Abby Van Mater

Position:
Middle Blocker
Height:
6-1
Class:
Senior
High School:
Unionville
Hometown:
West Chester, PA

Notables: Tenth-most solo blocks in program history (68).

Senior Year (2002): Recorded 11 kills on 13 attempts with zero errors against Providence … Posted three matches in double-figure kills … Recorded 11 kills versus James Madison … Posted 10 kills on 17 attempts with zero errors for a .588 attack percentage against Siena … Recorded six total blocks against James Madison, Rutgers and Miami.

Junior Year (2001): Led team in total blocks … Compiled 50 block assists and 79 total stops … Recorded a career-high three solo blocks in five matches … Averaged 0.83 blocks per game … Led team in blocks in six matches, tying for the team lead in five …Tallied a season-high seven total blocks against Auburn … Established single-match career highs with a .609 hitting percentage and 16 kills against Buffalo … Averaged 2.29 kills per game …Third on team in kills (218) and hitting percentage (.243) … Recorded 15 kills against Fairfield … Posted double figures in kills in 11-of-27 matches … Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the fall and spring … Named a BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

Sophomore Year (2000): Compiled 67 block assists and 76 total stops … Ranked 10th in the BIG EAST in blocks per game (1.19) in conference matches … Led Syracuse in blocks in six matches, tying for the team lead in one … Averaged 0.84 blocks per game and 1.71 kills per game … Recorded nine solo blocks and 67 block assists … Established single-match season highs with a .538 hitting percentage against Boston College, two solo blocks against West Virginia and 10 block assists against St. John’s … Recorded 10 kills and six blocks against Buffalo … Had eight blocks against Notre Dame … Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall.

Freshman Year (1999): Hampered most of the season with injuries … Recorded 88 kills in 51 games from the outside … Had her best game against Stony Brook, recording a season-high 12 kills and four digs … Posted nine kills in three games against Niagara … Recorded two blocks on three occasions: against Niagara, Delaware and Princeton … Posted nine digs at Valparaiso … Named to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star team and the fall and spring Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

High School: Competed for Chang Hah at Synergy Volleyball Club and for Rob Conti D’Antonio at Unionville … Named to all-state, all-district and all-county teams … Captain of her club volleyball team … Owns school record for most blocks in one season … Played tennis, softball and basketball in high school, before focusing on volleyball during her sophomore year.

Personal: Born August 1981 … Daughter of Peter and Pat Van Mater … Father played football at the University of Pennsylvania … One sister … Majoring in marketing.