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Sam Rueda

21 Sam Rueda

  • Height:
    5-8
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Aurora, Ill.
  • High School:
    Metea Valley
  • Position:
    OH
m 25
k/s 3.21
h % .169
a/s 0.13
b/s 0.32
sa/s 0.23
d/s 2.88

2023

  • All-Ohio Athletic Conference honorable mention
  • Appeared in 25 matches and 77 sets
  • Led the team with a career-high 247 kills
  • Second on the team with a career-high 222 digs
  • Third on the team with 25 total blocks
  • Added a career-high 10 assists and 18 service aces

2022

  • Appeared in 23 matches and 74 sets
  • Totaled a career-high 242 kills, leading the team
  • Averaged 3.27 kills per set, fifth in the OAC
  • Was third on the team in digs, tallying a career-high 193
  • Added 15 total blocks and five assists
  • Earned her second varsity letter

2021 Fall

  • Team Jacket Award winner
  • Appeared in 16 matches and 35 sets
  • Posted 69 total kills
  • Tallied 36 digs and six blocks
  • Earned her first varsity letter

Career Match Bests

  • 19 kills vs. John Carroll on Oct. 11, 2023
  • Two assists (4x) with last vs. Otterbein on Oct. 21, 2023
  • Four service aces at Bluffton on Sept. 10, 2022
  • 20 digs at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) on Sept. 23, 2023
  • Two block solos (2x) with last at #18 Otterbein on Oct. 22, 2022

High School

  • Four-year player
  • All-Conference award winner

Personal 

  • Pre-physical therapy and allied health major
  • Daughter of Venus and Nonie Rueda
This page was last updated on November 8, 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 25 9
Sets 77 26
Kills 247 87
Kills per set 3.21 3.35
Errors 128 43
Total Attacks 705 248
Total Attacks per set 9.16 9.54
Hitting Percentage .169 .177
Assists 10 4
Assists per set 0.13 0.15
Service Aces 18 4
Service Errors 19 4
Service Aces per set 0.23 0.15
Receptions 416 166
Reception Errors 27 14
Digs 222 78
Digs per set 2.88 3.00
Block Solo 8 2
Block Assist 17 3
Block Total 25 5
Blocks per set 0.32 0.19
Block Errors 4 0
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 281.5 94.5
Points per set 3.7 3.6
Matches started 18 8
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 1 1 0 4 4 -1.000 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.5
Sep 1 vs. Grove City (Pa.) L, 3-2 - 5 9 10 38 -.026 0 2 2 24 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Sep 2 vs. Suffolk (Mass.) W, 3-0 - 3 12 5 31 .226 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Sep 6 at Hiram W, 3-0 - 3 8 2 24 .250 0 0 0 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Sep 8 at Berea (Ky.) W, 3-1 1 2 6 3 21 .143 0 1 0 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Sep 9 vs. Centre (Ky.) L, 3-1 - 4 10 3 29 .241 1 1 2 21 0 6 1 1 1 2 0 12.5
Sep 9 vs. Franklin (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 17 4 32 .406 0 2 2 14 1 4 0 2 1 2 0 20.0
Sep 13 Case Western Reserve L, 3-0 1 3 11 4 30 .233 0 1 1 19 0 9 1 1 0 2 0 13.5
Sep 15 vs. #22 Mount St. Joseph L, 3-0 1 3 7 8 29 -.034 0 0 0 22 1 11 1 0 0 1 1 8.0
Sep 15 vs. Earlham (Ind.) L, 3-2 1 5 12 8 38 .105 2 0 2 25 1 19 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Sep 22 vs. Olivet (Mich.) W, 3-0 1 3 17 3 43 .326 0 0 2 14 2 9 1 1 1 2 0 18.5
Sep 23 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 3-1 1 4 16 9 45 .156 0 0 1 18 1 20 0 2 1 2 0 17.0
Sep 23 vs. Anderson (Ind.) W, 3-0 1 3 11 5 22 .273 2 0 1 15 0 9 1 1 0 2 0 12.5
Sep 26 at Kenyon W, 3-1 - 4 8 4 20 .200 0 3 1 22 2 18 0 2 0 2 0 12.0
Sep 30 at Marietta L, 3-0 1 2 4 5 14 -.071 0 0 0 13 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Oct 4 Mount Union L, 3-0 - 2 2 4 13 -.154 0 0 0 7 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3.0
Oct 7 at Wilmington W, 3-0 1 3 8 4 26 .154 0 1 0 21 1 8 1 1 0 2 0 10.5
Oct 11 John Carroll W, 3-1 1 4 19 6 43 .302 1 0 1 36 6 14 0 0 0 0 0 19.0
Oct 14 Muskingum W, 3-0 1 3 11 5 38 .158 0 0 1 18 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Oct 14 Juniata (Pa.) L, 3-0 1 1 2 2 7 .000 0 1 0 10 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 18 at Heidelberg W, 3-0 1 3 15 4 34 .324 1 2 1 17 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 17.0
Oct 21 Otterbein L, 3-0 1 3 8 9 28 -.036 2 1 0 26 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Oct 25 at Ohio Northern L, 3-0 1 3 11 5 33 .182 0 0 1 19 3 7 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Oct 28 at Capital W, 3-0 1 3 9 1 19 .421 0 0 0 9 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
Nov 7 at Mount Union L, 3-1 1 4 14 11 44 .068 1 3 1 24 0 12 1 1 0 2 0 18.5
  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 25 77 247 3.21 128 705 .169 10 0.13 18 0.23 416 27 222 2.88 8 17 25 0.32 281.5 3.7
Conference 9 26 87 3.35 43 248 .177 4 0.15 4 0.15 166 14 78 3.00 2 3 5 0.19 94.5 3.6
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 6 16 53 3.31 30 159 .145 3 0.19 3 0.19 116 10 53 3.31 2 1 3 0.19 58.5 3.7
Away 10 31 99 3.19 48 280 .182 2 0.06 10 0.32 160 11 96 3.10 2 8 10 0.32 115.0 3.7
Neutral 9 30 95 3.17 50 266 .169 5 0.17 5 0.17 140 6 73 2.43 4 8 12 0.40 108.0 3.6
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Wins 12 37 141 3.81 46 353 .269 4 0.11 9 0.24 187 17 100 2.70 3 8 11 0.30 157.0 4.2
Losses 13 40 106 2.65 82 352 .068 6 0.15 9 0.23 229 10 122 3.05 5 9 14 0.35 124.5 3.1
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September 15 48 148 3.08 77 420 .169 5 0.10 10 0.21 229 12 136 2.83 5 13 18 0.38 169.5 3.5
October 9 25 85 3.40 40 241 .187 4 0.16 5 0.20 163 15 74 2.96 2 3 5 0.20 93.5 3.7
November 1 4 14 3.50 11 44 .068 1 0.25 3 0.75 24 0 12 3.00 1 1 2 0.50 18.5 4.6