W, 3-0 - 3 10 1 24 .375 0 3 0 17 0 13 0 0 1 0 0 13.0
Oct 17 Carlow W, 3-0 1 3 10 3 35 .200 0 2 4 7 1 14 1 0 0 1 0 13.0
Oct 21 at Pitt.-Bradford W, 3-0 1 3 9 4 31 .161 0 1 4 9 0 13 1 0 0 1 0 11.0
Oct 25 at Mt. Aloysius L, 3-1 1 4 7 9 40 -.050 0 0 2 18 2 21 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Oct 28 Alfred St. W, 3-2 1 5 10 6 48 .083 0 2 1 20 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Oct 31 at La Roche W, 3-1 1 4 8 12 61 -.066 0 2 2 17 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Nov 4 at Wells W, 3-0 1 3 6 6 33 .000 0 1 1 15 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Nov 4 vs. Alfred W, 3-2 1 5 17 1 45 .356 1 0 1 24 2 18 0 0 0 0 0 17.0
Nov 11 La Roche W, 3-2 1 5 9 11 49 -.041 0 0 2 16 1 28 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
Nov 12 Alfred St. W, 3-1 1 4 12 6 53 .113 0 2 2 25 0 17 0 1 0 1 0 14.5
Nov 16 at Juniata L, 3-0 1 3 6 7 35 -.029 0 0 0 17 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
  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
2023-24 27 98 269 2.74 159 1046 .105 6 0.06 24 0.24 527 41 334 3.41 3 6 9 0.09 299.0 3.1
Total 27 98 269 2.74 159 1046 .105 6 0.06 24 0.24 527 41 334 3.41 3 6 9 0.09 299.0 3.1
    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 98 269 2.74 159 1046 .105 6 0.06 24 0.24 527 41 334 3.41 3 6 9 0.09 299.0 3.1
Conference 9 31 83 2.68 48 338 .104 0 0.00 13 0.42 135 7 123 3.97 2 0 2 0.06 98.0 3.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 8 28 82 2.93 36 292 .158 1 0.04 10 0.36 117 5 111 3.96 1 2 3 0.11 94.0 3.4
Away 13 46 112 2.43 90 508 .043 3 0.07 9 0.20 269 24 140 3.04 2 3 5 0.11 124.5 2.7
Neutral 6 24 75 3.13 33 246 .171 2 0.08 5 0.21 141 12 83 3.46 0 1 1 0.04 80.5 3.4
Result Wins 16 58 180 3.10 87 629 .148 2 0.03 19 0.33 275 15 220 3.79 3 3 6 0.10 203.5 3.5
Losses 11 40 89 2.23 72 417 .041 4 0.10 5 0.13 252 26 114 2.85 0 3 3 0.07 95.5 2.4
Month September 14 50 142 2.84 86 526 .106 5 0.10 9 0.18 310 27 142 2.84 1 4 5 0.10 154.0 3.1
October 8 28 77 2.75 42 305 .115 0 0.00 12 0.43 120 6 107 3.82 2 0 2 0.07 91.0 3.3
November 5 20 50 2.50 31 215 .088 1 0.05 3 0.15 97 8 85 4.25 0 2 2 0.10 54.0 2.7

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