3 Sydney Briney
3 - Sydney Briney
Height: 5-6
Year: Senior
Hometown: St. Joseph, Mich.
High School: St. Joseph High School
Position: Libero/Defensive Specialist
Major: Biology/Education
m 29
k/s 0.07
h % -.072
a/s 0.08
b/s 0.03
sa/s 0.26
d/s 2.08

Fifth Year (2023): Appeared in 29 of the Lakers' 30 matches... Moved up to seventh in career service aces with 111... Totaled 225 digs, 28 aces, nine assists, eight kills, and three blocks, two of which were solo. 

Senior (2022): Appeared in all 30 matches for the Lakers... Set a new career-high in service aces (6) at Purdue Northwest on Sept. 10... Totaled 231 digs, 40 service aces, 12 kills, and 11 assists.

Junior (Fall 2021): Played in 14 matches for the Lakers... Totaled 93 digs to go along with ten assists, six kills, and six aces... Named to the 2021 GLIAC Fall All-Academic Team.

Sophomore (Spring 2021): Played in all 12 matches for the Lakers, and appeared in 36 sets… Led the team in service aces with nine… Led the Lakers in digs with 143 and digs per set (3.97)... Recorded two kills on 16 total attempts… Ranked third on the team in assists with 19… Posted a season-high four assists in the match against Davenport on March 5… Registered two service aces in a match on three different occasions… Recorded a season-high 18 digs twice, in the Lakers match at Michigan Tech on Feb. 20 and against Davenport on March 5... Named to the 2020 GLIAC Fall All-Academic Team.

First Year (2019): Played in all 27 matches this season, starting in 21 matches for LSSU … First on the team with 28 aces and third on the team with 209 digs averaging 2.04 digs/set … Tailed three kills and ten assists for the season … 11 digs vs. Minnesota-Crookston (9/13) and another 11 digs vs. South Dakota Mines (9/14) at the GLIAC/NSIC Crossover.

High School: Graduated from St. Joseph High School in 2019...Played basketball, volleyball, and softball all four seasons...Named All-Conference all four years in volleyball...Played club for Dead Frog, coached by Dawn Jaqua.

Personal: Daughter of Marc and Heather Briney...Has two brothers, Remington and Caidyn, and one sister, Adriana...Majoring in biology/education.

Career Match Highs
Kills - 2 (3 times - vs. Saginaw Valley, 9/16/23)
Attempts - 8, twice (vs. Wayne St., 11/5/22)
Assists - 4 (vs. Davenport, 3/5/21)
Service Aces - 6 (at Purdue Northwest, 9/10/22)
Block Solos - 1 (twice - vs. Kentucky Wesleyan 9/9/23)#
Block Assists - 1 (at Saginaw Valley, 10/27/23)
Digs - 28 (vs. Minnesota-Crookston, 9/7/19)#
#Neutral Site

Recent Games
Oct 28 Purdue Northwest L, 3-1
Nov 3 Wisconsin-Parkside W, 3-2
Nov 5 Grand Valley State L, 3-0
Nov 10 Northern Michigan L, 3-1
Nov 11 Michigan Tech W, 3-2
Nov 15 at #1 Grand Valley State L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 29 17
Sets 108 65
Kills 8 3
Kills per set 0.07 0.05
Errors 13 8
Total Attacks 69 38
Hitting Percentage -.072 -.132
Assists 9 5
Assists per set 0.08 0.08
Service Aces 28 12
Service Errors 44 24
Service Aces per set 0.26 0.18
Receptions 529 319
Reception Errors 32 19
Digs 225 147
Digs per set 2.08 2.26
Block Solo 2 0
Block Assist 1 1
Block Total 3 1
Blocks per set 0.03 0.02
Block Errors 1 1
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 38.5 15.5
Points per set 0.4 0.2
Matches started 9 5
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 31 vs. #2 Concordia-St. Paul L, 3-0 - 3 0 2 3 -.667 0 1 0 12 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 1 vs. Northwood L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 31 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Sep 1 vs. Minnesota-Crookston L, 3-1 1 4 0 0 3 .000 1 2 1 28 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 2 vs. Winona State L, 3-1 - 4 1 0 5 .200 0 0 2 10 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 8 vs. Emporia St. L, 3-1 - 4 0 1 4 -.250 0 1 3 12 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 8 at Missouri S&T L, 3-0 - 3 2 0 5 .400 0 2 2 12 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 5.0
Sep 9 vs. Union (Tenn.) W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 2 .500 2 1 1 8 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 9 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 2 .000 0 1 3 14 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2.0
Sep 14 at Purdue Northwest L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 0 2 2 11 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 16 Saginaw Valley State W, 3-2 - 5 2 1 6 .167 1 0 0 15 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 22 at Davenport L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 2 .000 1 0 1 16 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 23 at Wayne State W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 3 .000 0 1 3 17 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 29 at Michigan Tech L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Northern Michigan L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 0 1 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 1 #21 Ferris State L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 3 .000 0 0 2 14 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 6 Wayne State W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 11 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 7 Davenport L, 3-1 1 4 0 2 2 -1.000 0 2 2 22 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 13 vs. Malone W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 0 3 1 19 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Oct 14 vs. Southwest Baptist L, 3-2 1 4 0 0 1 .000 1 1 4 27 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 14 vs. Lake Erie W, 3-1 1 4 0 1 3 -.333 0 1 1 27 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 20 at Grand Valley State L, 3-0 1 3 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 21 at Wisconsin-Parkside L, 3-1 1 4 0 0 1 .000 1 0 1 29 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 23 at #17 Ferris State L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 2 15 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 27 at Saginaw Valley State L, 3-0 1 3 0 1 5 -.200 0 2 2 22 1 14 0 1 1 1 0 2.5
Oct 28 Purdue Northwest L, 3-1 - 4 1 1 5 .000 0 1 1 30 3 18 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Nov 3 Wisconsin-Parkside W, 3-2 - 5 0 1 3 -.333 1 0 2 25 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 5 Grand Valley State L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 0 2 2 22 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Nov 10 Northern Michigan L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 2 .000 0 0 1 28 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 11 Michigan Tech W, 3-2 - 5 0 1 3 -.333 1 1 1 24 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 15 at #1 Grand Valley State L, 3-0 - 3 0 1 1 -1.000 0 3 2 10 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
  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
2020-21 12 36 2 0.06 2 16 .000 19 0.53 9 0.25 167 4 143 3.97 0 0 0 0.00 11.0 0.3
2021-22 14 45 6 0.13 4 29 .069 10 0.22 6 0.13 187 12 93 2.07 0 0 0 0.00 12.0 0.3
2022-23 30 106 12 0.11 22 98 -.102 11 0.10 40 0.38 567 21 231 2.18 0 0 0 0.00 52.0 0.5
2023-24 29 108 8 0.07 13 69 -.072 9 0.08 28 0.26 529 32 225 2.08 2 1 3 0.03 38.5 0.4
Total 85 295 28 0.09 41 212 -.061 49 0.17 83 0.28 1450 69 692 2.35 2 1 3 0.01 113.5 0.4
  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 29 108 8 0.07 13 69 -.072 9 0.08 28 0.26 529 32 225 2.08 2 1 3 0.03 38.5 0.4
Conference 17 65 3 0.05 8 38 -.132 5 0.08 12 0.18 319 19 147 2.26 0 1 1 0.02 15.5 0.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 9 36 3 0.08 6 25 -.120 3 0.08 6 0.17 191 12 99 2.75 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 0.3
Away 10 35 2 0.06 3 19 -.053 2 0.06 11 0.31 150 7 62 1.77 1 1 2 0.06 14.5 0.4
Neutral 10 37 3 0.08 4 25 -.040 4 0.11 11 0.30 188 13 64 1.73 1 0 1 0.03 15.0 0.4
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Wins 8 33 4 0.12 4 21 .000 5 0.15 7 0.21 146 7 84 2.55 0 0 0 0.00 11.0 0.3
Losses 21 75 4 0.05 9 48 -.104 4 0.05 21 0.28 383 25 141 1.88 2 1 3 0.04 27.5 0.4
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August 1 3 0 0.00 2 3 -.667 0 0.00 1 0.33 12 1 5 1.67 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.3
September 12 47 6 0.13 2 34 .118 5 0.11 11 0.23 179 10 81 1.72 2 0 2 0.04 19.0 0.4
October 11 38 2 0.05 6 22 -.182 2 0.05 10 0.26 229 15 89 2.34 0 1 1 0.03 12.5 0.3
November 5 20 0 0.00 3 10 -.300 2 0.10 6 0.30 109 6 50 2.50 0 0 0 0.00 6.0 0.3