Lainy Pierce

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Lainy Pierce #8 DS/L 5’7″

Russ Rose Then (2015): “Lainy continues to do what I thought she was good at last year. She has a very good serve and she’s not afraid to come into the game and take a good swing a the ball. Her defense continues to improve and we need her to play well.”

Russ Rose Now (2025):

2015 Stats Leaders

2015 Cumulative Team Stats

2015 Season (Sophomore) Season Recap: Saw action in 22 of 34 matches, playing in 51 of 115 sets … totaled 19 digs and 3 aces … Made her 2015 debut against Auburn (9/18), logging 1 dig … had 1 dig against South Florida (9/19) … had 1 dig against No. 16 Wisconsin (9/23) … posted 2 digs against No. 4 Nebraska (10/2) … posted a pair of digs at Michigan State (10/24) … logged 1 ace and 2 digs at No. 11 Ohio State (10/28) … recorded a season-high 3 digs against No. 5 Nebraska (11/28).

NCAA Tournament: Tallied 3 digs in the NCAA 1st round match against Howard (12/4) … had 1 dig in the NCAA 2nd round match against Dayton (12/5) … totaled 1 ace and 1 dig in the NCAA Regional Semifinals against Hawaii (12/11).

2017 Season (Senior)

2016 Season (Junior)

2014 Season (Freshman)

2015 Season Highs Date Opponent
Kills 0 12/11/2015 Hawaii
Points 1 12/11/2015 Hawaii
Aces 1 12/11/2015 Hawaii
Digs 3 12/04/2015 Howard
Career Offensive Statistics
Season Team Sp Mp K K/s E Ta Pct. A A/s Sa Sa/s Se
2014-15 Penn St. 61 30 0 0.000 0 1 0.000 4 0.066 11 0.180 8
2015-16 Penn St. 51 22 0 0.000 0 2 0.000 0 0 4 0.078 5
2016-17 Penn St. 70 31 1 0.014 0 1 1.000 7 0.1 4 0.057 7
2017-18 Penn St. 68 33 0 0.000 0 1 0.000 5 0.074 6 0.088 2
Totals: 250 116 1 0.004 0 5 0.200 16 0.064 25 0.100 22
Career Defensive Statistics
Season Team Dig D/s Re Bs Ba Tb B/s Be Bhe Pts Pts/s
2014-15 Penn St. 19 0.311 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 11 0.180
2015-16 Penn St. 19 0.373 1 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 4 0.078
2016-17 Penn St. 44 0.629 6 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 5 0.071
2017-18 Penn St. 26 0.382 1 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 6 0.088
Totals: 108 0.432 8 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 26 0.104
2015 Match Stats Attack Set Serve Defense Block
Date Opponent Score K E TA % AST E SA SE RE Dig BS BA BE TB BHE PTS
09/18/2015 at Auburn W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
09/19/2015 vs St. John’s (NY) W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/19/2015 at South Fla. W 3 – 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/23/2015 vs Wisconsin W 3 – 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/26/2015 vs Minnesota W 3 – 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/02/2015 vs Nebraska L 2 – 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/16/2015 vs Indiana W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/21/2015 at Michigan W 3 – 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/24/2015 at Michigan St. W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/28/2015 at Ohio St. W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
10/30/2015 vs Ohio St. W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/05/2015 at Maryland W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/06/2015 at Rutgers W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/11/2015 at Iowa W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/14/2015 at Minnesota L 0 – 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/18/2015 vs Michigan L 1 – 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11/21/2015 vs Maryland W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/25/2015 vs Northwestern W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/28/2015 at Nebraska L 0 – 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/04/2015 vs Howard W 3 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/05/2015 vs Dayton W 3 – 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/11/2015 vs Hawaii L 0 – 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals: 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 5 1 19 0 0 0 0 0 4
Before Penn State: Four-year letterwinner at Eden Junior-Senior … Helped her high school squad to its fifth state championship as the team captain, picking up MVP honors in 2013 … 2012 New York Volleyball Gatorade Player of the Year finalist … Earned First-Team All ECIC and WYN honors in 2012 and 2013 … Also helped guide her club team, Niagara Frontier, to WEVA Regional Championships from 2008- 2013.

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