14 Dani Milner
Dani Milner
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Plano, Texas
  • High School:
    The Greenhill School
  • Position:
    OH/RS
  • m
    6
  • k/s
    2.16
  • h %
    .185
  • a/s
    0.26
  • b/s
    0.58
  • sa/s
    0.21
  • d/s
    2.63

Bio

2016 graduate of The Greenhill School who is majoring in marketing … minor in computer information systems … played in 51 matches and 170 sets during her first two seasons and produced 3.16 kills, 2.96 digs and 3.67 points per set … career totals, entering this season, include 537 kills and 504 digs … two varsity letters.

2017: Voted to the All-Northeast-10 first team after averaging 3.41 kills, 3.23 digs, 0.52 blocks and 3.97 points … led team in all of those categories, except blocks … was the only player in the conference to average at least 3.2 kills, 3.2 digs and 0.5 blocks … finished with 15 double-doubles, the most b­y a Bentley player since 2007 (23 by Tori Piskulick) … first career 20-20 came Nov. 3 at Le Moyne when she recorded 20 kills and 22 digs in a five-setter … career-best 22 kills, along with 17 digs, Oct. 6 at Southern Connecticut State … double-figure kills 19 times, including seven straight matches Sept. 8-21 … 10+ digs 17 times … named the Northeast-10 Player of the Week Sept. 26 after helping the Falcons to three conference wins … NE10 Weekly Honor Roll six times.

2016: Was chosen for the Northeast-10 All-Rookie Team after an impressive freshman season in which she led the team in kills per set (2.87) and points per set (3.33) … also averaged 2.66 digs during her rookie year … had eight double-doubles, including six in the Falcons’ first eight matches … powered Bentley to a 3-0 win over Southern Connecticut Oct. 15 with 18 kills, 23 digs and three aces … had 16 kills, 17 digs, three aces and five blocks the night before against Bridgeport … honors included NE10 Player of the Week Oct. 17 and NE10 Rookie of the Week Sept. 19 and Oct. 17 … was also named to the Oct. 10 NE10 Weekly Honor Roll.

BEFORE BENTLEY: Was Greenhill’s team captain in 2015 when the Hornets captured the Southwest Preparatory Conference title … three-time All-Conference … All-North Zone in 2012 … team MVP in 2014 and 2015 … team’s Floor Captain in 2014 … set school records for kills, assists and digs … President, Heartworks Club as a junior or senior.

PERSONAL: Age as of Sept. 1: 20 … daughter of Gail Rigler and Michael Milner … has one brother, Matthew (21).

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 6 -
Sets 19 -
Kills 41 -
Kills per set 2.16 -
Errors 10 -
Total Attacks 168 -
Hitting Percentage .185 -
Assists 5 -
Assists per set 0.26 -
Service Aces 4 -
Service Errors 0 -
Service Aces per set 0.21 -
Receptions 74 -
Reception Errors 10 -
Digs 50 -
Digs per set 2.63 -
Block Solo 2 -
Block Assist 9 -
Block Total 11 -
Blocks per set 0.58 -
Block Errors 2 -
Ball Handling Errors 1 -
Points 51.5 -
Points per set 2.7 -
Matches started 6 -
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 15 2 34 .382 1 0 0 - 4 15 1 0 0 1 1 16.0
Aug 25 vs. West Chester L, 3-0 1 3 9 1 29 .276 0 0 0 17 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 10.0
Aug 31 vs. Oklahoma Baptist L, 3-0 1 3 3 1 29 .069 1 0 0 14 2 11 0 1 1 1 0 3.5
Aug 31 vs. McKendree L, 3-0 1 3 6 3 33 .091 2 0 0 22 2 5 0 3 1 3 0 7.5
Sep 1 vs. Florida Tech W, 3-0 1 3 6 1 23 .217 1 2 0 13 0 8 0 3 0 3 0 9.5
Sep 1 at Embry-Riddle L, 3-0 1 2 2 2 20 .000 0 2 0 8 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Sep 8 vs. Daemen L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 8 at Post W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 vs. New York Tech W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 vs. Caldwell W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 12 at Franklin Pierce W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Bridgeport L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 18 Saint Anselm W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 25 American Int'l L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 Stonehill L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 29 Southern Conn. St. L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 2 Merrimack W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 9 at Southern N.H. L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 at Molloy L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 at LIU Post L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 vs. American Int'l L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 at St. Michael's W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  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 23 79 227 2.87 95 772 .171 13 0.16 19 0.24 301 18 210 2.66 5 24 29 0.37 263.0 3.3
2017-18 28 91 310 3.41 88 998 .222 25 0.27 26 0.29 231 14 294 3.23 4 43 47 0.52 361.5 4.0
2018-19 6 19 41 2.16 10 168 .185 5 0.26 4 0.21 74 10 50 2.63 2 9 11 0.58 51.5 2.7
2019-20 31 115 317 2.76 84 862 .270 19 0.17 16 0.14 85 7 153 1.33 2 51 53 0.46 360.5 3.1
Total 88 304 895 2.94 277 2800 .221 62 0.20 65 0.21 691 49 707 2.33 13 127 140 0.46 1036.5 3.4
    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 6 19 41 2.16 10 168 .185 5 0.26 4 0.21 74 10 50 2.63 2 9 11 0.58 51.5 2.7
Conference - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Away 2 7 17 2.43 4 54 .241 1 0.14 2 0.29 8 4 19 2.71 1 2 3 0.43 21.0 3.0
Neutral 4 12 24 2.00 6 114 .158 4 0.33 2 0.17 66 6 31 2.58 1 7 8 0.67 30.5 2.5
Result Wins 1 3 6 2.00 1 23 .217 1 0.33 2 0.67 13 0 8 2.67 0 3 3 1.00 9.5 3.2
Losses 5 16 35 2.19 9 145 .179 4 0.25 2 0.13 61 10 42 2.63 2 6 8 0.50 42.0 2.6
Month August 4 14 33 2.36 7 125 .208 4 0.29 0 0.00 53 10 38 2.71 2 4 6 0.43 37.0 2.6
September 2 5 8 1.60 3 43 .116 1 0.20 4 0.80 21 0 12 2.40 0 5 5 1.00 14.5 2.9

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