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| Height: | 6-0 |
| Year: | Sophomore |
| Hometown: | Menlo Park, Calif. |
| High School: | Menlo-Alherton HS |
| Position: | OH |
2013
All-Big West First Team
Big West Freshman of the Year
In her first season with the team, Ali Spindt made a remarkable impression as she was seen in all 29 matches and 112 sets...Spindt lead the team in 873 total attacks and 315 kills...She ranked second on the team with 2.81 kills per set, 328 digs, and 2.93 digs per set...Recorded season-highs of 18 kills twice, the first coming on a Oct. 5 win against Cal Poly and the second on Nov. 16 over Cal State Northridge...Spindt also had a season-high of 26 digs in a win over UC Irvine on Nov. 30...Put up double digits in kills 21 times and in digs 16 times...Earned Big West Player of the Week, only one of two freshmen to ever do so, Big West Freshmen of the Year, and First Team All-Big West.
High School
Attended Menlo-Atherton High School… Played under Ron Whitmill… San Mateo County Player of the Year… MVP of the Bay Division PAL… Member of the CCS Division I champions.
Club
Played for Payes Performance from 2009-2012 and Encore 18 Navy from 2012-2013… Bronze Medalist at the 2011-2012 Junior Nationals Open Division… named to the All-Tournament team twice.
Personal
Alison Kathleen Spindt was born on August 12th, 1995 in Palo Alto, CA to Chris and Kristin Spindt… One of three siblings including younger brother Ben and younger sister Emma… Favorite sports team include the San Francisco Giants and 49ers… Best sports moment was winning the Bronze medal at Junior Nationals her junior year… Favorite movies are Step Brothers and Bridesmaids… Favorite novel is To Kill a Mockingbird… Enjoys listening to Mumford & Sons… Plays beach volleyball and hangs out with friends in her spare time.
| 2013 Match Highs | Career Match Highs | |
| Kills | 18 (twice) | 18 (twice) |
| Attempts | 49 (twice) | 49 (twice) |
| Hitting | .556 vs. Wofford (9/20/13) | .556 vs. Wofford (9/20/13) |
| Assists | 4 vs. Colorado St. (9/78/13) | 4 vs. Colorado St. (9/78/13) |
| Service Aces | 2 (twice) | 2 (twice) |
| Digs | 26 at UC Irvine (11/30/13) | 26 at UC Irvine (11/30/13) |
| Blocks Solo | 1 (six times) | 1 (six times) |
| Blocks Assists | 6 (twice) | 6 (twice) |
| Total Blocks | 7 vs. Hawai'i (11/9/13) | 7 vs. Hawai'i (11/9/13) |
| Recent Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nov 16 | at Cal State Northridge | W, 3-2 |
| Nov 22 | Cal State Fullerton | W, 3-0 |
| Nov 23 | UC Riverside | W, 3-0 |
| Nov 29 | at Long Beach State | L, 3-2 |
| Nov 30 | at UC Irvine | W, 3-1 |
| Dec 6 | at San Diego | L, 3-0 |
| Statistics category | Overall | Conf | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 29 | 16 | ||
| Sets | 112 | 62 | ||
| Kills | 315 | 207 | ||
| Kills per set | 2.81 | 3.34 | ||
| Errors | 108 | 56 | ||
| Total Attacks | 873 | 551 | ||
| Hitting Percentage | .237 | .274 | ||
| Assists | 20 | 10 | ||
| Assists per set | 0.18 | 0.16 | ||
| Service Aces | 9 | 7 | ||
| Service Errors | 9 | 7 | ||
| Service Aces per set | 0.08 | 0.11 | ||
| Reception Errors | 27 | 12 | ||
| Digs | 328 | 221 | ||
| Digs per set | 2.93 | 3.56 | ||
| Block Solo | 7 | 5 | ||
| Block Assist | 52 | 29 | ||
| Block Total | 59 | 34 | ||
| Blocks per set | 0.53 | 0.55 | ||
| Block Errors | 5 | 4 | ||
| Ball Handling Errors | 2 | 1 | ||
| Points | 357.0 | 233.5 | ||
| Points per set | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | s | k | e | ta | pct | a | sa | se | re | digs | bs | ba | be | tot | bhe | pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | Stanford | L, 3-0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 36 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13.0 |
| Aug 31 | vs. Nevada | W, 3-2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 27 | -.074 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 |
| Aug 31 | vs. New Mexico St. | W, 3-2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | .100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 |
| Sep 6 | at Pepperdine | L, 3-1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Colorado St. | L, 3-1 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 28 | .321 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13.0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Virginia | L, 3-2 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 29 | .310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14.0 |
| Sep 13 | vs. Eastern Wash. | W, 3-0 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 21 | .381 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11.5 |
| Sep 14 | vs. USC | L, 3-1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 33 | .152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11.0 |
| Sep 14 | at San Diego | L, 3-0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Sep 20 | vs. Wofford | W, 3-0 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 18 | .556 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 |
| Sep 21 | vs. Loyola (Md.) | W, 3-0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | .154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.0 |
| Sep 21 | at Arizona | L, 3-2 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 49 | .102 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.5 |
| Sep 27 | Long Beach State | L, 3-2 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 46 | .261 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18.5 |
| Sep 28 | UC Irvine | W, 3-0 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 20 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.5 |
| Oct 5 | Cal Poly | W, 3-1 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 41 | .390 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21.5 |
| Oct 11 | at Hawaii | W, 3-2 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 40 | .175 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.5 |
| Oct 18 | Cal State Northridge | W, 3-0 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 24 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.5 |
| Oct 19 | UC Davis | W, 3-2 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 27 | .296 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14.5 |
| Oct 25 | at UC Riverside | W, 3-0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 26 | .423 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13.0 |
| Oct 26 | at Cal State Fullerton | W, 3-0 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 35 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16.5 |
| Nov 2 | at Cal Poly | W, 3-0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 24 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 |
| Nov 9 | Hawaii | L, 3-2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 42 | .143 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15.0 |
| Nov 14 | at UC Davis | W, 3-0 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 40 | .275 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 |
| Nov 16 | at Cal State Northridge | W, 3-2 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 49 | .184 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19.0 |
| Nov 22 | Cal State Fullerton | W, 3-0 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 32 | .219 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
| Nov 23 | UC Riverside | W, 3-0 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 23 | .391 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13.5 |
| Nov 29 | at Long Beach State | L, 3-2 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 43 | .256 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18.5 |
| Nov 30 | at UC Irvine | W, 3-1 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 39 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15.0 |
| Dec 6 | at San Diego | L, 3-0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 25 | .040 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | 29 | 112 | 315 | 2.81 | 108 | 873 | .237 | 20 | 0.18 | 9 | 0.08 | 328 | 2.93 | 7 | 52 | 59 | 0.53 | 357.0 | 3.2 |
| Total | 29 | 112 | 315 | 2.81 | 108 | 873 | .237 | 20 | 0.18 | 9 | 0.08 | 328 | 2.93 | 7 | 52 | 59 | 0.53 | 357.0 | 3.2 |
| 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 | 29 | 112 | 315 | 2.81 | 108 | 873 | .237 | 20 | 0.18 | 9 | 0.08 | 328 | 2.93 | 7 | 52 | 59 | 0.53 | 357.0 | 3.2 |
| Conference | 16 | 62 | 207 | 3.34 | 56 | 551 | .274 | 10 | 0.16 | 7 | 0.11 | 221 | 3.56 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 0.55 | 233.5 | 3.8 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Home | 9 | 34 | 110 | 3.24 | 33 | 291 | .265 | 6 | 0.18 | 5 | 0.15 | 98 | 2.88 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 0.68 | 129.0 | 3.8 |
| Away | 12 | 46 | 137 | 2.98 | 49 | 403 | .218 | 7 | 0.15 | 2 | 0.04 | 165 | 3.59 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 0.43 | 149.5 | 3.2 |
| Neutral | 8 | 32 | 68 | 2.12 | 26 | 179 | .235 | 7 | 0.22 | 2 | 0.06 | 65 | 2.03 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 0.50 | 78.5 | 2.5 |
| Wins | 18 | 66 | 200 | 3.03 | 59 | 509 | .277 | 12 | 0.18 | 8 | 0.12 | 203 | 3.08 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 0.38 | 222.0 | 3.4 |
| Losses | 11 | 46 | 115 | 2.50 | 49 | 364 | .181 | 8 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.02 | 125 | 2.72 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 0.74 | 135.0 | 2.9 |
| August | 3 | 13 | 20 | 1.54 | 18 | 73 | .027 | 1 | 0.08 | 1 | 0.08 | 25 | 1.92 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.23 | 23.0 | 1.8 |
| September | 11 | 42 | 108 | 2.57 | 36 | 290 | .248 | 10 | 0.24 | 1 | 0.02 | 102 | 2.43 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 0.60 | 122.5 | 2.9 |
| October | 6 | 23 | 80 | 3.48 | 15 | 193 | .337 | 2 | 0.09 | 3 | 0.13 | 71 | 3.09 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0.52 | 90.5 | 3.9 |
| November | 8 | 31 | 101 | 3.26 | 34 | 292 | .229 | 7 | 0.23 | 4 | 0.13 | 122 | 3.94 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 0.55 | 114.0 | 3.7 |
| December | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 5 | 25 | .040 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.67 | 7.0 | 2.3 |