9 Diana Balta
Diana Balta
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Media, Pa.
  • High School:
    Penncrest
  • Position:
    OH
  • Major:
    Material Science & Biomedical Engineering
  • Club Team:
    East Coast Power
  • m
    30
  • k/s
    1.90
  • h %
    .152
  • a/s
    0.20
  • b/s
    0.43
  • sa/s
    0.38
  • d/s
    2.49

Bio

2019

  • Played in all 30 matches
  • Second on team with 251 digs
  • Third on team with 11 service aces
  • Fourth on team with 192 kills
  • Recorded 43 total blocks
  • Career-best 14 kills and 20 digs against Case Western

2018

  • Played in 24 matches
  • Recorded 11 service aces
  • Recorded 84 digs

2017

  • Played in 34 matches
  • Third on team with 34 service aces
  • Recorded 234 digs

Player Profile

Recent Games
Nov 2 Geneseo W, 3-2
Nov 2 Ohio Wesleyan W, 3-1
Nov 8 vs. New York U. W, 3-0
Nov 8 at #2 Chicago L, 3-0
Nov 9 vs. Washington (Mo.) L, 3-1
Nov 15 vs. Stevens L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 30 7
Sets 101 23
Kills 192 47
Kills per set 1.90 2.04
Errors 88 26
Total Attacks 685 173
Hitting Percentage .152 .121
Assists 20 1
Assists per set 0.20 0.04
Service Aces 38 11
Service Errors 47 8
Service Aces per set 0.38 0.48
Receptions 904 277
Reception Errors 62 16
Digs 251 61
Digs per set 2.49 2.65
Block Solo 6 1
Block Assist 37 5
Block Total 43 6
Blocks per set 0.43 0.26
Block Errors 4 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 254.5 61.5
Points per set 2.5 2.7
Matches started 26 5
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 30 vs. Denison W, 3-1 1 4 2 3 18 -.056 0 4 3 39 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Aug 31 vs. Utica W, 3-0 1 2 9 0 14 .643 1 0 0 - 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Aug 31 vs. Kenyon W, 3-0 1 3 11 3 29 .276 3 1 2 32 1 9 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Sep 4 St. Vincent W, 3-0 1 3 6 2 20 .200 1 2 2 26 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Sep 6 vs. Swarthmore W, 3-0 1 3 3 4 23 -.043 0 2 2 39 1 7 1 1 0 2 0 6.5
Sep 7 vs. #15 Ithaca W, 3-1 1 4 5 4 22 .045 2 0 3 41 3 10 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Sep 7 at #3 Juniata W, 3-1 1 4 12 3 29 .310 1 1 3 39 5 9 0 3 0 3 0 14.5
Sep 13 Susquehanna L, 3-0 1 3 8 3 21 .238 1 0 1 32 4 10 1 2 0 3 0 10.0
Sep 13 Wash. & Jeff. W, 3-0 1 3 3 1 10 .200 0 1 1 18 2 6 1 1 0 2 0 5.5
Sep 14 #13 Hope W, 3-1 1 4 11 5 30 .200 0 1 3 50 2 7 0 1 2 1 0 12.5
Sep 14 Muskingum W, 3-1 1 4 10 1 32 .281 3 2 1 10 1 13 1 0 1 1 0 13.0
Sep 18 Point Park W, 3-0 1 3 10 3 21 .333 1 1 1 34 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 12.0
Sep 21 vs. Rochester (N.Y.) W, 3-1 - 4 9 5 23 .174 0 1 2 35 2 7 1 2 0 3 0 12.0
Sep 21 at Brandeis W, 3-1 1 1 1 0 5 .200 0 0 0 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 22 vs. #2 Emory L, 3-0 - 1 1 2 8 -.125 0 0 0 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 28 vs. Otterbein L, 3-1 - 4 3 4 18 -.056 0 4 3 30 2 13 0 4 0 4 0 9.0
Sep 28 vs. Mount Union W, 3-0 1 3 7 2 24 .208 0 2 1 40 1 8 0 3 0 3 0 10.5
Oct 6 vs. Case Western Reserve W, 3-2 1 5 14 4 30 .333 0 4 2 69 1 20 0 0 0 0 0 18.0
Oct 6 vs. #3 Chicago L, 3-1 1 4 4 8 45 -.089 1 1 1 47 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Oct 20 vs. New York U. W, 3-1 1 4 5 5 26 .000 0 5 2 48 3 11 0 2 0 2 0 11.0
Oct 20 vs. Washington (Mo.) L, 3-1 1 4 13 2 36 .306 0 0 1 53 3 11 0 1 0 1 0 13.5
Oct 26 at Westminster (Pa.) W, 3-2 1 5 5 4 31 .032 0 1 2 35 1 9 1 2 1 3 0 8.0
Nov 1 Hiram W, 3-0 1 3 5 2 15 .200 0 1 1 22 2 7 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
Nov 1 Southwestern (Tex.) W, 3-0 1 3 4 2 14 .143 1 0 1 16 1 10 0 4 0 4 0 6.0
Nov 2 Geneseo W, 3-2 1 3 3 2 16 .063 1 0 1 27 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Nov 2 Ohio Wesleyan W, 3-1 1 4 11 2 35 .257 2 0 4 42 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Nov 8 vs. New York U. W, 3-0 1 3 4 1 21 .143 0 0 0 - 3 12 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Nov 8 at #2 Chicago L, 3-0 1 3 1 3 10 -.200 0 1 0 27 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Nov 9 vs. Washington (Mo.) L, 3-1 1 4 11 7 39 .103 1 3 3 - 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 14.5
Nov 15 vs. Stevens L, 3-0 - 3 1 1 20 .000 1 0 1 28 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 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
2017-18 34 114 6 0.05 7 50 -.020 20 0.18 34 0.30 328 26 234 2.05 0 1 1 0.01 40.5 0.4
2018-19 24 52 48 0.92 33 183 .082 5 0.10 11 0.21 192 15 84 1.62 2 6 8 0.15 64.0 1.2
2019-20 30 101 192 1.90 88 685 .152 20 0.20 38 0.38 904 62 251 2.49 6 37 43 0.43 254.5 2.5
2020-21 4 10 22 2.20 14 102 .078 0 0.00 3 0.30 73 6 38 3.80 3 4 7 0.70 30.0 3.0
Total 92 277 268 0.97 142 1020 .124 45 0.16 86 0.31 1497 109 607 2.19 11 48 59 0.21 389.0 1.4
    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
Event Total 30 101 192 1.90 88 685 .152 20 0.20 38 0.38 904 62 251 2.49 6 37 43 0.43 254.5 2.5
Conference 7 23 47 2.04 26 173 .121 1 0.04 11 0.48 277 16 61 2.65 1 5 6 0.26 61.5 2.7
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 10 33 71 2.15 23 214 .224 10 0.30 8 0.24 277 16 94 2.85 3 13 16 0.48 88.5 2.7
Away 4 13 19 1.46 10 75 .120 1 0.08 3 0.23 115 12 20 1.54 1 5 6 0.46 25.5 2.0
Neutral 16 55 102 1.85 55 396 .119 9 0.16 27 0.49 512 34 137 2.49 2 19 21 0.38 140.5 2.6
Result Wins 22 75 150 2.00 58 488 .189 16 0.21 29 0.39 676 39 192 2.56 5 29 34 0.45 198.5 2.6
Losses 8 26 42 1.62 30 197 .061 4 0.15 9 0.35 228 23 59 2.27 1 8 9 0.35 56.0 2.2
Month August 3 9 22 2.44 6 61 .262 4 0.44 5 0.56 71 5 14 1.56 0 3 3 0.33 28.5 3.2
September 14 44 89 2.02 39 286 .175 9 0.20 17 0.39 419 27 112 2.55 5 20 25 0.57 121.0 2.8
October 5 22 41 1.86 23 168 .107 1 0.05 11 0.50 252 12 59 2.68 1 5 6 0.27 55.5 2.5
November 8 26 40 1.54 20 170 .118 6 0.23 5 0.19 162 18 66 2.54 0 9 9 0.35 49.5 1.9

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