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Alicia Lortcher

14 Alicia Lortcher

  • Height:
    5-10
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Norwalk
  • High School:
    Norwalk
  • Position:
    OH
m 31
k/s 2.26
h % .227
a/s 0.16
b/s 0.37
sa/s 0.24
d/s 3.33

2018

  • Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection
  • Named Player of the Game at the Inaugural Marcia French Match 
  • Appeared in 31 matches and 97 sets
  • Second on the team with 322 digs, 36 blocks and 219 kills 
  • Fourth on the squad with 23 service aces and 2.26 kills per set
  • Marked a career-best 16 assists
  • Earned her fourth varsity letter

2017

  • All-Ohio Athletic Conference honorable mention selection
  • Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection
  • Became the 15th player in school history with 1,000 digs with her sixth dig vs. Mount Union on Oct. 2
  • Became 10th player in school history with 1,000 kills with her seventh kill at Marietta on Sept. 28
  • Named to the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference & Ohio Athletic Conference Crossover All-Tournament team
  • Named Ohio Athletic Conference Volleyball Player-of-the-Week on Sept. 11
  • Named to the Marcia French Memorial Invitational All-Tournament team
  • Named to the Moravian (Pa.) College Greyound Invitational All-Tournament team
  • Appeared in 30 matches and 91 sets
  • Led the team and second in the Ohio Athletic Conference with 3.79 kills per set
  • Led the team and fifth in the Ohio Athletic Conference with 345 kills
  • Second on squad with 31 blocks
  • Third on team and 12th in the Ohio Athletic Conference with 354 digs
  • Tied for fourth on team with 27 service aces
  • Tallied a season-best and career-best 15 assists
  • Earned third varsity letter

2016

  • All-Ohio Athletic Conference first-team selection 
  • Named to the St. John Fisher (N.Y.) All-Tournament team 
  • Led the team and was second in the OAC with career-high 378 kills 
  • Led team and was first in the OAC in kills per set with 4.15
  • Second on the team and eighth in the OAC with a career-best 381 digs 
  • Tied for team lead with 28 service aces
  • Tallied 34 blocks and eight assists
  • Season-best and career-best 28 kills
  • Season-best 20 kills
  • Season-best and career-high tying four service aces
  • Season-best and career-best tying four blocks on two occasions 
  • Earned second varsity letter

2015

  • Ohio Athletic Conference Freshman-of-the-Year
  • All-Ohio Athletic Conference second-team selection 
  • BW Most Valuable Player
  • BW Rookie-of-the-Year
  • Named Ohio Athletic Conference Volleyball Player-of-the-Week on Oct. 26, 2015
  • Named to the BW Marcia French Memorial Trny All-Tournament Team
  • Led the team and was second in the OAC with 373 kills
  • Led the team and was second in the OAC with 3.66 kills-per-set
  • Led the team with 33 service aces
  • Led the team and was sixth in the OAC with 0.32 service aces-per-set
  • Second on team and 13th in OAC in digs with 372
  • Third on team with 39 blocks
  • Season-high and career-high 26 kills on two occasions
  • Season-high 23 digs 
  • Season-high and career-high ftying our service aces
  • Season-high and career-high tying four blocks on three occasions
  • Season-high and career-high two assists on two occasions
  • Earned first varsity letter

Career Rankings

  • Fifth player in school history with 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs
  • Eighth all-time in kills with 1,096
  • 15th all-time in digs with 1,107

Career Match Bests

  • 26 kills on two occasions with the last coming vs. Otterbein on Oct. 24, 2015
  • Three assists vs. Otterbein on Oct. 21, 2017
  • Four service aces on three occasions with the last coming vs. Wilmington on Oct. 8, 2016
  • 37 digs vs vs Heidelberg on October 30, 2018. 
  • Four blocks on five occasions with the last coming at Muskingum on Oct. 15, 2016

High School

  • Four-year letterwinner in volleyball
  • Four-time All-Northern Ohio League selection in volleyball
  • Four-time All-District selection in volleyball
  • Named All-Ohio as a senior
  • Earned two varsity letters in basketball 

Personal

  • Communication Disorders major
  • Dean's List student and a Jacket Scholar
  • Carries a 3.58 grade point average
  • A member of the Chi Alpha Sigma Athletics Honor Society
  • Daughter of Ron and Leonna Lortcher 
This page was last updated on January 15, 2019
Recent Games
Oct 16 at John Carroll W, 3-0
Oct 20 Wilmington W, 3-0
Oct 23 at Mount Union L, 3-1
Oct 27 Marietta W, 3-0
Oct 30 Heidelberg W, 3-2
Nov 1 at #20 Ohio Northern L, 3-1
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 31 9
Sets 97 31
Kills 219 65
Kills per set 2.26 2.10
Errors 67 22
Total Attacks 670 214
Hitting Percentage .227 .201
Assists 16 1
Assists per set 0.16 0.03
Service Aces 23 4
Service Errors 9 3
Service Aces per set 0.24 0.13
Receptions 264 94
Reception Errors 11 4
Digs 323 101
Digs per set 3.33 3.26
Block Solo 6 1
Block Assist 30 10
Block Total 36 11
Blocks per set 0.37 0.35
Block Errors 4 2
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 263.0 75.0
Points per set 2.7 2.4
Matches started 24 9
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 31 at Moravian (Pa.) W, 3-0 1 3 7 3 21 .190 0 1 0 - 0 8 0 1 1 1 0 8.5
Aug 31 vs. Wesley (Del.) W, 3-0 - 3 3 1 4 .500 0 3 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Sep 1 vs. Ursinus (Pa.) W, 3-0 - 3 7 2 10 .500 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 0 0 2 0 9.0
Sep 1 vs. #21 Swartmore (Pa.) L, 3-1 - 4 12 2 37 .270 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 3 0 4 0 14.5
Sep 5 at Waynesburg (Pa.) W, 3-0 - 2 3 0 10 .300 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Sep 5 at La Roche (Pa.) W, 3-0 - 3 14 2 31 .387 1 0 0 12 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 14.0
Sep 7 vs. Potsdam State (N.Y.) W, 3-1 1 2 3 1 9 .222 1 0 1 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 7 vs. Cazenovia (N.Y.) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 8 vs. Frostburg St. (Md.) W, 3-0 1 3 7 5 24 .083 0 0 0 - 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Sep 8 at Brockport (N.Y.) W, 3-0 1 3 9 4 26 .192 0 4 0 - 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Sep 14 at Nazareth (N.Y.) W, 3-0 1 3 9 1 24 .333 4 2 0 13 1 11 1 1 0 2 0 12.5
Sep 14 vs. Keuka (N.Y.) W, 3-0 1 3 6 0 14 .429 0 0 2 6 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 7.0
Sep 15 at St. John Fisher (N.Y.) W, 3-1 1 4 15 2 32 .406 0 3 0 22 0 9 0 4 0 4 0 20.0
Sep 15 vs. Medaille (N.Y.) W, 3-0 1 3 5 3 12 .167 0 2 0 6 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Sep 17 Penn State Behrend W, 3-0 1 3 3 1 9 .222 0 0 0 5 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Sep 19 Case Western Reserve W, 3-0 1 3 12 4 33 .242 4 0 1 12 0 13 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Sep 22 Franklin (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 6 2 17 .235 0 1 0 10 0 7 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Sep 22 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 2 2 0 8 .250 0 1 0 13 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 25 Thiel (Pa.) W, 3-0 1 2 2 0 8 .250 2 0 1 9 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 28 Capital W, 3-0 1 3 7 3 20 .200 0 0 2 24 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Sep 29 vs. Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) W, 3-0 1 3 10 1 34 .265 1 1 1 12 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Sep 29 at Allegheny (Pa.) W, 3-0 1 2 3 0 9 .333 0 0 0 7 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 2 #17 Ohio Northern W, 3-0 1 3 6 3 27 .111 0 0 0 7 0 16 0 5 0 5 0 8.5
Oct 6 at Otterbein L, 3-1 1 4 9 1 33 .242 0 0 0 13 0 10 0 2 0 2 0 10.0
Oct 9 Heidelberg W, 3-1 1 4 1 3 15 -.133 0 0 0 7 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 13 at Muskingum L, 3-2 1 5 5 3 22 .091 1 1 1 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Oct 16 at John Carroll W, 3-0 1 3 10 2 21 .381 0 0 0 11 1 10 0 1 1 1 0 10.5
Oct 20 Wilmington W, 3-0 1 2 3 0 6 .500 0 0 0 8 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 23 at Mount Union L, 3-1 1 4 11 4 40 .175 0 0 0 11 1 14 1 1 1 2 0 12.5
Oct 27 Marietta W, 3-0 1 3 13 3 30 .333 0 3 0 13 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 16.0
Oct 30 Heidelberg W, 3-2 1 5 6 6 42 .000 1 1 0 14 0 37 0 3 0 3 0 8.5
Nov 1 at #20 Ohio Northern L, 3-1 1 4 10 5 42 .119 1 0 0 22 1 15 0 1 0 1 1 10.5
  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 31 97 219 2.26 67 670 .227 16 0.16 23 0.24 264 11 323 3.33 6 30 36 0.37 263.0 2.7
Conference 9 31 65 2.10 22 214 .201 1 0.03 4 0.13 94 4 101 3.26 1 10 11 0.35 75.0 2.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 10 31 59 1.90 25 207 .164 7 0.23 5 0.16 109 4 123 3.97 0 13 13 0.42 70.5 2.3
Away 13 42 107 2.55 27 319 .251 7 0.17 12 0.29 125 5 125 2.98 2 12 14 0.33 127.0 3.0
Neutral 8 24 53 2.21 15 144 .264 2 0.08 6 0.25 30 2 75 3.13 4 5 9 0.38 65.5 2.7
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Wins 26 76 172 2.26 52 496 .242 14 0.18 22 0.29 218 9 255 3.36 4 23 27 0.36 209.5 2.8
Losses 5 21 47 2.24 15 174 .184 2 0.10 1 0.05 46 2 68 3.24 2 7 9 0.43 53.5 2.5
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August 2 6 10 1.67 4 25 .240 0 0.00 4 0.67 0 0 23 3.83 0 1 1 0.17 14.5 2.4
September 19 54 135 2.50 33 367 .278 13 0.24 14 0.26 158 6 155 2.87 5 16 21 0.39 162.0 3.0
October 9 33 64 1.94 25 236 .165 2 0.06 5 0.15 84 4 130 3.94 1 12 13 0.39 76.0 2.3
November 1 4 10 2.50 5 42 .119 1 0.25 0 0.00 22 1 15 3.75 0 1 1 0.25 10.5 2.6
Alicia Lortcher action photo 1 Senior All-OAC Outside Hitter Alicia Lortcher
Alicia Lortcher action photo 2 Alicia Lortcher coaching at The Cleveland Volleyball Club
Alicia Lortcher action photo 3 Senior three-time All-OAC and Academic All-OAC Alicia Lortcher (Photo Courtesy of Jesse Kucewicz)
Alicia Lortcher action photo 4 Freshman Morgan Mellinger and Senior Alicia Lortcher (Photo Courtesy of Jesse Kucewicz)
Alicia Lortcher action photo 5 Senior Alicia Lortcher with parents and head coach Scott Carter on Seniors' and Parents' Day (Photo Courtesy of Lori Kumorek)