14 Dani Milner
Dani Milner
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Plano, Texas
  • High School:
    The Greenhill School
  • Position:
    OH/RS
  • m
    31
  • k/s
    2.76
  • h %
    .270
  • a/s
    0.17
  • b/s
    0.46
  • sa/s
    0.14
  • d/s
    1.33

Bio

2016 graduate of The Greenhill School who is majoring in marketing … minor in computer information systems … played in 57 matches and 189 sets during her first three seasons and produced 3.06 kills, 2.93 digs and 3.58 points per set … career totals, entering this season, include 578 kills, 554 digs, 87 blocks and 676 points.

2018: Started six matches and saw action in 19 sets before having her season cut shot by injury ... averaged 2.16 kills, 2.63 digs, 0.58 blocks and 2.71 points ... .185 hitting percentage ... opened the season with a 15 kill-15 dig double-double and a .382 hitting percentage against Georgian Court ... was named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll Aug. 28.
 
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: 21 … daughter of Gail Rigler and Michael Milner … has one brother, Matthew (23).

2018 Statistics                 2017 Statistics              2016 Statistics

Player Profile

Recent Games
Nov 14 New Haven W, 3-1
Nov 15 Pace W, 3-0
Nov 19 Southern Conn. St. W, 3-1
Nov 22 Saint Anselm W, 3-2
Nov 23 American Int'l W, 3-2
Dec 5 vs. Holy Family L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 31 12
Sets 115 46
Kills 317 139
Kills per set 2.76 3.02
Errors 84 29
Total Attacks 862 369
Hitting Percentage .270 .298
Assists 19 8
Assists per set 0.17 0.17
Service Aces 16 9
Service Errors 0 0
Service Aces per set 0.14 0.20
Receptions 85 23
Reception Errors 7 3
Digs 153 67
Digs per set 1.33 1.46
Block Solo 2 1
Block Assist 51 22
Block Total 53 23
Blocks per set 0.46 0.50
Block Errors 7 1
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 360.5 160.0
Points per set 3.1 3.5
Matches started 5 2
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 6 St. Martin's W, 3-0 - 3 11 1 24 .417 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 12.0
Sep 6 at Cal State San Marcos L, 3-1 - 4 5 4 25 .040 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Sep 7 Western New Mexico L, 3-0 - 3 7 2 16 .313 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Sep 7 Eastern New Mexico W, 3-0 - 3 13 1 22 .545 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 14.5
Sep 13 Rollins W, 3-1 - 4 9 2 22 .318 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.0
Sep 13 East Stroudsburg L, 3-2 - 5 14 5 42 .214 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 15.0
Sep 14 Caldwell W, 3-0 1 3 11 2 20 .450 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Sep 14 Molloy W, 3-2 1 5 14 5 35 .257 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 15.0
Sep 17 at Bridgeport L, 3-2 1 5 8 3 45 .111 0 0 0 1 0 8 1 2 1 3 0 10.0
Sep 21 Roberts Wesleyan W, 3-0 - 2 7 2 17 .294 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Sep 21 at Franklin Pierce W, 3-0 - 3 10 5 23 .217 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Sep 24 Post W, 3-0 - 3 5 4 17 .059 2 2 0 3 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Sep 26 Southern N.H. W, 3-0 - 3 9 2 20 .350 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Sep 28 at Mercy W, 3-0 - 3 4 1 9 .333 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 4.0
Sep 28 vs. American Int'l W, 3-0 - 3 6 2 20 .200 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Oct 1 at Saint Anselm W, 3-2 - 5 15 5 41 .244 0 0 0 1 0 13 1 1 0 2 0 16.5
Oct 4 at Assumption W, 3-0 - 2 6 1 15 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Oct 5 St. Michael's W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 Franklin Pierce W, 3-0 - 3 5 0 18 .278 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Oct 11 at Stonehill W, 3-1 - 4 14 3 29 .379 1 1 0 - 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 16.0
Oct 15 Assumption W, 3-1 - 4 12 3 28 .321 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 3 0 3 0 15.5
Oct 18 at Southern Conn. St. W, 3-1 1 4 12 4 45 .178 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 4 0 14.0
Oct 25 at Saint Rose W, 3-1 - 4 10 2 36 .222 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Oct 26 at Le Moyne W, 3-2 - 5 15 3 39 .308 2 1 0 6 2 7 0 5 0 5 0 18.5
Nov 1 Adelphi W, 3-0 1 3 10 0 24 .417 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 10.0
Nov 8 at American Int'l L, 3-1 - 4 8 1 30 .233 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 10.0
Nov 14 New Haven W, 3-1 - 4 13 4 30 .300 3 3 0 4 0 16 0 2 0 2 0 17.0
Nov 15 Pace W, 3-0 - 3 16 2 29 .483 0 1 0 10 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 17.0
Nov 19 Southern Conn. St. W, 3-1 - 4 8 1 26 .269 2 1 0 16 2 14 0 4 1 4 0 11.0
Nov 22 Saint Anselm W, 3-2 - 5 21 2 50 .380 1 0 0 16 1 12 0 3 1 3 0 22.5
Nov 23 American Int'l W, 3-2 - 5 7 5 33 .061 1 2 0 11 0 14 0 2 0 2 0 10.0
Dec 5 vs. Holy Family L, 3-1 - 4 12 7 32 .156 1 1 0 11 1 13 0 2 0 2 0 14.0
  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 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
Conference 12 46 139 3.02 29 369 .298 8 0.17 9 0.20 23 3 67 1.46 1 22 23 0.50 160.0 3.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 18 65 192 2.95 43 473 .315 14 0.22 12 0.18 62 4 99 1.52 0 27 27 0.42 217.5 3.3
Away 11 43 107 2.49 32 337 .223 4 0.09 3 0.07 12 2 39 0.91 2 21 23 0.53 122.5 2.8
Neutral 2 7 18 2.57 9 52 .173 1 0.14 1 0.14 11 1 15 2.14 0 3 3 0.43 20.5 2.9
Result Wins 25 90 263 2.92 62 672 .299 17 0.19 15 0.17 73 6 129 1.43 1 40 41 0.46 299.0 3.3
Losses 6 25 54 2.16 22 190 .168 2 0.08 1 0.04 12 1 24 0.96 1 11 12 0.48 61.5 2.5
Month September 15 52 133 2.56 41 357 .258 7 0.13 3 0.06 8 0 34 0.65 1 18 19 0.37 146.0 2.8
October 8 31 89 2.87 21 251 .271 3 0.10 5 0.16 7 2 38 1.23 1 16 17 0.55 103.0 3.3
November 7 28 83 2.96 15 222 .306 8 0.29 7 0.25 59 4 68 2.43 0 15 15 0.54 97.5 3.5
December 1 4 12 3.00 7 32 .156 1 0.25 1 0.25 11 1 13 3.25 0 2 2 0.50 14.0 3.5

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