![Kiersten Veenstra](/sports/wvball/2023-24/photos/2024_Veenstra_FA.jpg?max_width=510&max_height=600)
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- Height:
- 5-8
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- Year:
- So.
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- Hometown:
- Three Rivers, Mich.
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- High School:
- Vicksburg Community
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- Position:
- S/RS
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- m
- 20
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- k/s
- 0.68
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- h %
- .151
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- a/s
- 6.69
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- b/s
- 0.11
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- sa/s
- 0.55
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- d/s
- 2.06
Bio
2023: Appeared in 25 matches and saw action in 98 sets ... fourth on the team with 67 kills and 0.68 kills per set ... added 48 digs, 13 service aces, seven blocks, and seven assists ... posted a season-high eight kills in win over Norwich ... tallied five digs against Anna Maria and Curry.
Player Profile
  | Overall | Conf | ||
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Matches | 20 | 9 | ||
Sets | 65 | 28 | ||
Kills | 44 | 18 | ||
Kills per set | 0.68 | 0.64 | ||
Errors | 16 | 1 | ||
Total Attacks | 185 | 79 | ||
Total Attacks per set | 2.85 | 2.82 | ||
Hitting Percentage | .151 | .215 | ||
Assists | 435 | 183 | ||
Assists per set | 6.69 | 6.54 | ||
Service Aces | 36 | 12 | ||
Service Errors | 21 | 7 | ||
Service Aces per set | 0.55 | 0.43 | ||
Receptions | 7 | 4 | ||
Reception Errors | 0 | 0 | ||
Digs | 134 | 63 | ||
Digs per set | 2.06 | 2.25 | ||
Block Solo | 1 | 0 | ||
Block Assist | 6 | 4 | ||
Block Total | 7 | 4 | ||
Blocks per set | 0.11 | 0.14 | ||
Block Errors | 2 | 0 | ||
Ball Handling Errors | 5 | 2 | ||
Points | 84.0 | 32.0 | ||
Points per set | 1.3 | 1.1 | ||
Matches started | 10 | 2 |
Date | Opponent | Score | ms | s | k | e | ta | pct | a | sa | se | r | re | digs | bs | ba | be | tot | bhe | pts |
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Aug 31 | at Maritime (N.Y.) | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | .100 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 |
Aug 31 | vs. SUNY Delhi | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | .071 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 |
Sep 5 | Rhode Island Col. | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | .091 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 |
Sep 7 | at Mass. Maritime | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -.125 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 |
Sep 7 | Anna Maria | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | .111 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.0 |
Sep 12 | at Framingham St. | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -.333 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
Sep 14 | Rivier | L, 3-2 | - | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | .429 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 |
Sep 19 | Coast Guard | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .500 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 |
Sep 21 | at Eastern Conn. St. | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -.125 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 |
Sep 26 | Bridgewater St. | L, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | .444 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 |
Sep 28 | at Curry | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | .067 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 |
Oct 1 | at Anna Maria | W, 3-0 | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | .105 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 |
Oct 3 | at Connecticut Col. | L, 3-0 | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .333 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 |
Oct 5 | vs. New England Col. | L, 3-1 | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 29 | .034 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
Oct 5 | at Colby-Sawyer | L, 3-0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
Oct 9 | at Elms | W, 3-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 12 | Dean | L, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 19 | vs. Regis (Mass.) | L, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 19 | at Simmons | L, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 23 | at Lasell | L, 3-0 | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .500 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 |
Oct 26 | Norwich | W, 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 29 | Saint Joseph (Conn.) | W, 3-1 | - | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | .714 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 |
Nov 2 | Emmanuel (Mass.) | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
Nov 2 | Saint Joseph's (Me.) | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .500 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 |
Nov 9 | Albertus Magnus | W, 3-2 | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .429 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.0 |
Nov 9 | Johnson & Wales (RI) | L, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 | |
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2023-24 | 25 | 98 | 67 | 0.68 | 62 | 317 | .016 | 7 | 0.07 | 13 | 0.13 | 6 | 1 | 48 | 0.49 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.07 | 84.5 | 0.9 |
2024-25 | 20 | 65 | 44 | 0.68 | 16 | 185 | .151 | 435 | 6.69 | 36 | 0.55 | 7 | 0 | 134 | 2.06 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.11 | 84.0 | 1.3 |
Total | 45 | 163 | 111 | 0.68 | 78 | 502 | .066 | 442 | 2.71 | 49 | 0.30 | 13 | 1 | 182 | 1.12 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0.09 | 168.5 | 1.0 |
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 | ||
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Event | Total | 20 | 65 | 44 | 0.68 | 16 | 185 | .151 | 435 | 6.69 | 36 | 0.55 | 7 | 0 | 134 | 2.06 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.11 | 84.0 | 1.3 |
Conference | 9 | 28 | 18 | 0.64 | 1 | 79 | .215 | 183 | 6.54 | 12 | 0.43 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 2.25 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.14 | 32.0 | 1.1 | |
Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Location | Home | 9 | 32 | 25 | 0.78 | 4 | 69 | .304 | 222 | 6.94 | 14 | 0.44 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 1.81 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.16 | 42.0 | 1.3 |
Away | 9 | 25 | 15 | 0.60 | 10 | 73 | .068 | 161 | 6.44 | 18 | 0.72 | 5 | 0 | 61 | 2.44 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.08 | 34.0 | 1.4 | |
Neutral | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0.50 | 2 | 43 | .047 | 52 | 6.50 | 4 | 0.50 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8.0 | 1.0 | |
Result | Wins | 7 | 23 | 22 | 0.96 | 9 | 84 | .155 | 179 | 7.78 | 20 | 0.87 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 2.61 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.26 | 45.5 | 2.0 |
Losses | 13 | 42 | 22 | 0.52 | 7 | 101 | .149 | 256 | 6.10 | 16 | 0.38 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 1.76 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.02 | 38.5 | 0.9 | |
Month | August | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 4 | 24 | .083 | 46 | 6.57 | 6 | 0.86 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12.0 | 1.7 |
September | 9 | 32 | 21 | 0.66 | 11 | 83 | .120 | 225 | 7.03 | 18 | 0.56 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 2.06 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.09 | 41.0 | 1.3 | |
October | 6 | 16 | 12 | 0.75 | 0 | 65 | .185 | 102 | 6.38 | 5 | 0.31 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 2.44 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.13 | 18.0 | 1.1 | |
November | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0.50 | 1 | 13 | .308 | 62 | 6.20 | 7 | 0.70 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1.80 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.20 | 13.0 | 1.3 |
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Johnson & Wales (RI) (18-11,12-2) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
Mitchell (9-16,5-9) | 18 | 13 | 18 | 0 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
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Mitchell (8-15,4-8 Great Northeast) | 13 | 14 | 12 | 0 |
Emmanuel (Mass.) (18-6,8-3 Great Northeast) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
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Mitchell (8-16,4-9 Great Northeast) | 16 | 20 | 23 | 0 |
Saint Joseph's (Me.) (12-15,8-4 Great Northeast) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
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