2020 Beach Volleyball Roster
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Matsumoto, Piper
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Jersey Number 12
Piper Matsumoto
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Fort Myers, Fla.
- High School:
- Seacrest Country Day / LIU Brooklyn
- Prev School:
- LIU Brooklyn
Bio
2020 Beach (Jr.): Appeared in seven matches… Went 1-6 with Madison Lawler at the No. 2 pairing… Picked up a 21-17, 21-12 win against Southeastern La. On March 6.
2019 Indoor (Jr.): Served as the team's primary setter and finished with 814 assists (8.66 per set), which was seventh in Conference USA ... Tied for lead with 19 aces alongside Kellie Garraway and Madison Lawler and was second with 249 digs (2.65 per set) ... Recorded 87 kills and a .210 hitting percentage ... Finished with 40-plus assists seven times, five coming against C-USA foes ... Had 45 apiece against UTSA and Alabama State and 49 in the penultimate match versus FIU ... Season-high seven kills (with no errors either) versus UTEP on Nov. 3 (.538 hitting percentage) ... Also posted seven kills to one error at LA Tech two contests later ... Totaled 29 blocks.
2019 Beach (So.): Appeared in all 32 matches... Posted a 12-20 record at the second and third pairing... Split time with Kellie Garraway, Abbey Wilson, and Lindsey Legg... Recorded first win with Garraway on Feb. 23 against Spring Hill... Had a season-long four-game win streak from Feb. 23-March 2... 10 of 12 wins were in straight sets.
2018 Indoor (LIU-Brooklyn/So.): Attended LIU-Brooklyn… Played in 21 matches and appeared in 7 sets… Totaled 21 kills for an average of .30 per set… Had a team0high 497 assists for an average of 7.10 per set… Smacked nine service aces… Recorded 172 digs and 17 blocks as a setter… Earned an invitation to the U.S. Volleyball Women's National Team Open Tryouts.
2017 Indoor (LIU-Brooklyn/Fr.): Played in all 30 matches with 9 starts in her rookie season with the Blackbirds... Named to NEC All-Tournament team... Finished second on the team with 571 assists and 5.95 assists per set average... Ranked in the top-10 in the NEC in assists... Recorded 19 service aces and 169 digs on the season... Earned NEC Rookie of The Week on October 30 after recording 85 assists in two matches... Tallied double-digit assists in 20 matches including a season-high 55 assists against CCSU in the NEC Championship... Named to NEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
High School: Four year varsity player at Seacrest Country Day...Led Seacrest to a Finalist appearance in the Class 3A state championship...Also played for USA South Premier Purple out of Fort Myers...earned FACA All-State, All-Academic, Naples Daily News All-Area and Fall Player of the year finalist honors in 2016...member of the 2017 USA Women's Junior A1 National Training team
Personal: Born August 6, 1999… Daughter of Bonita and Tai Matsumoto... Father played baseball at North Carolina Wesleyan… Has two older siblings attending colleges in Florida - Sydney (Miami) and Dakota (South Florida)… Plans to study Speech-Language Pathology.
2019 Indoor (Jr.): Served as the team's primary setter and finished with 814 assists (8.66 per set), which was seventh in Conference USA ... Tied for lead with 19 aces alongside Kellie Garraway and Madison Lawler and was second with 249 digs (2.65 per set) ... Recorded 87 kills and a .210 hitting percentage ... Finished with 40-plus assists seven times, five coming against C-USA foes ... Had 45 apiece against UTSA and Alabama State and 49 in the penultimate match versus FIU ... Season-high seven kills (with no errors either) versus UTEP on Nov. 3 (.538 hitting percentage) ... Also posted seven kills to one error at LA Tech two contests later ... Totaled 29 blocks.
2019 Beach (So.): Appeared in all 32 matches... Posted a 12-20 record at the second and third pairing... Split time with Kellie Garraway, Abbey Wilson, and Lindsey Legg... Recorded first win with Garraway on Feb. 23 against Spring Hill... Had a season-long four-game win streak from Feb. 23-March 2... 10 of 12 wins were in straight sets.
2018 Indoor (LIU-Brooklyn/So.): Attended LIU-Brooklyn… Played in 21 matches and appeared in 7 sets… Totaled 21 kills for an average of .30 per set… Had a team0high 497 assists for an average of 7.10 per set… Smacked nine service aces… Recorded 172 digs and 17 blocks as a setter… Earned an invitation to the U.S. Volleyball Women's National Team Open Tryouts.
2017 Indoor (LIU-Brooklyn/Fr.): Played in all 30 matches with 9 starts in her rookie season with the Blackbirds... Named to NEC All-Tournament team... Finished second on the team with 571 assists and 5.95 assists per set average... Ranked in the top-10 in the NEC in assists... Recorded 19 service aces and 169 digs on the season... Earned NEC Rookie of The Week on October 30 after recording 85 assists in two matches... Tallied double-digit assists in 20 matches including a season-high 55 assists against CCSU in the NEC Championship... Named to NEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
High School: Four year varsity player at Seacrest Country Day...Led Seacrest to a Finalist appearance in the Class 3A state championship...Also played for USA South Premier Purple out of Fort Myers...earned FACA All-State, All-Academic, Naples Daily News All-Area and Fall Player of the year finalist honors in 2016...member of the 2017 USA Women's Junior A1 National Training team
Personal: Born August 6, 1999… Daughter of Bonita and Tai Matsumoto... Father played baseball at North Carolina Wesleyan… Has two older siblings attending colleges in Florida - Sydney (Miami) and Dakota (South Florida)… Plans to study Speech-Language Pathology.
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