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2014 Women's Volleyball

16 Kirsten Morrison

16 Kirsten Morrison

  • Height:
    6-2
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    North Reading
  • Hometown:
    North Reading, Mass.

Summary

Biography

2014 Named a Little East Conference Second Team honoree … Appeared in 30 matches and 113 sets during her senior campaign … Finished the year with a .266 hitting percentage, scoring 224 kills on 605 attempts … Combined for 11 solo blocks and 39 block assists for a combined 50.0 total blocks … Ended her college career ranked fifth in kills with 853 … Also sits fifth all-time in kill attempts with 2,175 … Her .270 attack percentage has her sitting seventh all-time in program history … Sits third in block assists and total blocks with 219 and 277 respectively … Her 131 career matches played and 461 sets played both rank her fifth in the program’s history … Member of two NCAA Regional Championship teams, and three Little East Conference tournament championship teams … Scored a career-high 18 kills on 34 attempts for a .500 hitting percentage in the 3-2 win over Emerson College on October 10 … Drove home 12 kills in the non-conference win over Salve Regina University (Sept. 17) and in the Little East Conference victory over Western Connecticut State University (Oct. 25) … Recorded a season-high five blocks (2bs, 3ba) in the conference tournament semi-final loss to WCSU on November 8 …  Earned a season-high four block assists in the 3-1 win over Endicott College on September 6, and against Berry College (Ga.) on November 1. 

2013 Was named a Little East Conference Second Team selection … Recorded a combined 248 kills during her junior campaign … Averaged 1.95 kills per game, which was third best on the team … Opened the season with a 10 kill performance against nationally-ranked Augsburg College on August 30 at the Colorado College Invitational … Hit a season-high 12 kills on 27 attempts (.370 hitting percentage) in the 3-2 win over Keene State College on September 11 … At the net she finished third on the team in total blocks with 80 … Finished third on the team in block assists with 67, while she finished tied for third in solo blocks with 13 … Recorded 26 kills respectively during the NCAA Regional Tournament at Williams College to earn a spot on the All-Tournament Team … Hit .429 in the semi-final round of the regional tournament to lead the Beacons to a 3-1 win over Roger Williams University on November 16 … Recorded 10 kills on 22 attempts without surrendering an error (.455 hitting percentage) against Connecticut College on September 28 … At the net she recorded one solo block and four block assists on three different occasions … Earned a pair of solo blocks in the Little East Conference win over Eastern Connecticut State University on October 22 … Totaled two solo blocks and three block assists in the come-from-behind conference win over Keene State College. 

2012 Named a Little East Conference Second Team All-Conference selection … Avearged 1.61 kills and 2.01 points per game in her sophomore season … Appeared in 114 of the possible 118 games played in 2012 … Recorded a season-high 12 kills on 30 attempts (.267 hitting percentage) in the five game win over Endicott College on October 13 … Finished with 11 kills at Plymouth State University on October 23 … Finished with a team-high 10 kills in the NCAA Championship Tournament Quarterfinal match against Christopher Newport University on November 15 … Recorded a season-best six digs against MIT in the first round match of the NCAA Regional Tournament against MIT on November 9 … Threw down a career-high five block assists in the five-set win over Wellesley College on September 28 … Finished with nine block assists and nine digs in the NCAA Regional Tournament … Also had four block assists in the NCAA Championship Tournament match against Christopher Newport … Recorded a streak of five matches with at-least two block assists or more … Earned a pair of solo blocks and four block assists in the 3-2 win over Endicott College in the 2012 Beacons Invitational Tournament.

2011 Named Little East Conference Rookie of the Year and Second Team All-Conference … Appeared in all but one match (32) in her freshman season … Ranked fourth on the squad with 2.41 points per set … Ended the season with a .327 attack percentage (third highest) … Scored a combined 198 kills on 450 attempts … Finished second on the team in block solos with 21 and third in block assists with 55 …  Averaged 0.71 blocks per set … Named Little East Conference Rookie of the Week on October 17 and on September 12 … Recorded a career-best 13 kills and .765 hitting percentage in the five-set win over MIT in the championship match of the Engineer Classic in Cambridge, MA … Recorded her first double-figure in kills with 10 in the 3-0 win over Schreiner University (TX) on September 9 at the Endicott College Invitational … Totaled a career-best five block assists on three different occasions … Managed at-least one solo block in 16 matches.

PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL Three-sport (volleyball, basketball, softball) athlete at North Reading High School ... Four-year starter on the varsity volleyball team ... Named team captain in 2010 ... Boston Herald All-Scholastic honoree in 2009-10 ... Named team MVP, All-League, League MVP, and Player of the Year in 2010 ... Member of the 2007 Division III State Championship volleyball squad and 2008 Division III State Runner-ups ... Daughter of Pam and Jack Morrison ... Has three siblings Erik, Caitlin, and Ryan ... Majoring in Exercise Health Sciences … Also a member of the UMass Boston Women’s Basketball team, and was named the program’s first D3Hoops.com Northeast Region Rookie of the Year in 2012.

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2011Freshman

    MH
    6'"
    16
  • 16

    2012Sophomore

    MH
    6'"
    16
  • 16

    2013Junior

    MH
    6'2"
    16
  • 16

    2014Senior

    H
    6'2"
    16
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