3 Rachel Bruno
Rachel Bruno
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    San Diego, Calif.
  • High School:
    Francis Parker
  • Position:
    MB
  • m
    28
  • k/s
    2.58
  • h %
    .370
  • a/s
    0.15
  • b/s
    0.84
  • sa/s
    0.33
  • d/s
    0.62

Bio

Co-captain … 2016 graduate of Francis Parker School who is majoring in data analytics … standout in the classroom who has minors in actuarial science and business … one of two Californians on this year’s roster (Shannon Ngo) … .314 hitting percentage during her first two seasons is fifth best in program history … career totals in 202 sets include 417 kills, 112 digs, 173 blocks and 34 aces … enters 2018 with averages of 2.06 kills, 0.86 blocks, 0.55 digs and 2.73 points … two varsity letters.

2017: Earned second-team All-Northeast-10 honors after leading the conference in hitting (.357) and contributing 2.30 kills, 0.91 blocks and 3.06 points per set … hitting percentage was eighth best in school history and the best by a Falcon since 2013 … also voted to the Academic All-Northeast-10 team … posted an impressive .402 hitting percentage in conference matches … 10+ kills eight times with a high of 17 Sept. 2 vs. Wilmington (Del.) … .400+ hitting percentage eight times (min. 8 kills) … top hitting marks included .700 (7-0-10) vs. Mercy Sept. 1 and .593 a day later against Wilmington … eight blocks against American International Sept. 21 … four aces at Saint Rose Nov. 4 … six appearances on the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll.

2016: Was named to the Northeast-10 All-Rookie team after hitting a team-best .263 and averaging 1.81 kills, 0.79 blocks and 0.65 digs … double-digit kills six times, including five times in a six-match span from Sept. 22-Oct. 14 … high of 16 in a four-set win against Bridgeport Oct. 14 … previous best was 15 at St. Michael’s Sept. 25, also in a four-setter … seven blocks Sept. 9 vs. West Chester and again at Merrimack eight days later … named the NE10 co-Rookie of the Week twice (Sept. 26, Oct. 3).

BEFORE BENTLEY: Named to the Union Tribune All-Academic Team in both 2015 and 2016 … before finishing her high school career at Francis Parker, attended and played volleyball at La Costa Canyon High School … peer-voted team captain of her club 18-1 team in 2016 … received honors with distinction.

PERSONAL: Age as of Sept. 1: 20 … daughter of Nancy and Greg Anderson-Bruno … has one brother, Jake Danzo (11).

2017 Statistics             2016 Statistics

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 19 at New Haven L, 3-1
Oct 23 at Assumption W, 3-0
Oct 26 Le Moyne L, 3-0
Oct 27 Saint Rose W, 3-1
Nov 2 at Pace W, 3-2
Nov 3 at Adelphi L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 28 14
Sets 99 50
Kills 255 145
Kills per set 2.58 2.90
Errors 55 33
Total Attacks 541 294
Hitting Percentage .370 .381
Assists 15 8
Assists per set 0.15 0.16
Service Aces 33 20
Service Errors 28 13
Service Aces per set 0.33 0.40
Receptions 25 14
Reception Errors 2 1
Digs 61 26
Digs per set 0.62 0.52
Block Solo 23 14
Block Assist 60 34
Block Total 83 48
Blocks per set 0.84 0.96
Block Errors 1 0
Ball Handling Errors 2 0
Points 341.0 196.0
Points per set 3.4 3.9
Matches started 28 14
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 25 at Georgian Court L, 3-2 1 5 4 3 19 .053 1 0 1 - 0 4 1 2 0 3 0 6.0
Aug 25 vs. West Chester L, 3-0 1 3 7 0 12 .583 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Aug 31 vs. Oklahoma Baptist L, 3-0 1 3 6 2 20 .200 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 7.5
Aug 31 vs. McKendree L, 3-0 1 3 4 0 7 .571 1 1 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 6.5
Sep 1 vs. Florida Tech W, 3-0 1 3 12 2 19 .526 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Sep 1 at Embry-Riddle L, 3-0 1 3 4 1 12 .250 1 0 2 4 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 4.5
Sep 8 vs. Daemen L, 3-0 1 3 5 3 15 .133 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 6.5
Sep 8 at Post W, 3-1 1 4 10 3 20 .350 1 3 1 - 0 3 1 2 0 3 0 15.0
Sep 9 vs. New York Tech W, 3-2 1 5 14 1 26 .500 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 3 1 15.5
Sep 9 vs. Caldwell W, 3-0 1 3 9 1 14 .571 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 11.0
Sep 12 at Franklin Pierce W, 3-1 1 4 14 4 27 .370 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Sep 14 Bridgeport L, 3-0 1 3 10 2 24 .333 0 2 1 - 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Sep 18 Saint Anselm W, 3-1 1 4 17 2 31 .484 0 3 1 0 0 3 1 6 0 7 0 24.0
Sep 25 American Int'l L, 3-0 1 3 3 1 15 .133 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Sep 28 Stonehill L, 3-0 1 3 5 4 14 .071 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Sep 29 Southern Conn. St. L, 3-2 1 5 17 1 26 .615 0 3 2 3 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 20.5
Oct 2 Merrimack W, 3-0 1 3 12 0 15 .800 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 8 0 17.5
Oct 9 at Southern N.H. L, 3-0 1 3 7 2 16 .313 1 2 2 - 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 11.5
Oct 12 at Molloy L, 3-1 1 3 10 2 14 .571 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 11.0
Oct 14 at LIU Post L, 3-2 1 5 9 0 22 .409 1 4 2 3 1 2 1 5 0 6 0 16.5
Oct 14 vs. American Int'l L, 3-0 1 3 6 2 23 .174 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 4 0 12.0
Oct 16 at St. Michael's W, 3-0 1 3 9 3 22 .273 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 12.5
Oct 19 at New Haven L, 3-1 1 4 13 6 26 .269 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 17.0
Oct 23 at Assumption W, 3-0 1 3 8 4 20 .200 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 11.0
Oct 26 Le Moyne L, 3-0 1 3 6 0 14 .429 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 3 0 8.5
Oct 27 Saint Rose W, 3-1 1 4 10 3 23 .304 2 2 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 5 0 16.5
Nov 2 at Pace W, 3-2 1 5 15 2 28 .464 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 6 0 8 0 20.0
Nov 3 at Adelphi L, 3-0 1 3 9 1 17 .471 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 2 0 3 0 11.0
  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
2016-17 29 97 176 1.81 61 438 .263 4 0.04 8 0.08 3 0 63 0.65 14 63 77 0.79 229.5 2.4
2017-18 29 105 241 2.30 55 521 .357 5 0.05 26 0.25 8 0 49 0.47 13 83 96 0.91 321.5 3.1
2018-19 28 99 255 2.58 55 541 .370 15 0.15 33 0.33 25 2 61 0.62 23 60 83 0.84 341.0 3.4
2019-20 32 117 230 1.97 59 574 .298 13 0.11 33 0.28 12 2 96 0.82 21 85 106 0.91 326.5 2.8
Total 118 418 902 2.16 230 2074 .324 37 0.09 100 0.24 48 4 269 0.64 71 291 362 0.87 1218.5 2.9
    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 99 255 2.58 55 541 .370 15 0.15 33 0.33 25 2 61 0.62 23 60 83 0.84 341.0 3.4
Conference 14 50 145 2.90 33 294 .381 8 0.16 20 0.40 14 1 26 0.52 14 34 48 0.96 196.0 3.9
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 8 28 80 2.86 13 162 .414 3 0.11 14 0.50 5 0 21 0.75 8 19 27 0.96 111.5 4.0
Away 12 45 112 2.49 31 243 .333 9 0.20 15 0.33 16 2 24 0.53 9 28 37 0.82 150.0 3.3
Neutral 8 26 63 2.42 11 136 .382 3 0.12 4 0.15 4 0 16 0.62 6 13 19 0.73 79.5 3.1
Result Wins 11 41 130 3.17 25 245 .429 9 0.22 12 0.29 5 0 24 0.59 12 32 44 1.07 170.0 4.1
Losses 17 58 125 2.16 30 296 .321 6 0.10 21 0.36 20 2 37 0.64 11 28 39 0.67 171.0 2.9
Month August 4 14 21 1.50 5 58 .276 2 0.14 1 0.07 4 0 9 0.64 3 5 8 0.57 27.5 2.0
September 12 43 120 2.79 25 243 .391 4 0.09 14 0.33 8 0 36 0.84 4 21 25 0.58 148.5 3.5
October 10 34 90 2.65 22 195 .349 8 0.24 18 0.53 9 2 11 0.32 13 26 39 1.15 134.0 3.9
November 2 8 24 3.00 3 45 .467 1 0.13 0 0.00 4 0 5 0.63 3 8 11 1.38 31.0 3.9

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October 2, 2018

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September 18, 2018

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