6 Jess Connelly
6 - Jess Connelly
Height: 6-0
Year: So.
Hometown: Wake Forest, N.C.
High School: Heritage
Position: OH
Major: Biology
m 28
k/s 1.64
h % .116
a/s 0.02
b/s 0.39
sa/s 0.03
d/s 1.22

Freshman Season (2021): Appeared in all 34 matches and played in 118 sets as a freshman- finished the season 25th overall in the CACC with 232 kills- had 124 digs, 7 block shots and 6 assists- average of 1.97 kills per set- career-high of 16 kills came at Chestnut Hill College on October 7 in a 3-1 victory- registered 16 digs against West Chester on September 23.

Freshman Year (2020): Was on campus at Wilmington University - COVID-19 postponed season – retained year of eligibility.

High School: Two-year letterwinner in volleyball as an outside hitter for coaches Jessica Furlough and Kelly Baldridge – helped lead the volleyball team to back-to-back conference championships as a junior and senior – named the North Atlantic Conference Player of the Year – led the team and conference in kills as a junior and senior – All-Conference Offensive Player of the Year – Riddle & Brantley Scholar Athlete – four-time All-Conference Academic Award – also played soccer for coach Scott Sloan – helped lead the team to back-to-back 13-0 seasons and conference championships in 2016-17.

Personal: Jessica Lauren Connelly – daughter of Bernard and Melanie Connelly – has young twin siblings, Amanda and Buddy – majoring in health sciences at Wilmington University with aspirations of becoming a research scientist – from Wake Forest, N.C. – also enjoys soccer, surfing, and being outside at the beach and grass volleyball– favorite athlete is Mika Zibanejad– if she could date a celebrity, she would date Kelly Oubre, Jr. – if she could be someone else for a day, she would be Kathryn Plummer – perfectly prepared meal would be chicken tenders – favorite professional sports team is the New York Rangers-considers her dad her hero in life- prefers Instagram over Twitter; text over call; sunset over sunrise; beach views over mountain views and iced coffee over hot coffee.

Recent Games
Oct 22 at Bridgeport L, 3-1
Oct 25 at West Chester W, 3-0
Oct 27 Goldey-Beacom W, 3-0
Oct 29 at Caldwell W, 3-0
Nov 2 Holy Family W, 3-0
Nov 7 at Bridgeport L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 28 14
Sets 90 47
Kills 148 76
Kills per set 1.64 1.62
Errors 74 25
Total Attacks 638 302
Hitting Percentage .116 .169
Assists 2 2
Assists per set 0.02 0.04
Service Aces 3 2
Service Errors 1 0
Service Aces per set 0.03 0.04
Receptions 302 124
Reception Errors 26 11
Digs 110 58
Digs per set 1.22 1.23
Block Solo 3 2
Block Assist 32 17
Block Total 35 19
Blocks per set 0.39 0.40
Block Errors 4 2
Ball Handling Errors 2 1
Points 170.0 88.5
Points per set 1.9 1.9
Matches started 12 7
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 26 vs. Tiffin L, 3-0 1 3 5 4 23 .043 0 0 1 21 4 6 0 0 1 0 0 5.0
Aug 26 at Eckerd L, 3-0 - 3 2 1 9 .111 0 0 0 19 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
Aug 27 vs. Florida Tech L, 3-1 - 4 8 7 42 .024 0 0 0 30 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
Aug 27 vs. West Liberty L, 3-0 - 3 6 4 29 .069 0 1 0 29 4 6 1 0 0 1 0 8.0
Sep 2 at #RV Colorado St.-Pueblo L, 3-0 - 3 4 6 26 -.077 0 0 0 10 1 2 0 3 0 3 0 5.5
Sep 2 vs. Cal St. Monterey Bay L, 3-1 - 4 11 2 40 .225 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Sep 3 vs. Davis & Elkins W, 3-2 1 5 9 6 43 .070 0 0 0 24 2 5 0 2 0 2 0 10.0
Sep 3 vs. Dallas Baptist L, 3-0 - 2 1 5 9 -.444 0 0 0 8 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Sep 7 at Jefferson L, 3-2 1 5 11 4 49 .143 0 0 0 17 2 3 0 3 0 3 0 12.5
Sep 9 Adelphi L, 3-1 1 4 4 4 31 .000 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Sep 10 New Haven L, 3-2 - 3 6 5 26 .038 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Sep 10 Saint Rose W, 3-0 - 2 5 2 18 .167 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Sep 15 Georgian Court W, 3-0 - 3 10 2 24 .333 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 5 0 5 0 12.5
Sep 17 at Holy Family L, 3-1 - 4 5 0 26 .192 0 0 0 6 1 4 0 3 0 3 0 6.5
Sep 21 Chestnut Hill W, 3-1 - 4 9 4 36 .139 1 0 0 6 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 10.0
Sep 24 Dominican (N.Y.) W, 3-0 - 3 7 2 19 .263 0 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 8.0
Sep 27 at Goldey-Beacom W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 at Alliance University W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 4 Jefferson W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 6 Pace W, 3-1 - 1 0 0 5 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 8 Bloomfield W, 3-2 - 2 2 3 15 -.067 0 0 0 7 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 2.5
Oct 13 at Georgian Court L, 3-2 1 3 3 1 11 .182 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 15 Felician W, 3-0 - 2 3 0 10 .300 0 0 0 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Oct 19 at Chestnut Hill L, 3-1 1 3 2 0 18 .111 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 21 at Post W, 3-2 1 5 6 3 18 .167 0 0 0 11 0 5 1 0 0 1 1 7.0
Oct 22 at Bridgeport L, 3-1 1 4 3 2 18 .056 0 0 0 11 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 25 at West Chester W, 3-0 1 3 10 1 18 .500 0 0 0 7 0 3 0 3 0 3 1 11.5
Oct 27 Goldey-Beacom W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 22 .182 1 2 0 22 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Oct 29 at Caldwell W, 3-0 1 3 5 2 22 .136 0 0 0 10 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Nov 2 Holy Family W, 3-0 - 3 5 1 14 .286 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Nov 7 at Bridgeport L, 3-0 1 3 1 2 17 -.059 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
  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
2021-22 34 118 232 1.97 96 746 .182 6 0.05 0 0.00 290 23 124 1.05 7 44 51 0.43 261.0 2.2
2022-23 28 90 148 1.64 74 638 .116 2 0.02 3 0.03 302 26 110 1.22 3 32 35 0.39 170.0 1.9
Total 62 208 380 1.83 170 1384 .152 8 0.04 3 0.01 592 49 234 1.13 10 76 86 0.41 431.0 2.1
  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
Total 28 90 148 1.64 74 638 .116 2 0.02 3 0.03 302 26 110 1.22 3 32 35 0.39 170.0 1.9
Conference 14 47 76 1.62 25 302 .169 2 0.04 2 0.04 124 11 58 1.23 2 17 19 0.40 88.5 1.9
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 11 30 56 1.87 24 220 .145 2 0.07 2 0.07 68 6 37 1.23 1 15 16 0.53 66.5 2.2
Away 11 39 52 1.33 22 232 .129 0 0.00 0 0.00 111 9 42 1.08 1 12 13 0.33 59.0 1.5
Neutral 6 21 40 1.90 28 186 .065 0 0.00 1 0.05 123 11 31 1.48 1 5 6 0.29 44.5 2.1
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Wins 13 39 76 1.95 27 264 .186 2 0.05 2 0.05 111 9 51 1.31 2 18 20 0.51 89.0 2.3
Losses 15 51 72 1.41 47 374 .067 0 0.00 1 0.02 191 17 59 1.16 1 14 15 0.29 81.0 1.6
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August 4 13 21 1.62 16 103 .049 0 0.00 1 0.08 99 11 27 2.08 1 1 2 0.15 23.5 1.8
September 12 42 82 1.95 42 347 .115 1 0.02 0 0.00 104 8 40 0.95 1 24 25 0.60 95.0 2.3
October 10 29 39 1.34 13 157 .166 1 0.03 2 0.07 92 7 37 1.28 1 6 7 0.24 45.0 1.6
November 2 6 6 1.00 3 31 .097 0 0.00 0 0.00 7 0 6 1.00 0 1 1 0.17 6.5 1.1