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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2007 Women's Volleyball

10 Laura Black

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Northwood
  • Hometown Irvine, Calif.

Biography

2007: Became just the fourth player in Quaker history to reach 1,000 kills in her career, finishing with 1,011 ... Registered five double-doubles ... Tallied a season-high 20 kills against Fairfield (9/8) ... Her 17 kills on .433 hitting against Navy (9/15) helped propel the Quakers into the championship match of the American Volleyball Tournament ... Totaled 14 kills against Temple (9/22) as Penn defeated the Owls for the first time in ten years ... Finished second on the team with 23 service aces during the season ... Was fourth on the team with 252 digs ... Finished third on the team with 46 blocks.


2006: Earned Second-Team All-Ivy honors ... Named Academic All-Ivy ... Played in all 91 games ... Led Penn with 276 kills ... Compiled 26 service aces and 231 digs, and was second on the team with 69 blocks ... Reached double digits in kills in 12 matches, including seven of her final eight matches of the season ... Registered six double-doubles ... Had 16 kills in final match of the season at Princeton (11/15) ... Led Penn with 17 kills and 10 digs at Columbia (11/11) ... Registered 15 kills and 16 digs against Brown (11/3) ... Recorded 18 kills and 16 digs in win over Harvard (10/28) ... Had a career-high 22 kills against Dartmouth (10/27) ... Connected on 20 kills and served six aces at Brown (10/21) ... Had 15 kills against Fairleigh Dickinson (9/24) and 16 kills and 18 digs against Binghamton to earn Sheraton-Penn Invitational MVP honors ... Recorded a career-high 28 digs at Cal State Fullerton (9/16).

2005: Played in 88 games ... Finished the season with 222 kills, 219 digs and 57 blocks ... Recorded eight double-doubles on the season, all of which were in Ivy League matches ... Was named to the Ivy League Honor Roll for the week of Sept. 27 ... Posted a season-high 16 digs against Yale (10/21) ... Had a season-high 16 kills against Cornell (11/11).

2004: Averaged 2.84 kills per game in first collegiate season ... Collected 278 kills on the season, second on the team, and had a .254 attack percentage ... Hitting percentage also ranked 10th in the League ... Had 19 service aces on the season ... Collected 129 digs on the season and had 53 total blocks ... Had more 10 kills in 14 different matches ... Had four blocks in three matches ... Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week on Sept. 28 and Oct. 19 ... Had three service aces at Radford (9/10) ... Opened collegiate career with 13 kills, one service ace, six digs and one block against Duquesne (9/10) ... Had a season-high 17 kills against at  Harvard (10/15) and Dartmouth (10/16) ... Had a season-high five blocks at Bucknell (10/26) ... Also had a season-high 15 digs in season-ending match at Princeton (11/17).

High School: Scholastic honors included first-team Pacific Coast League as a junior and senior, and second-team PCL as a sophomore ... Co-MVP of the PCL as a senior and was also all-city her last two seasons ... First-team All-California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) in the Southern section and was also chosen as a CIF Scholar Athlete of the Year candidate ... Athlete of the Week in the Irvine World News ... Member of the Laguna Beach Volleyball Club.

Personal: Born Oct. 24, 1986 ... Daughter of Rosemary and Michael Black.

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Historical Player Information

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    2004Freshman

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    24
  • 24

    2005Sophomore

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    24
  • 10

    2006Junior

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    10
  • 10

    2007Senior

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    10