14 - Carissa McKenna
Carissa McKenna
Height: 6-1
Year: Junior
Hometown: West Bloomfield, MI
High School: Walled Lake Northern
Position: MB
m 28
k/s 1.72
h % .225
a/s 0.06
b/s 0.92
sa/s 0.12
d/s 0.66

2011: Saw action in 87 sets, recording a career-best 127 kills and 91 total blocks from the middle blocker position...hit double-figures in kills on two occasions, including a career-high 11 kills against Miami (OH) (11/5)...also finished with 10 kills in a five-set victory at Bowling Green (10/1) and nine kills in a win against Niagara (9/13)...tied her career-high with eight total blocks against Seton Hall (8/26) and Canisius (9/27).

2010: Played in 72 sets, notching 71 kills on the year...had a career-high eight kills against Kent State (11/6) and had six kills against Miami (OH) (10/30), Ohio (11/5) and Akron (11/11)...was named MAC East Defensive Player of the Week following matches against Bowling Green (10/29) and Miami (OH) (10/30)...finished with 59 total blocks, including a career-best eight blocks against Bryant (9/19)...had seven total blocks against Bowling Green (10/29) and had five blocks in wins over Central Conn. St. (9/4) and Miami (OH) (10/30)...added five digs in the win over Akron (11/11).

High School:  Earned three letters and captained one season for Renee Miller and Walled Lake Northern High Schol...named to the All-Conference and All-Region team in 2008 and 2009...helped her team to the conference championship in 2009 and a district championship in 2008...also was member of the high school basketball team and a high jumper on the track and field team, earning all-conference honors in both.

Personal:  Born August 21, 1992...daughter of Brian and Colleen McKenna...has one sister (Jennifer) and one brother (Jack)...favorite food is Italian and favorite movie is 10 Things I Hate About You...chose UB because it was everything she was looking for in a school and fit right in on her visit...lists her greatest athletic accomplishment as finishing fifth at th Junior Olympics in 2009 and being named to the All-Tournament team...chose her jersey number of 14 because it is her lucky number.

Recent Games
Oct 25 Akron L, 3-0
Oct 27 Ball St. L, 3-2
Nov 2 at Bowling Green L, 3-2
Nov 3 at Miami (Ohio) W, 3-0
Nov 9 Ohio L, 3-0
Nov 10 Kent St. W, 3-1
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 28 16
Sets 99 57
Kills 170 110
Kills per set 1.72 1.93
Errors 70 44
Total Attacks 445 276
Hitting Percentage .225 .239
Assists 6 3
Assists per set 0.06 0.05
Service Aces 12 7
Service Errors 10 7
Service Aces per set 0.12 0.12
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 65 31
Digs per set 0.66 0.54
Block Solo 14 9
Block Assist 77 48
Block Total 91 57
Blocks per set 0.92 1.00
Block Errors 6 2
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 234.5 150.0
Points per set 2.4 2.6
Date Opponent Score s k e ta pct a sa se re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 24 Canisius W, 3-1 4 3 2 15 .067 0 1 0 0 6 1 0 1 1 0 5.0
Aug 24 San Jose St. L, 3-1 4 9 2 18 .389 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 1 4 0 11.0
Aug 25 Oral Roberts W, 3-2 4 1 2 11 -.091 0 2 0 0 6 0 3 0 3 0 4.5
Aug 31 vs. Eastern Ky. W, 3-0 3 5 4 11 .091 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Sep 1 at Notre Dame L, 3-1 4 5 3 13 .154 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 3 0 8.0
Sep 2 vs. UAB L, 3-0 3 5 1 12 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Sep 7 at Cleveland St. L, 3-1 4 11 4 27 .259 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 1 1 0 11.5
Sep 8 vs. Oakland L, 3-0 3 5 3 13 .154 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Sep 8 vs. Eastern Ky. L, 3-2 2 1 2 4 -.250 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2.0
Sep 14 Dartmouth W, 3-2 5 5 3 18 .111 1 0 1 0 3 1 4 0 5 0 8.0
Sep 15 Hartford W, 3-0 3 7 0 14 .500 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 0 11.0
Sep 15 Syracuse W, 3-0 3 3 0 13 .231 1 0 0 0 3 1 4 1 5 0 6.0
Sep 20 at Akron L, 3-0 3 3 1 10 .200 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Sep 22 at Toledo L, 3-1 4 4 3 13 .077 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Sep 28 Miami (Ohio) W, 3-0 3 15 4 25 .440 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 17.0
Sep 29 Bowling Green L, 3-1 4 6 5 17 .059 0 0 1 0 1 1 8 0 9 0 11.0
Oct 5 at Kent St. L, 3-1 4 11 4 22 .318 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 11.5
Oct 6 at Ohio L, 3-0 3 6 1 10 .500 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Oct 12 at Northern Ill. L, 3-0 3 2 4 13 -.154 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3.0
Oct 13 at Western Mich. L, 3-0 3 6 3 19 .158 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 5 0 8.5
Oct 19 Central Mich. W, 3-1 4 12 2 24 .417 0 1 2 0 4 2 6 0 8 0 18.0
Oct 20 Eastern Mich. L, 3-1 4 11 2 26 .346 0 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 5 0 14.5
Oct 25 Akron L, 3-0 3 5 2 14 .214 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Oct 27 Ball St. L, 3-2 5 7 3 24 .167 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 5 0 10.5
Nov 2 at Bowling Green L, 3-2 4 5 2 12 .250 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 8.5
Nov 3 at Miami (Ohio) W, 3-0 3 6 1 13 .385 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 8.5
Nov 9 Ohio L, 3-0 3 4 3 13 .077 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Nov 10 Kent St. W, 3-1 4 7 4 21 .143 2 2 0 0 3 1 6 0 7 0 13.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Total 28 99 170 1.72 70 445 .225 6 0.06 12 0.12 65 0.66 14 77 91 0.92 234.5 2.4
Conference 16 57 110 1.93 44 276 .239 3 0.05 7 0.12 31 0.54 9 48 57 1.00 150.0 2.6
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Home 14 53 95 1.79 34 253 .241 4 0.08 7 0.13 41 0.77 13 49 62 1.17 139.5 2.6
Away 10 35 59 1.69 26 152 .217 2 0.06 5 0.14 19 0.54 1 21 22 0.63 75.5 2.2
Neutral 4 11 16 1.45 10 40 .150 0 0.00 0 0.00 5 0.45 0 7 7 0.64 19.5 1.8

Wins 10 36 64 1.78 22 165 .255 4 0.11 8 0.22 29 0.81 8 34 42 1.17 97.0 2.7
Losses 18 63 106 1.68 48 280 .207 2 0.03 4 0.06 36 0.57 6 43 49 0.78 137.5 2.2