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2015 Women's Volleyball

5 Lizzy Zimmermann

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Livingston
  • Hometown Livingston, NJ

Biography

  • Finished her career as a four-year letter-winner who appeared in 121 matches. Ended with a career hitting percentage of .191, with 741 kills, 662 digs, and 136 service aces
  • Three-time Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll recipient (’13, '14, '15)
  • Ends her career ranked in the top 20 all time in aces (13th), attack attempts (14th) and kills (18th).

Senior Year (2015)

  • Match-by-Match Statistics
  • Had double-digit kills in 10 matches for the year. High came vs. Pitt-Bradford on September 5, as she posted 16 in a win.
  • Had 10 double-digit dig games for the year, also posting a season-high in this category in the Pitt-Bradford match with 17.
  • Made 36 blocks up front, four of which were solos.
  • Was named to the All-Tournament team for the Scranton Invitational for the second straight season, helping Scranton go 3-1 in the Invitational over two days.
  • Ended the season second on the team in service aces with 55, third in total kills with 283 and digs with 270, and fourth in total blocks.

Junior Year (2014)

  • Match-by-Match Statistics
  • Played all 34 matches and led the Royals and the Landmark Conference in service aces with 70
  • Also hit .204, with 254 kills and 283 digs
  • Her 70 service aces were the sixth-highest single-season total in Royals' history
  • Recorded at least 10 kills in eight matches and at least 10 digs 13 times
  • Had 3 'double-doubles' in kills and digs three times:  14 kills and 14 digs in a 3-1 win over St. Joseph (LI) on Aug. 30, 10 digs and 10 kills in a 3-2 loss at Muhlenberg, and 14 kills and 10 digs in a 3-1 win over Marywood at home on Sept. 30
  • Recorded 2-or-more service aces 16 times, including a career-high 6 against St. Joseph (LI)
  • Was named to the Scranton Invitational all-tournament team after recording 48 kills and 30 digs in helping the Royals win four matches and the team title

Sophomore Year (2013)

  • Match-by-Match Statistics
  • Played in a career-high 33 matches and hit .155, with 170 kills, 80 digs and 23 total blocks
  • Came on strong toward the end of the season, recording 79 kills in her final nine matches
  • Had 13 kills and three digs in a 3-2 victory over Rutgers-Camden in a match played at Cabrini College in Radnor, Pa., on Oct. 26
  • Registered the first ‘double-double’ of her career with 10 kills and 12 digs in a 3-0 win at Wilkes University on Oct. 24
  • Had 10-or-more kills in a match four times
  • Hit .273, with a career-high tying 13 kills and seven digs in a 3-1 victory over Moravian College in the quarterfinals of the Landmark Conference tournament on Nov. 5 at the Long Center
  • Three days later, had eight kills and five digs in a 3-1 loss to 7-time champion Juniata College in a Landmark Conference semifinal match on Nov. 8 in Huntingdon, Pa.  
  • Recorded at least one block in 16 matches

Freshman Year (2012)

  • Match-by-Match Statistics
  • Appeared in 18 matches
  • Hit .204, with 34 kills, five service aces, and 30 digs
  • In a 3-1 win over Chatham College on September 22 at the Gargoyle Classic at the University of Chicago, hit .286, with a season-high 13 kills and seven digs
  • Also had five kills and four digs in a 3-0 win over Keystone College on September 8 and four kills and a dig in a 3-0 victory over Wilkes University on September 7

Awards & Honors

  • University of Scranton Athlete of the Week (Oct. 28, 2013)
  • Scranton Invitational All-Tournament Team (Aug. 29-30, 2014)
  • Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2013, 2014)

High School/Personal

  • Lettered in volleyball three times and softball once
  • Member of Livingston High School volleyball program that was Super Essex Conference tri-champions and Group IV North sectional champions in 2010
  • Livingston also captured New Jersey Group IV state title in 2011, along with being New Jersey Group IV North Sectional, Essex County, and Super Essex Conference champions
  • Livingston finished with a 27-2 record her senior year, in 2011
  • Two-time all-conference and all-county selection (2010, 2011)
  • Served as co-captain (2011)
  • Named Livington's Female Athlete of the Month (September, 2011) and was selected the female recipient of the Mickey Litvak Award
  • Also earned third-team all-state honors
  • Daughter of Kate & Robert Zimmermann
  • Has two sisters:  Casey and Kelly
  • Her mother is a graduate of Kean University
  • Her sister, Casey, attended Sacred Heart University in Connecticut, where she was a member of the fencing team, and Kelly is a recent graduate of Scranton, where she was a four-year letter-winner on the Royals' volleyball team

Awards & Honors

  • Scranton Invitational All-Tournament Team (Aug. 30, 2014, Sept. 5, 2015)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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