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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2009 Women's Volleyball

3 Mary Russell

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Woodward Academy
  • Hometown Atlanta, Ga.

Biography

2009: Played in all 29 matches, appearing in 107 of 111 sets ... Second on the team with 17 service aces and third with 260 digs (2.36) ... Also added 18 assists ... Recorded double-digit dig totals in 14 matches and led the team in digs on three separate occasions ... Set a career high with 17 digs and added two service aces in a five-set win over Villanova (9/5) ... Had a career-high four service aces in a three-set win over St. Francis (10/25) ... Matched her career high with 17 digs in a four-set win over Yale (10/30) ... Hit two service aces and added nine digs in a season-ending win over Princeton (11/18) ... Had 14 digs in a four-set win over Army in the NCAA Tournament (12/4).

2008: Appeared in 78 sets over 24 matches ... Made the most of her playing time, accumulating career-highs in most major statistical categories including digs (139), assists (34) and aces (7) ... Set a career-high with 17 assists against Bowling Green (9/5) ... Also set a career high with 13 digs at Brown (10/17) ... Reached 13 digs in a match two more times – at Yale (10/18) and at Dartmouth (11/8) ... Picked up her only two kills of the season at Princeton (11/19).

 

2007: Registered a kill on her only attack in the Quakers' victory over Temple (9/22), their first over the Owls in ten years ... Had three digs against Quinnipiac (9/23) in the Sheraton-Penn Invitational.

 

2006: Played in 14 games ... Had a season-high six digs at Cornell (11/10).

High School: Team finished 13th place in the 18-National division at the 2006 Junior Olympics ... Named a 2005 Prepvolleyball.comAtlanta Journal Constitution first-team in 2005 ... Earned first-team all-state honors and second-team all-region honors in 2004 ... Named Atlanta Journal Constitution second-team in 2004. All-America ... Member of the 2004 and 2005 Georgia State Champions ... Earned first-team all-state and all-region in 2005 ... Named

Personal: Born Sept. 10, 1987 ... Daughter of Ann Svennungsen and William Russell ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences ... Sister, Sarah, played volleyball at Concordia College.

Career Statistics:

Seasonsp-mpkk/setapctaa/ssasa/ssedigd/srebsbatbb/sbebhe
200614-1100.0000.00060.4320.143100.7100000.0000
20072-210.50011.00000.0000.00131.5000000.0000
200878-2420.0318.125340.4470.09141391.7800000.0012
2009110-2920.0238-.125180.16170.15232602.3610000.0000
TOTAL204-6650.02417.059580.28260.13414122.0210000.0012
 
SINGLE-MATCH HIGHS: 
Kills: 2, at Princeton, Nov 19, 2008 ; Temple, Sep 04, 2009 
Attacks: 3, Temple, Sep 04, 2009 
Assists: 17, Bowling Green, 09/05/08 
Serve aces: 4, St. Francis, Sep 25, 2009 
Digs: 17, Yale, Oct 30, 2009 ; Villanova, Sep 05, 2009 

Statistics

Season:
2009

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Historical Player Information

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    2006Freshman

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    2007Sophomore

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    2008Junior

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    2009Senior

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