Volleyball

30 Catherine Balzano
30 Catherine Balzano
Height: 5-9
Year: 2023
Hometown: Portland, Maine
High School: Deering
Position: OH
Major: Health & Wellness Promotion
m 25
k/s 0.95
h % -.036
a/s 0.12
b/s 0.00
sa/s 0.12
d/s 0.74

2022: Played in 25 matches and 42 sets overall as a senior…Registered 40 kills and 31 digs…Posted a career-high seven digs versus Johnson & Wales on October 29th…Finished her career with 75 kills and 51 digs in 50 matches (83 sets).

2021: Played in 18 matches and 34 total sets as a junior...logged 34 kills, 20 digs and seven block assists...set career-highs in kills (9), attacks (21), attack percentage (.381) and digs (4) at University of New England on September 23rd...posted six kills in a win at Anna Maria College on October 12th.

2019: Played in seven matches and seven sets as a freshman outside hitter…had a kill against Anna Maria College on Oct. 5th and a blocked a shot on the same day when facing Norwich University.

Why Saint Joseph's? I fell in love with how it felt when I went on my first tour and when I came back later it was confirmed that Saint Joseph's is where I would like to be.

High School: Played volleyball and softball at Deering High School…Earned varsity letters and was chosen as the John Cassavola Sportsmanship Award recipient…Played Maine Juniors for seven years…Listed on the Academic Honor Roll.

Community Service: Participated in Key Club at Deering High for two years and for her senior project hosted a walk in the Deering Center area to raise money for the Thirst Project to benefit the global water crisis.

Personal: Catherine Anita Balzano, Daughter of Jennifer and Tony Balzano…Has two siblings, Anthony and Angela.

Recent Games
Oct 19 Colby-Sawyer W, 3-1
Oct 22 Rivier L, 3-0
Oct 22 St. Joseph (Conn.) W, 3-0
Oct 29 Emmanuel (Mass.) W, 3-1
Oct 29 Johnson & Wales (RI) L, 3-0
Nov 1 at Rivier L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 25 11
Sets 42 19
Kills 40 12
Kills per set 0.95 0.63
Errors 46 19
Total Attacks 167 61
Hitting Percentage -.036 -.115
Assists 5 3
Assists per set 0.12 0.16
Service Aces 5 1
Service Errors 9 5
Service Aces per set 0.12 0.05
Receptions 92 38
Reception Errors 22 9
Digs 31 17
Digs per set 0.74 0.89
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 0 0
Block Total 0 0
Blocks per set 0.00 0.00
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 45.0 13.0
Points per set 1.1 0.7
Matches started 2 1
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 1 at Southern Me. W, 3-2 - 3 8 4 17 .235 0 2 2 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Sep 2 vs. Maine Maritime L, 3-0 - 1 3 4 15 -.067 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 3 vs. Spalding L, 3-0 - 2 3 3 11 .000 1 0 1 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 6 at Colby L, 3-1 - 2 3 3 15 .000 0 0 0 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 9 vs. Schreiner L, 3-0 - 1 0 3 3 -1.000 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 9 vs. Whitman L, 3-0 - 1 2 2 5 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 10 vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 3-0 - 2 3 3 10 .000 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 10 at St. Thomas (Tex.) L, 3-0 1 1 0 1 6 -.167 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 15 U. of New England W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 vs. Framingham St. W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 vs. Framingham St. T, 1-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 at Worcester St. W, 3-1 - 3 2 0 5 .400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 20 Plymouth St. L, 3-1 - 3 3 1 7 .286 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 24 vs. Norwich W, 3-1 - 2 1 2 4 -.250 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 24 at Elms L, 3-1 - 1 0 1 2 -.500 0 0 1 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 28 Me.-Fort Kent L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Simmons L, 3-1 - 2 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 1 Salem St. W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 3 .000 0 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 4 at Husson L, 3-2 - 1 0 1 2 -.500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 6 Southern Me. W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 vs. Regis (Mass.) L, 3-0 - 1 1 0 3 .333 0 0 0 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 8 at Lasell L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Bates L, 3-2 - 1 1 1 3 .000 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 14 at Dean W, 3-1 - 1 0 1 4 -.250 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 15 at Albertus Magnus W, 3-0 - 1 1 0 2 .500 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 15 vs. Anna Maria W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 19 Colby-Sawyer W, 3-1 - 1 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 22 Rivier L, 3-0 - 3 0 3 10 -.300 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 22 St. Joseph (Conn.) W, 3-0 - 3 5 3 15 .133 1 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Oct 29 Emmanuel (Mass.) W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 Johnson & Wales (RI) L, 3-0 1 3 4 8 20 -.200 2 0 1 14 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Nov 1 at Rivier L, 3-0 - 1 0 1 4 -.250 1 0 0 4 3 1 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
2019-20 7 7 1 0.14 2 5 -.200 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 2 0 0.00 1 1 2 0.29 2.5 0.4
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 18 34 34 1.00 37 148 -.020 3 0.09 5 0.15 53 4 20 0.59 0 7 7 0.21 42.5 1.3
2022-23 25 42 40 0.95 46 167 -.036 5 0.12 5 0.12 92 22 31 0.74 0 0 0 0.00 45.0 1.1
Total 50 83 75 0.90 85 320 -.031 8 0.10 10 0.12 148 28 51 0.61 1 8 9 0.11 90.0 1.1
  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 25 42 40 0.95 46 167 -.036 5 0.12 5 0.12 92 22 31 0.74 0 0 0 0.00 45.0 1.1
Conference 11 19 12 0.63 19 61 -.115 3 0.16 1 0.05 38 9 17 0.89 0 0 0 0.00 13.0 0.7
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 7 16 12 0.75 16 56 -.071 3 0.19 1 0.06 25 4 13 0.81 0 0 0 0.00 13.0 0.8
Away 10 15 15 1.00 13 60 .033 1 0.07 4 0.27 35 11 11 0.73 0 0 0 0.00 19.0 1.3
Neutral 8 11 13 1.18 17 51 -.078 1 0.09 0 0.00 32 7 7 0.64 0 0 0 0.00 13.0 1.2
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Wins 9 16 17 1.06 11 51 .118 1 0.06 4 0.25 20 6 8 0.50 0 0 0 0.00 21.0 1.3
Losses 16 26 23 0.88 35 116 -.103 4 0.15 1 0.04 72 16 23 0.88 0 0 0 0.00 24.0 0.9
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September 12 22 28 1.27 27 100 .010 1 0.05 2 0.09 51 9 15 0.68 0 0 0 0.00 30.0 1.4
October 12 19 12 0.63 18 63 -.095 3 0.16 3 0.16 37 10 15 0.79 0 0 0 0.00 15.0 0.8
November 1 1 0 0.00 1 4 -.250 1 1.00 0 0.00 4 3 1 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
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