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Lauren Gardner

1 Lauren Gardner

  • Height:
    5-2
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Avon
  • High School:
    Saint Joseph Academy
  • Position:
    L/DS
m 23
k/s 0.00
h % -.056
a/s 0.96
b/s 0.00
sa/s 0.22
d/s 5.59

2023

  • All-Ohio Athletic Conference first-team selection
  • Ohio Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week on October 10
  • Recorded 1000th career dig vs. Bethany (W. Va.) on September 2
  • Appeared in 23 matches and 78 sets
  • Led the team and sixth in the OAC with 436 digs
  • Led the team, second in the OAC, and 24th in the nation averaging 5.59 digs per set
  • Third on the team with 75 assists
  • Recorded 17 service aces

2022

  • Ohio Athletic Conference Libero of the Year 
  • All-Ohio Athletic Conference second-team selection
  • Ohio Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week on October 10
  • Ohio Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week on September 12
  • Appeared in 22 matches and 77 sets
  • Totaled 451 digs
  • Averaged 5.86 digs per set, second in the OAC and 14th in the nation
  • Added 73 assists, second on the team
  • Posted 25 service aces
  • Earned second varsity letter

2021 Fall

  • All-Ohio Athletic Conference second-team selection
  • BW Defensive Player of the Year  Award winner
  • Ohio Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week on October 18
  • Ohio Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week October 4
  • 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

  • 40 digs at Mount Union in OAC Tournament Quarterfinals on Nov. 7, 2023
  • Five service aces vs. Berea (Ky.) on Sept. 8, 2023
  • 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 November 13, 2023
Recent Games
Oct 14 Juniata (Pa.) L, 3-0
Oct 18 at Heidelberg W, 3-0
Oct 21 Otterbein L, 3-0
Oct 25 at Ohio Northern L, 3-0
Oct 28 at Capital W, 3-0
Nov 7 at Mount Union L, 3-1
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 23 9
Sets 78 28
Kills 0 0
Kills per set 0.00 0.00
Errors 1 0
Total Attacks 18 6
Hitting Percentage -.056 .000
Assists 75 27
Assists per set 0.96 0.96
Service Aces 17 4
Service Errors 14 5
Service Aces per set 0.22 0.14
Receptions 434 150
Reception Errors 20 7
Digs 436 165
Digs per set 5.59 5.89
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 17.0 4.0
Points per set 0.2 0.1
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 vs. Bethany (W.Va.) L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 1 1 0 34 2 18 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 1 vs. Grove City (Pa.) L, 3-2 - 5 0 1 1 -1.000 1 1 0 40 3 24 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 2 vs. Suffolk (Mass.) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 1 0 9 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 6 at Hiram W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 19 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 8 at Berea (Ky.) W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 4 5 1 22 1 19 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Sep 9 vs. Centre (Ky.) L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 6 1 1 30 3 20 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 9 vs. Franklin (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 5 1 2 6 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 13 Case Western Reserve L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 5 .000 4 1 0 21 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 15 vs. #22 Mount St. Joseph L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 0 0 12 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 15 vs. Earlham (Ind.) L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 1 .000 4 0 2 19 1 24 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 22 vs. Olivet (Mich.) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 6 1 1 16 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 23 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 4 0 1 18 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 23 vs. Anderson (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 4 1 0 11 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 26 at Kenyon W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Marietta L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 2 0 0 17 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 4 Mount Union L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 16 1 22 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 7 at Wilmington W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 1 0 13 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 11 John Carroll W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 4 .000 2 0 1 21 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 14 Muskingum W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 1 1 12 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 14 Juniata (Pa.) L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Heidelberg W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 6 0 1 15 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 21 Otterbein L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 3 0 2 15 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 25 at Ohio Northern L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 27 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 28 at Capital W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 4 2 0 14 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Nov 7 at Mount Union L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 3 0 1 27 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
  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 23 78 0 0.00 1 18 -.056 75 0.96 17 0.22 434 20 436 5.59 0 0 0 0.00 17.0 0.2
Conference 9 28 0 0.00 0 6 .000 27 0.96 4 0.14 150 7 165 5.89 0 0 0 0.00 4.0 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 5 16 0 0.00 0 10 .000 14 0.88 2 0.13 85 2 93 5.81 0 0 0 0.00 2.0 0.1
Away 9 30 0 0.00 0 4 .000 29 0.97 8 0.27 172 6 187 6.23 0 0 0 0.00 8.0 0.3
Neutral 9 32 0 0.00 1 4 -.250 32 1.00 7 0.22 177 12 156 4.88 0 0 0 0.00 7.0 0.2
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Wins 11 35 0 0.00 0 6 .000 40 1.14 13 0.37 158 4 200 5.71 0 0 0 0.00 13.0 0.4
Losses 12 43 0 0.00 1 12 -.083 35 0.81 4 0.09 276 16 236 5.49 0 0 0 0.00 4.0 0.1
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September 14 49 0 0.00 1 12 -.083 47 0.96 13 0.27 274 15 244 4.98 0 0 0 0.00 13.0 0.3
October 8 25 0 0.00 0 5 .000 25 1.00 4 0.16 133 5 152 6.08 0 0 0 0.00 4.0 0.2
November 1 4 0 0.00 0 1 .000 3 0.75 0 0.00 27 0 40 10.00 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0