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Lauren Gardner

1 Lauren Gardner

  • Height:
    5-2
  • Year:
    Fr.
  • Hometown:
    Avon
  • High School:
    Saint Joseph Academy
  • Position:
    L/DS
m 29
k/s 0.00
h % -.172
a/s 0.85
b/s 0.00
sa/s 0.31
d/s 5.00

2021 Fall

  • All-Ohio Athletic Conference second team selection
  • Earned OAC Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 18, 2021 and Oct. 4, 2021
  • Defensive Player of the Year Team Award winner
  • Totaled 535 digs (led the team and second in the OAC)
  • Averaged 5.00 digs per set
  • Posted 91 total assists
  • Tallied 33 service aces
  • Played in every match and appeared in 107 sets
  • Earned double-digit digs in 24 of her 29 matches played
  • Earned first varsity letter

Career Match Bests

  • 37 digs vs. Westminster (Pa.) at Penn St. Behrend Invitational on Sep. 11, 2021
  • Four service aces vs. Fredonia (N.Y.) at Penn St. Behrend Invitational on Sep. 11, 2021
  • Eight assists at Heidelberg on Oct. 14, 2021

High School

  • Three-year varsity letterwinner
  • Four-year starter
  • Team defensive MVP
  • Two-time All-Conference award winner
  • Ranked #1 in Ohio for beach volleyball 2017-2019
  • Academic honors 2019-2020
  • Emerging Artist Cleveland Museum of Art 2020
  • Gold Key Award Cleveland Museum of Art 2020

Personal 

  • Visual arts major
  • Daughter of Kimberly and Paul Gardner
This page was last updated on July 11, 2022
Recent Games
Oct 16 Muskingum L, 3-0
Oct 20 John Carroll L, 3-2
Oct 23 at Wilmington W, 3-0
Oct 27 Mount Union L, 3-1
Oct 30 at Marietta W, 3-1
Oct 30 vs. Ohio Wesleyan W, 3-2
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 29 9
Sets 107 33
Kills 0 0
Kills per set 0.00 0.00
Errors 5 0
Total Attacks 29 7
Hitting Percentage -.172 .000
Assists 91 41
Assists per set 0.85 1.24
Service Aces 33 5
Service Errors 30 13
Service Aces per set 0.31 0.15
Receptions 366 108
Reception Errors 16 2
Digs 535 201
Digs per set 5.00 6.09
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 0 0
Block Total 0 0
Blocks per set 0.00 0.00
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 33.0 5.0
Points per set 0.3 0.2
Matches started - -
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 1 at Franciscan W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 3 1 2 20 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 3 vs. Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 5 3 1 15 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 3 vs. Geneseo (N.Y.) W, 3-2 - 5 0 1 6 -.167 4 0 1 22 3 19 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 4 vs. Brockport (N.Y.) L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0 1 17 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 4 vs. Wooster L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 2 .000 2 1 1 10 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 7 Thiel (Pa.) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 2 1 5 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 10 vs. Bluffton W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 0 1 12 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 10 vs. Fredonia (N.Y.) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 4 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 11 at Penn State Behrend W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 3 2 9 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 11 vs. Westminster (Pa.) W, 3-2 - 5 0 2 2 -1.000 2 2 0 13 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 15 Case Western Reserve W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 2 .000 2 1 2 27 3 32 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 18 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 3-0 - 3 0 1 1 -1.000 2 2 0 9 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 21 at Hiram W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 3 1 1 9 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 24 vs. Trine (Ind.) W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 3 2 2 22 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 24 vs. Anderson (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 4 3 0 5 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 25 vs. Fontbonne (Mo.) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 2 1 14 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 25 at Franklin (Ind.) W, 3-1 - 4 0 1 1 -1.000 1 0 0 11 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 29 Otterbein L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 3 0 1 5 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 2 at Capital W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 4 0 2 6 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 6 at #14 Ohio Northern L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 1 .000 5 0 2 18 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 9 vs. Juniata (Pa.) L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 2 0 1 10 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 9 vs. Wittenberg L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 5 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 13 at Heidelberg W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 8 1 2 15 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 16 Muskingum L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0 1 12 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 20 John Carroll L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 2 .000 7 0 2 24 1 27 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 23 at Wilmington W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 1 2 11 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 27 Mount Union L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 5 0 1 13 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 30 at Marietta W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 5 3 0 4 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 30 vs. Ohio Wesleyan W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 5 .000 3 1 0 23 1 31 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
Total 29 107 0 0.00 5 29 -.172 91 0.85 33 0.31 366 16 535 5.00 0 0 0 0.00 33.0 0.3
Conference 9 33 0 0.00 0 7 .000 41 1.24 5 0.15 108 2 201 6.09 0 0 0 0.00 5.0 0.2
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Home 6 23 0 0.00 0 6 .000 21 0.91 3 0.13 86 4 144 6.26 0 0 0 0.00 3.0 0.1
Away 10 36 0 0.00 2 6 -.333 37 1.03 12 0.33 112 4 176 4.89 0 0 0 0.00 12.0 0.3
Neutral 13 48 0 0.00 3 17 -.176 33 0.69 18 0.38 168 8 215 4.48 0 0 0 0.00 18.0 0.4
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Wins 19 71 0 0.00 5 20 -.250 58 0.82 29 0.41 237 14 336 4.73 0 0 0 0.00 29.0 0.4
Losses 10 36 0 0.00 0 9 .000 33 0.92 4 0.11 129 2 199 5.53 0 0 0 0.00 4.0 0.1
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September 18 66 0 0.00 5 17 -.294 46 0.70 27 0.41 225 13 290 4.39 0 0 0 0.00 27.0 0.4
October 11 41 0 0.00 0 12 .000 45 1.10 6 0.15 141 3 245 5.98 0 0 0 0.00 6.0 0.1
Lauren Gardner action photo 1 All-OAC Selections Ivy Earl, Lauren Gardner, and Cecelia Hamisch
Lauren Gardner action photo 2 Lauren Gardner Earns OAC Women's Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week (Photo courtesy of Dustin Johnson '24)
Lauren Gardner action photo 3 Lauren Gardner named OAC Defensive Player of the Week (photo courtesy of Erik Drost '11)
Lauren Gardner action photo 4 Lauren Gardner (Photo courtesy of Dustin Johnson '24)