8 Morgan Buckner
8 - Morgan Buckner
Height: 5-9
Year: SR
Hometown: San Rafael, CA
High School: Marin Catholic
Position: OH
Major: Communicative Disorders
m 28
k/s 3.47
h % .165
a/s 0.09
b/s 0.41
sa/s 0.09
d/s 3.24

2012:  Competed in all 22 matches, seeing time in 77 sets as an outside hitter… Recorded 279.5 points en route to being named the Bulldogs’ team MVP… Led the team in kills and digs, providing strength on both sides of the ball… Racked up 229 kills on the season for an average of 3.05 per set… Stepped up defensively by contributing 230 digs for more than three per set… Impressed from the back line with a team-leading 41 aces… Also recorded 14 assists… Credited with 18 total blocks… Unleashed double-digit kills on 14 occasions, with her season-high of 21 coming in a thrilling five-set victory over Pomona-Pitzer Colleges on Oct. 26… Posted five aces in both of the Bulldogs’ victories over Caltech… Stepped up defensively with nine double-digit dig performances… Tallied 22 digs and 20 kills in a tough five-set loss on Sept. 28… Redlands Scholar-Athlete… SCIAC All-Academic selection… 

2011:  Competed in every match as a sophomore outside hitter… Accumulated a team-high 290 points on the season, with most of them coming from her 250 kills… Contributed 23 service aces and 10 assists as well…  Credited with 18 block assists and eight solo blocks… Notched a season-best hitting percentage of .386 over a grueling five-set loss to Widener on Oct. 15… She knocked down 23 kills in back-to-back matches that day, recoding the feat against Lycoming and Widener…  Also a prolific defender, tallying 193 digs en route to eight double-digit performances… Named the team’s MVP… Helped the Bulldogs to earn the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award… Earned SCIAC All-Academic honors… UR Scholar-Athlete… 

2010:  Stepped up as a first-year outside hitter, earning a starting role in 13 matches while competing in 27 of them…  Competed in 84 sets overall… Supplied 225 kills as the team’s top returning player in this category… Took 797 swings for a .187 hitting percentage… Put away 13 service aces… Recorded 238 digs for 2.83 per set… Patrolled the net by contributing 16 block assists and seven solo blocks… Provided a strong passing option for the Bulldogs, facing 106 service attempts… Credited with five assists… Earned 258.5 points on the season for an average of 3.08 per set… UR Scholar-Athlete...

Recent Games
Oct 22 at La Verne L, 3-2
Oct 25 Whittier W, 3-2
Oct 26 at Cal Lutheran L, 3-0
Oct 29 Pomona-Pitzer L, 3-1
Nov 1 at Occidental L, 3-0
Nov 2 Claremont-M-S L, 3-1
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 28 16
Sets 98 55
Kills 340 191
Kills per set 3.47 3.47
Errors 134 76
Total Attacks 1247 697
Hitting Percentage .165 .165
Assists 9 6
Assists per set 0.09 0.11
Service Aces 9 7
Service Errors 22 8
Service Aces per set 0.09 0.13
Receptions 259 187
Reception Errors 29 21
Digs 318 166
Digs per set 3.24 3.02
Block Solo 1 0
Block Assist 39 21
Block Total 40 21
Blocks per set 0.41 0.38
Block Errors 5 4
Ball Handling Errors 2 2
Points 369.5 208.5
Points per set 3.8 3.8
Matches started 21 13
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 31 vs. Franklin W, 3-0 1 3 10 3 28 .250 0 1 0 10 0 11 0 2 0 2 0 12.0
Aug 31 vs. Benedictine (Ill.) L, 3-0 1 3 12 6 48 .125 2 0 0 6 0 7 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Sep 3 Cal State San Marcos L, 3-1 1 4 14 5 43 .209 0 0 2 9 0 15 0 1 0 1 0 14.5
Sep 6 vs. Schreiner W, 3-0 1 3 7 3 19 .211 0 0 2 0 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Sep 6 vs. Linfield L, 3-1 1 4 12 3 54 .167 0 0 2 - 0 10 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Sep 7 vs. Hendrix L, 3-0 1 3 12 5 39 .179 0 0 2 0 1 10 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Sep 7 vs. George Fox W, 3-1 1 4 17 4 48 .271 0 1 2 0 0 14 1 2 0 3 0 20.0
Sep 10 at Whittier L, 3-1 1 4 11 6 39 .128 0 1 0 21 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Sep 12 Caltech W, 3-0 1 1 5 2 9 .333 0 2 0 - 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Sep 13 at Caltech W, 3-0 1 1 4 0 5 .800 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 21 at Chapman L, 3-2 1 5 13 7 51 .118 0 0 0 2 2 18 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Sep 27 La Verne L, 3-1 1 4 18 5 42 .310 1 0 1 19 3 10 0 2 0 2 0 19.0
Oct 1 Cal Lutheran L, 3-0 1 3 9 6 39 .077 1 1 1 20 1 7 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Oct 4 at Pomona-Pitzer L, 3-1 - 4 11 4 47 .149 1 0 0 20 5 9 0 6 1 6 0 14.0
Oct 5 Occidental L, 3-1 - 3 14 2 41 .293 0 1 0 19 1 24 0 0 0 0 2 15.0
Oct 8 at Claremont-M-S L, 3-0 - 3 11 7 44 .091 1 0 0 10 2 11 0 0 1 0 0 11.0
Oct 11 UC Santa Cruz L, 3-1 1 4 17 6 62 .177 0 0 0 10 1 9 0 1 1 1 0 17.5
Oct 11 Chapman L, 3-0 1 3 13 4 45 .200 0 1 0 30 3 14 0 1 0 1 0 14.5
Oct 18 vs. Eastern L, 3-1 - 4 14 7 47 .149 0 0 3 11 0 17 0 1 0 1 0 14.5
Oct 18 at Trinity (Tex.) L, 3-0 - 3 12 5 45 .156 0 0 1 9 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Oct 19 vs. Webster L, 3-1 - 4 13 6 65 .108 1 0 0 17 3 18 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Oct 19 vs. Southwestern (Tex.) L, 3-1 - 4 9 5 52 .077 0 0 0 - 1 21 0 4 0 4 0 11.0
Oct 22 at La Verne L, 3-2 1 5 22 5 81 .210 0 0 0 0 2 15 0 1 0 1 0 22.5
Oct 25 Whittier W, 3-2 1 5 18 8 67 .149 1 0 1 16 1 14 0 4 0 4 0 20.0
Oct 26 at Cal Lutheran L, 3-0 1 3 4 2 35 .057 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 4.5
Oct 29 Pomona-Pitzer L, 3-1 1 4 13 7 58 .103 1 1 1 18 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 14.5
Nov 1 at Occidental L, 3-0 1 3 14 5 43 .209 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 1 1 0 14.5
Nov 2 Claremont-M-S L, 3-1 1 4 11 6 51 .098 0 0 3 12 0 14 0 3 0 3 0 12.5
  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
2013-14 28 98 340 3.47 134 1247 .165 9 0.09 9 0.09 259 29 318 3.24 1 39 40 0.41 369.5 3.8
Total 28 98 340 3.47 134 1247 .165 9 0.09 9 0.09 259 29 318 3.24 1 39 40 0.41 369.5 3.8
  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
Total 28 98 340 3.47 134 1247 .165 9 0.09 9 0.09 259 29 318 3.24 1 39 40 0.41 369.5 3.8
Conference 16 55 191 3.47 76 697 .165 6 0.11 7 0.13 187 21 166 3.02 0 21 21 0.38 208.5 3.8
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Home 10 35 132 3.77 51 457 .177 4 0.11 6 0.17 153 10 119 3.40 0 14 14 0.40 145.0 4.1
Away 9 31 102 3.29 41 390 .156 2 0.06 1 0.03 62 13 77 2.48 0 10 10 0.32 108.0 3.5
Neutral 9 32 106 3.31 42 400 .160 3 0.09 2 0.06 44 6 122 3.81 1 15 16 0.50 116.5 3.6
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Wins 6 17 61 3.59 20 176 .233 1 0.06 4 0.24 26 2 56 3.29 1 8 9 0.53 70.0 4.1
Losses 22 81 279 3.44 114 1071 .154 8 0.10 5 0.06 233 27 262 3.23 0 31 31 0.38 299.5 3.7
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August 2 6 22 3.67 9 76 .171 2 0.33 1 0.17 16 0 18 3.00 0 4 4 0.67 25.0 4.2
September 10 33 113 3.42 40 349 .209 1 0.03 4 0.12 51 8 101 3.06 1 9 10 0.30 122.5 3.7
October 14 52 180 3.46 74 728 .146 6 0.12 4 0.08 180 21 178 3.42 0 22 22 0.42 195.0 3.8
November 2 7 25 3.57 11 94 .149 0 0.00 0 0.00 12 0 21 3.00 0 4 4 0.57 27.0 3.9