15 Amber Peterson
15 - Amber Peterson
Height: 5-9
Year: Senior
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev.
High School: The Meadows School
Position: Middle Blocker/ Right Side
Major: Physical Therapy
m 31
k/s 1.44
h % .258
a/s 0.22
b/s 0.33
sa/s 0.49
d/s 0.90

2017 Season: One of three players on the team to see action in 105 sets over 31 matches ... Led the team with 35 total blocks, including four solos ... Ranked third on the squad and 19th in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference with 0.49 aces per set and registered 51 for the season ... Named to the GNAC Academic All-Conference Team ... Averaged a 1.44 kills per set to rank fourth on the team and placed second on the team and 13th in the league with a .258 hitting percentage ... Posted a .941 serve reception percentage, while committing just two errors ... Recorded 95 digs for a 0.90 digs per set ... Swung for a career-high 13 kills on a .259 hitting percentage and added a block assist at Lesley University on September 19 ... Hit .300 or better on 11 occasions, including a season-high of .800 with eight kills and no errors in addition to four aces, four digs and a block assist vs. Saint Joseph's College (Maine) on October 4 ... Served up at least one ace in seven straight matches, including a season-high of five in back-to-back matches vs. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on September 6 and Elms College on September 9 ... Registered five or more digs in seven matches, including a season-best 10 to go with four kills and two block assists vs. Wentworth Institute of Technology on September 2 ... Recorded at least one block in seven matches in a row and got up for three total blocks in two straight matches, including a trio vs. Elms College to go with nine kills, five aces and two digs vs. Elms.

2016 Season: Tabbed to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... One of five players to play in all 24 matches and 86 sets for the Sharks ... Ranked third on the team with 31 aces, 21 total blocks and 140 kills ... Owned a .118 hitting percentage and placed fourth on the team with 2.13 points per set ... Put down a career-best 12 kills on two occasions, including a dozen to go with 10 digs for her first career double-double and added two aces at Anna Maria College on September 22 ... Fired multiple aces six times, including a personal-best of 10 in addition to a pair of kills and a dig at Albertus Magnus College on September 17 ... Picked up five or more digs on six occasions ... Hit .250 or better in eight outings, including a .500 effort with six kills, a dig and a block assist at Suffolk University on October 29 ... Registered at least one block on 13 occasions and got up for multiple blocks five times.

2015 Season:
Named to the GNAC All-Academic Team ... Played in 95 sets over 26 matches ... Ranked second on the team with 48 total aces and led the squad with 0.51 aces per set, which also placed her 14th among Great Northeast Athletic Conference leaders ... Swung for 86 kills and averaged 0.91 per set, while adding 1.02 digs per set for a total of 97 ... Notched at least one ace in 12 of her final 17 matches to close out the season and registered multiple aces on 10 occasions during the year ... Fired 24 aces over a five-match span from September 29 to October 7 to average 1.33 per set ... Served up a career-high eight aces to go with five kills on a .375 hitting percentage vs. Suffolk University on September 30 ... Matched a career-high with 10 kills in addition to five aces and six digs at Saint Joseph's College (Maine) on October 31 ... Came up with 36 digs in her last four matches, including a career-high of 17 at Saint Joseph's in the GNAC Tournament Quarterfinals on November 3.

2014 Season: 
Battled injuries throughout the season, but still saw action in 54 sets over 19 matches ... Made her collegiate debut on August 30 vs. Calvin College ... Hit .200 or better on five occasions, including .333 in both the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Tournament Quarterfinals vs. Norwich University on November 4 and at Rivier University in the GNAC Semifinals on November 6, where she spiked for a season-high 10 kills ... Swung for seven kills to go with a season-best eight digs vs. Anna Maria College on September 27 ... Recorded a season-high four block assists in addition to four kills vs. Framingham State University on September 20.

High School/Personal: Four-year letterwinner in volleyball and softball and won a letter in basketball as well for The Meadows School ... Named to the Division III All-Southern League Second Team for the Mustangs' volleyball team ... Chosen the Most Valuable Player for Meadows School volleyball ... Tabbed a Captain for both the volleyball and softball teams for the Mustangs as a senior ... Earned Academic Achievement Awards for Percussion Ensemble, Honors United States History and Advanced Placement Calculus ... Member of the Make-A-Wish Club, the Investment Club, Relay for Life and Olive Crest, while at The Meadows School ... Born May 19, 1996 ... Majoring in Physical Therapy with a minor in Psychology at Simmons ... Daughter of Jeanne and Bret Peterson.

Recent Games
Oct 25 Babson W, 3-0
Oct 28 at St. Joseph (Conn.) W, 3-0
Oct 28 vs. Suffolk W, 3-1
Oct 31 Suffolk W, 3-0
Nov 2 Rivier W, 3-0
Nov 4 at Johnson & Wales (RI) L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 31 12
Sets 105 40
Kills 151 69
Kills per set 1.44 1.73
Errors 58 23
Total Attacks 360 154
Hitting Percentage .258 .299
Assists 23 9
Assists per set 0.22 0.23
Service Aces 51 21
Service Errors 77 32
Service Aces per set 0.49 0.53
Receptions 33 14
Reception Errors 2 0
Digs 95 30
Digs per set 0.90 0.75
Block Solo 4 2
Block Assist 31 12
Block Total 35 14
Blocks per set 0.33 0.35
Block Errors 1 0
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 221.5 98.0
Points per set 2.1 2.5
Matches started 28 12
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 1 at Rochester Inst. L, 3-1 - 4 2 1 4 .250 0 2 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 1 at Western Conn. St. W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 1 .000 1 3 4 - 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 2 vs. Wentworth L, 3-1 - 4 4 4 12 .000 1 0 1 0 0 10 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Sep 2 at Penn St.-Berks W, 3-1 - 4 2 0 6 .333 0 1 1 - 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 6 Mass.-Dartmouth W, 3-0 1 3 0 1 5 -.200 3 5 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Sep 9 vs. Elms L, 3-1 1 4 9 2 18 .389 1 5 6 3 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 15.5
Sep 9 at Mount Holyoke W, 3-0 1 3 6 2 10 .400 2 1 3 0 0 2 0 3 1 3 0 8.5
Sep 12 at Gordon L, 3-2 1 5 4 2 11 .182 1 2 3 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 7.0
Sep 16 vs. Smith W, 3-1 1 4 7 1 10 .600 0 2 2 3 0 5 0 3 0 3 1 10.5
Sep 16 at MIT L, 3-0 1 3 1 0 9 .111 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 19 at Lesley L, 3-1 1 4 13 6 27 .259 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 13.5
Sep 20 Colby-Sawyer W, 3-0 1 3 2 3 10 -.100 0 4 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Sep 23 vs. Albertus Magnus W, 3-0 1 3 7 4 15 .200 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Sep 23 at Regis (Mass.) W, 3-0 1 3 0 4 6 -.667 1 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Sep 26 Johnson & Wales (RI) L, 3-0 1 3 2 2 8 .000 0 0 3 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Sep 27 at Mount Ida W, 3-2 1 5 8 2 19 .316 3 3 3 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Sep 30 at Plymouth St. L, 3-0 1 3 1 0 6 .167 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Sep 30 vs. Bates L, 3-0 1 3 3 0 8 .375 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 4 Saint Joseph's College of Maine W, 3-0 1 3 8 0 10 .800 0 4 4 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Oct 7 vs. Rivier W, 3-0 1 3 6 0 13 .462 0 3 3 1 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 10.5
Oct 7 at Norwich W, 3-0 1 3 5 3 12 .167 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6.0
Oct 11 Lasell W, 3-0 1 3 8 2 15 .400 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Oct 13 at Emerson W, 3-0 1 3 6 2 16 .250 0 0 1 - 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Oct 18 Emmanuel (Mass.) W, 3-1 1 4 8 3 19 .263 0 1 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Oct 21 Anna Maria W, 3-0 1 3 4 1 13 .231 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Oct 25 Babson W, 3-0 1 3 8 4 14 .286 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
Oct 28 at St. Joseph (Conn.) W, 3-0 1 3 7 1 12 .500 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Oct 28 vs. Suffolk W, 3-1 1 4 6 1 12 .417 0 2 2 1 0 4 1 2 0 3 0 10.0
Oct 31 Suffolk W, 3-0 1 3 5 3 11 .182 0 1 6 0 0 4 1 2 0 3 0 8.0
Nov 2 Rivier W, 3-0 1 3 7 3 18 .222 2 1 3 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Nov 4 at Johnson & Wales (RI) L, 3-0 1 3 2 1 10 .100 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
  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
2014-15 19 54 69 1.28 58 263 .042 0 0.00 0 0.00 34 3 37 0.69 1 8 9 0.17 74.0 1.4
2015-16 26 95 86 0.91 67 319 .060 16 0.17 48 0.51 4 1 97 1.02 3 12 15 0.16 143.0 1.5
2016-17 24 86 140 1.63 91 417 .118 9 0.10 31 0.36 7 2 83 0.97 3 18 21 0.24 183.0 2.1
2017-18 31 105 151 1.44 58 360 .258 23 0.22 51 0.49 33 2 95 0.90 4 31 35 0.33 221.5 2.1
Total 100 340 446 1.31 274 1359 .127 48 0.14 130 0.38 78 8 312 0.92 11 69 80 0.24 621.5 1.8
  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
Total 31 105 151 1.44 58 360 .258 23 0.22 51 0.49 33 2 95 0.90 4 31 35 0.33 221.5 2.1
Conference 12 40 69 1.73 23 154 .299 9 0.23 21 0.53 14 0 30 0.75 2 12 14 0.35 98.0 2.5
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Home 10 31 52 1.68 22 123 .244 9 0.29 19 0.61 19 2 25 0.81 1 8 9 0.29 76.0 2.5
Away 14 49 57 1.16 24 149 .221 11 0.22 20 0.41 6 0 40 0.82 2 9 11 0.22 83.5 1.7
Neutral 7 25 42 1.68 12 88 .341 3 0.12 12 0.48 8 0 30 1.20 1 14 15 0.60 62.0 2.5
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Wins 21 69 110 1.59 40 247 .283 18 0.26 39 0.57 22 2 61 0.88 3 22 25 0.36 163.0 2.4
Losses 10 36 41 1.14 18 113 .204 5 0.14 12 0.33 11 0 34 0.94 1 9 10 0.28 58.5 1.6
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September 18 64 71 1.11 34 185 .200 16 0.25 33 0.52 16 1 65 1.02 1 20 21 0.33 115.0 1.8
October 11 35 71 2.03 20 147 .347 5 0.14 16 0.46 8 0 28 0.80 3 10 13 0.37 95.0 2.7
November 2 6 9 1.50 4 28 .179 2 0.33 2 0.33 9 1 2 0.33 0 1 1 0.17 11.5 1.9