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2018 Women's Volleyball Roster

2 Lauren Ninkovich

  • Position Defensive Specialist
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Oregon Episcopal School
  • Hometown Portland, OR
  • Major Undeclared

Biography

2015 Stats | 2016 Season | 2017 Stats | 2018 Stats

2018 Liberty League All-Academic Team
2017 Liberty League All-Academic Team
2016 Liberty League All-Academic Team


2018: Continued to showcase her outstanding versatility in her final season … played in 94 of Vassar's 97 sets as a senior, getting into all 25 matches...posted 141 kills while adding 217 digs, 44 aces and 22 assists … her kills and service aces were both career-high marks, as the aces also paced the Brewers squad on the season … laid down seven kills with 14 digs, four blocks, two assists and three aces in the Liberty League Semifinals against RIT on November 2 … Boasted a career-high 24 digs with 12 kills in a four-set loss to Kean on September 2 … Recorded eight kills with three aces and 21 digs in a five-set victory over Hunter on September 15 … had at least one dig in all 25 matches, including nine with 10 or more … posted a service ace in 20 matches, including two or more in each of the final five matches of the season.

2017: Filled a ton of roles for Vassar as a junior...played in 103 of Vassar's 106 sets as a junior, getting into all 30 matches...posted 92 kills while adding 280 digs, 42 aces and 14 assists...started the season as a defensive specialist and back row standout but also played some outside, getting a ton of attempts late in the season...chalked up a career-high 15 kills while posting 11 digs in the Liberty League semifinals against Clarkson University November 3...chalked up a career-best 16 digs to go with four kills in a win over Nazareth on September 30...posted 12 terminations and 11 digs along with an ace in the NCAA Tournament contest against Babson...was huge against Ithaca College September 23, posted two aces and 15 digs...started the season with five service aces and 11 digs against Lebanon Valley College...against Coast Guard Academy, finished with five kills and 16 digs...had at least eight digs in 22 matches, including 16 of the final 17 matches of the season.

2016: Did a little bit of everything for the Brewers, serving as the utility player for Vassar in 2016...one of the team's best defensive players while her serving prowess was also used well in 2016...saw action in 107 sets this season, appearing in 29 matches...was sixth on the team in digs with 169, while her 23 aces were the seventh-most on the squad...also served as the back-up setter for Vassar in 2016...only had 12 receiving errors all season...posted four matches with 10 or more digs...had a season-best 13 digs against Union College on October 21...added 12 digs against Stevens on October 5 and Clarkson October 22...finished with seven or more digs in nine matches...added four kills this season. 

2015: Proved a great addition to the squad in her premiere season as both an offensive and defensive asset...season-best offensive performance with six kills against Sage Colleges Oct. 21...43 kills during her first season in burgundy and grey...started 15 matches this season, playing 78 sets...averaged 0.9 points/set and 0.55 kills/set...best defensive performance at Brandeis on Oct. 31 with 15 ups...2.45 digs per game on the season.

PRIOR TO VASSAR: Was a three-sport star for the Aardvarks of Oregon Episcopal School...on the volleyball court, earned four letters, captaining the squad as a senior...named First Team All-Lewis and Clark League (3A) as a senior, adding a Second Team honor as a junior...voted Honorable Mention All-State as a senior as well...helped lead her team to a sixth-place finish in the state as a sophomore, while improving to fifth as a junior...won her league title as a team in 2014, finishing seventh at the state tournament...also lettered in tennis and basketball...was an All-District Tournamen Team honoree as a sophomore, junior and senior on the tennis court...state quarterfinalist in doubles as a sophomore and junior...earned a district title as a senior doubles player in tennis...senior co-captain in tennis as well...played one year of basketball for OES. 

PERSONAL: Daughter of Mike Ninkovich and Eileen Moriwaki...undeclared major. 
 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2015First Year

    Defensive Specialist
    5'6"
    2
  • 2

    2016Sophomore

    Defensive Specialist
    5'6"
    2
  • 2

    2017Junior

    Defensive Specialist
    5'6"
    2
  • 2

    2018Senior

    Defensive Specialist
    5'6"
    2