7 Mindee Lai
Mindee Lai
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Belmont, Mass.
  • High School:
    Belmont
  • Position:
    S
  • Major:
    Computer Science
  • Club Team:
    SMASH
  • m
    28
  • k/s
    0.27
  • h %
    .035
  • a/s
    8.86
  • b/s
    0.08
  • sa/s
    0.34
  • d/s
    2.46

Bio

2023

  • AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
  • AVCA Region 7 First Team
  • CSC Academic All-District
  • All-UAA Second Team
  • UAA All-Academic
  • Played in 28 matches
  • Recorded 34 service aces
  • Tied her career-high with five service aces against William Smith
  • Third on team with 248 digs
  • Recorded a season-best 17 digs against #12 WashU
  • Led team with 895 assists

2022

  • Played in all 30 matches
  • Recorded 253 digs
  • Recorded a career-high 22 digs against Emory
  • Third on team with 35 service aces
  • Recorded a season-best four service aces against Alma

2021

  • Played in 25 matches
  • Second on team with 139 assists
  • Recorded a career-high 56 assists against Susquehanna
  • Fourth on team with 203 digs
  • Recorded a season-best 17 digs against Southwestern
  • Third on team with 25 service aces
  • Recorded a career-high five service aces against Susquehanna

2020-21

  • Played in three matches
  • Recorded eight digs

Player Profile

Recent Games
Nov 4 vs. RIT W, 3-1
Nov 4 vs. Fredonia W, 3-0
Nov 10 vs. Chicago L, 3-1
Nov 10 vs. Rochester (N.Y.) W, 3-1
Nov 11 vs. #9 WashU W, 3-1
Nov 16 vs. Pacific Lutheran L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 28 7
Sets 101 26
Kills 27 5
Kills per set 0.27 0.19
Errors 22 6
Total Attacks 141 30
Hitting Percentage .035 -.033
Assists 895 234
Assists per set 8.86 9.00
Service Aces 34 3
Service Errors 29 4
Service Aces per set 0.34 0.12
Receptions 12 1
Reception Errors 2 0
Digs 248 68
Digs per set 2.46 2.62
Block Solo 1 0
Block Assist 7 1
Block Total 8 1
Blocks per set 0.08 0.04
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 18 7
Points 65.5 8.5
Points per set 0.6 0.3
Matches started 20 5
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 1 at Franklin & Marshall W, 3-1 - 4 1 1 6 .000 44 0 2 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 2 vs. Elizabethtown W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 6 .167 28 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 2 vs. Geneseo W, 3-1 1 4 1 2 13 -.077 37 2 1 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 6 at Chatham W, 3-1 1 3 0 1 2 -.500 23 1 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Sep 8 vs. #25 Chris. Newport L, 3-1 1 4 2 1 4 .250 32 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 9 vs. #10 Berry W, 3-1 - 4 1 1 5 .000 40 2 2 1 0 11 1 1 0 2 0 4.5
Sep 9 at #1 Juniata L, 3-0 - 3 1 2 6 -.167 19 1 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 12 at Point Park W, 3-1 - 4 2 0 5 .400 49 1 3 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 2 3.0
Sep 15 Mount Union L, 3-2 1 5 2 1 10 .100 54 1 1 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 1 3.0
Sep 16 Nazareth W, 3-0 1 3 1 3 5 -.400 29 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 2.0
Sep 16 Westminster (Pa.) W, 3-0 1 3 2 1 3 .333 31 2 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Sep 20 John Carroll W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 4 .500 25 1 4 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 23 vs. Rochester (N.Y.) W, 3-0 1 3 1 1 4 .000 18 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 2.5
Sep 23 vs. Chicago W, 3-1 1 4 0 2 7 -.286 44 1 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 4 1.0
Sep 24 vs. #9 Emory L, 3-2 - 5 3 0 7 .429 46 0 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 6 Muskingum W, 3-1 1 4 1 0 3 .333 39 1 0 1 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Oct 8 vs. Brandeis W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 2 .500 27 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 8 vs. #12 WashU L, 3-1 - 4 0 1 6 -.167 23 1 1 1 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 13 vs. #15 Mt. St. Joseph L, 3-0 1 3 1 0 10 .100 28 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 3.0
Oct 14 at Wittenberg W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 8 .000 30 2 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 4 2.0
Oct 14 vs. Marietta W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 1 .000 38 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Oct 22 vs. Case Western Reserve W, 3-0 1 3 0 1 1 -1.000 39 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Oct 22 vs. #10 NYU L, 3-1 1 4 0 1 3 -.333 37 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Oct 28 William Smith W, 3-2 1 4 1 2 7 -.143 41 5 2 0 0 8 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
Oct 28 Randolph-Macon W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 3 at Geneseo W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 vs. RIT W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 vs. Fredonia W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 10 vs. Chicago L, 3-1 1 4 1 0 3 .333 21 3 3 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Nov 10 vs. Rochester (N.Y.) W, 3-1 1 4 1 0 6 .167 15 2 1 2 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Nov 11 vs. #9 WashU W, 3-1 1 4 1 1 4 .000 28 2 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 3.0
Nov 16 vs. Pacific Lutheran L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 10 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
  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
2020-21 3 4 0 0.00 1 1 -1.000 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 1 8 2.00 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
2021-22 25 85 4 0.05 6 23 -.087 139 1.64 25 0.29 35 6 203 2.39 0 0 0 0.00 29.0 0.3
2022-23 30 92 0 0.00 4 18 -.222 31 0.34 35 0.38 152 18 253 2.75 0 0 0 0.00 35.0 0.4
2023-24 28 101 27 0.27 22 141 .035 895 8.86 34 0.34 12 2 248 2.46 1 7 8 0.08 65.5 0.6
Total 86 282 31 0.11 33 183 -.011 1065 3.78 94 0.33 200 27 712 2.52 1 7 8 0.03 129.5 0.5
    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
Event Total 28 101 27 0.27 22 141 .035 895 8.86 34 0.34 12 2 248 2.46 1 7 8 0.08 65.5 0.6
Conference 7 26 5 0.19 6 30 -.033 234 9.00 3 0.12 1 0 68 2.62 0 1 1 0.04 8.5 0.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 22 9 0.41 7 32 .063 219 9.95 11 0.50 1 0 49 2.23 0 4 4 0.18 22.0 1.0
Away 5 17 4 0.24 4 27 .000 165 9.71 5 0.29 1 0 48 2.82 0 1 1 0.06 9.5 0.6
Neutral 17 62 14 0.23 11 82 .037 511 8.24 18 0.29 10 2 151 2.44 1 2 3 0.05 34.0 0.5
Result Wins 19 66 17 0.26 16 92 .011 625 9.47 25 0.38 9 2 153 2.32 1 7 8 0.12 46.5 0.7
Losses 9 35 10 0.29 6 49 .082 270 7.71 9 0.26 3 0 95 2.71 0 0 0 0.00 19.0 0.5
Month September 15 55 20 0.36 16 87 .046 519 9.44 16 0.29 5 0 135 2.45 1 4 5 0.09 39.0 0.7
October 9 31 4 0.13 5 41 -.024 302 9.74 11 0.35 3 0 79 2.55 0 3 3 0.10 16.5 0.5
November 4 15 3 0.20 1 13 .154 74 4.93 7 0.47 4 2 34 2.27 0 0 0 0.00 10.0 0.7

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