7 Rita Lai
7 - Rita Lai
Height: 5-8
Year: So.
Hometown: Sugar Land, Texas
High School: Clements
Position: MH/OH
Major: Business
m 22
k/s 0.78
h % -.032
a/s 0.00
b/s 0.82
sa/s 0.21
d/s 0.31

CAREER AWARDS 

2021 All-Academic UAA

 

GETTING TO KNOW RITA

  • Four-year member and three-year starter at middle hitter at Clements High School
  • Ranked sixth in her District in blocks as a junior
  • Earned second-team All-District honors as a senior, earning team Offensive Player of the Year honors
  • Planned Major: Business
  • Favorite thing about Brandeis: the culture. When I came on my visit, I saw how close-knit the team was and how serious everyone's passion is for the game.
  • Favorite High School Subject: German, because our class was super close and we had so much fun every day!
  • Favorite place to travel: Taiwan
  • Favorite TV Show: Grey’s Anatomy
  • Favorite College Team: Texas Longhorns
  • COACH BENNETT: Rita started playing slightly later than other athletes in Texas. She has so much athletic ability she physically very strong and will help us so much offensively.  
Recent Games
Oct 22 Bowdoin L, 3-0
Oct 28 at Wellesley W, 3-0
Oct 30 Springfield W, 3-1
Nov 5 vs. Emory L, 3-0
Nov 5 at CWRU L, 3-1
Nov 6 vs. Rochester L, 3-1
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 22 6
Sets 68 21
Kills 53 12
Kills per set 0.78 0.57
Errors 60 15
Total Attacks 221 63
Hitting Percentage -.032 -.048
Assists 0 0
Assists per set 0.00 0.00
Service Aces 14 5
Service Errors 17 10
Service Aces per set 0.21 0.24
Receptions 2 0
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 21 8
Digs per set 0.31 0.38
Block Solo 8 4
Block Assist 48 16
Block Total 56 20
Blocks per set 0.82 0.95
Block Errors 10 4
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 99.0 29.0
Points per set 1.5 1.4
Matches started 14 4
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 1 Suffolk W, 3-0 - 2 3 4 10 -.100 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Sep 3 at Springfield L, 3-1 - 3 4 1 13 .231 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 6.5
Sep 4 vs. Keene St. L, 3-0 - 2 1 1 4 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Sep 4 vs. Westfield St. W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 Emerson W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 at Tufts L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 vs. Illinois Tech W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Tufts L, 3-0 - 2 0 1 4 -.250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
Sep 18 vs. Carnegie Mellon L, 3-2 - 4 0 4 15 -.267 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 8 2 8 0 6.0
Sep 18 vs. Emory L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 vs. CWRU L, 3-0 1 1 1 1 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 25 vs. Amherst L, 3-0 - 2 0 2 3 -.667 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 25 at Middlebury L, 3-0 - 3 3 1 9 .222 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Sep 28 Saint Joseph's (Me.) W, 3-0 1 3 1 3 7 -.286 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2.5
Oct 3 NYU L, 3-1 1 4 3 3 13 .000 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 5.5
Oct 3 Washington U. L, 3-1 1 4 5 1 11 .364 0 2 3 - 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 8.0
Oct 5 Mass.-Boston L, 3-0 1 2 1 4 9 -.333 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 4.5
Oct 9 Babson L, 3-0 1 3 5 7 18 -.111 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 7.0
Oct 9 Endicott L, 3-2 1 5 3 4 10 -.100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 6.0
Oct 17 vs. Chicago L, 3-0 - 3 2 2 8 .000 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 4 0 5.0
Oct 17 vs. Rochester W, 3-2 1 5 1 4 13 -.231 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 3.5
Oct 21 at Johnson & Wales L, 3-2 1 2 2 2 5 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 22 Bowdoin L, 3-0 1 3 4 1 10 .300 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Oct 28 at Wellesley W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 30 Springfield W, 3-1 1 4 0 1 9 -.111 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 2.5
Nov 5 vs. Emory L, 3-0 1 3 1 3 8 -.250 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Nov 5 at CWRU L, 3-1 1 4 6 3 17 .176 0 2 2 - 0 2 1 8 0 9 0 13.0
Nov 6 vs. Rochester L, 3-1 1 4 7 7 22 .000 0 2 1 - 0 4 0 3 1 3 0 10.5
  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
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 22 68 53 0.78 60 221 -.032 0 0.00 14 0.21 2 0 21 0.31 8 48 56 0.82 99.0 1.5
2022-23 26 72 75 1.04 44 229 .135 1 0.01 2 0.03 5 1 24 0.33 12 51 63 0.88 114.5 1.6
2023-24 19 57 57 1.00 50 213 .033 4 0.07 8 0.14 9 0 30 0.53 3 30 33 0.58 83.0 1.5
Total 67 197 185 0.94 154 663 .047 5 0.03 24 0.12 16 1 75 0.38 23 129 152 0.77 296.5 1.5
  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 22 68 53 0.78 60 221 -.032 0 0.00 14 0.21 2 0 21 0.31 8 48 56 0.82 99.0 1.5
Conference 6 21 12 0.57 15 63 -.048 0 0.00 5 0.24 0 0 8 0.38 4 16 20 0.95 29.0 1.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 10 32 25 0.78 29 101 -.040 0 0.00 7 0.22 2 0 8 0.25 1 22 23 0.72 44.0 1.4
Away 4 12 15 1.25 7 44 .182 0 0.00 3 0.25 0 0 3 0.25 3 10 13 1.08 26.0 2.2
Neutral 8 24 13 0.54 24 76 -.145 0 0.00 4 0.17 0 0 10 0.42 4 16 20 0.83 29.0 1.2
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Wins 4 14 5 0.36 12 39 -.179 0 0.00 1 0.07 1 0 4 0.29 3 6 9 0.64 12.0 0.9
Losses 18 54 48 0.89 48 182 .000 0 0.00 13 0.24 1 0 17 0.31 5 42 47 0.87 87.0 1.6
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September 9 22 13 0.59 18 68 -.074 0 0.00 4 0.18 1 0 6 0.27 2 13 15 0.68 25.5 1.2
October 10 35 26 0.74 29 106 -.028 0 0.00 6 0.17 1 0 9 0.26 5 23 28 0.80 48.5 1.4
November 3 11 14 1.27 13 47 .021 0 0.00 4 0.36 - 0 6 0.55 1 12 13 1.18 25.0 2.3