7 Rita Lai
7 - Rita Lai
Height: 5-8
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Sugar Land, Texas
High School: Clements
Position: MH
Major: Business
m 26
k/s 1.04
h % .135
a/s 0.01
b/s 0.88
sa/s 0.03
d/s 0.33

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 26 at Tufts L, 3-1
Oct 27 Wellesley W, 3-0
Oct 29 at Springfield W, 3-0
Nov 4 at NYU L, 3-0
Nov 4 vs. CWRU L, 3-0
Nov 5 vs. Rochester W, 3-2
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 26 6
Sets 72 18
Kills 75 16
Kills per set 1.04 0.89
Errors 44 11
Total Attacks 229 48
Total Attacks per set 3.18 2.67
Hitting Percentage .135 .104
Assists 1 0
Assists per set 0.01 0.00
Service Aces 2 1
Service Errors 5 2
Service Aces per set 0.03 0.06
Receptions 5 0
Reception Errors 1 0
Digs 24 7
Digs per set 0.33 0.39
Block Solo 12 2
Block Assist 51 16
Block Total 63 18
Blocks per set 0.88 1.00
Block Errors 8 1
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 114.5 27.0
Points per set 1.6 1.5
Matches started 23 6
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 2 Roger Williams W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 11 .364 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 5 0 8.5
Sep 3 Colby-Sawyer W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 11 .364 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 6.0
Sep 3 Worcester St. W, 3-0 1 3 6 3 14 .214 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
Sep 8 at Emerson L, 3-0 1 3 2 2 11 .000 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 3.0
Sep 9 at Williams W, 3-1 1 4 3 0 6 .500 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 4 0 5.0
Sep 13 at Mass.-Boston W, 3-0 1 3 3 3 10 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Sep 17 vs. Carnegie Mellon L, 3-0 1 3 1 2 5 -.200 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 5 0 3.5
Sep 17 vs. NYU L, 3-0 1 3 5 1 11 .364 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 6.5
Sep 18 at Washington U. L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 vs. Colby L, 3-1 1 4 2 0 5 .400 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 8 0 6.5
Sep 23 at Bates W, 3-0 1 1 0 2 3 -.667 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 24 at Bowdoin W, 3-1 1 4 5 3 15 .133 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 8.0
Sep 24 vs. Maine Maritime W, 3-1 1 4 4 2 19 .105 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 29 Clark W, 3-0 1 3 7 4 13 .231 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 1 8 0 12.0
Oct 2 vs. CWRU L, 3-0 1 3 1 2 6 -.167 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Oct 2 vs. Chicago L, 3-0 1 3 2 2 7 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4.0
Oct 8 at Endicott L, 3-1 1 1 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 8 vs. Babson L, 3-1 1 4 6 1 12 .417 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 7.5
Oct 13 MIT L, 3-0 1 3 4 1 12 .250 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 6.5
Oct 16 vs. Emory L, 3-0 1 3 5 2 13 .231 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 6.5
Oct 16 at Rochester L, 3-0 1 3 2 2 6 .000 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 1 5 0 5.0
Oct 20 Johnson & Wales W, 3-0 1 3 4 1 12 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 6.0
Oct 26 at Tufts L, 3-1 1 4 1 3 9 -.222 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 27 Wellesley W, 3-0 1 1 1 1 4 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Oct 29 at Springfield W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at NYU L, 3-0 - 1 0 3 7 -.429 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 4 vs. CWRU L, 3-0 - 1 1 1 6 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 5 vs. Rochester W, 3-2 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 20 58 60 1.03 50 219 .046 4 0.07 8 0.14 9 0 30 0.52 3 30 33 0.57 86.0 1.5
Total 68 198 188 0.95 154 669 .051 5 0.03 24 0.12 16 1 75 0.38 23 129 152 0.77 299.5 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 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
Conference 6 18 16 0.89 11 48 .104 0 0.00 1 0.06 0 0 7 0.39 2 16 18 1.00 27.0 1.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 7 19 32 1.68 12 77 .260 0 0.00 1 0.05 1 0 7 0.37 6 18 24 1.26 48.0 2.5
Away 9 24 16 0.67 19 68 -.044 1 0.04 0 0.00 2 0 7 0.29 4 11 15 0.63 25.5 1.1
Neutral 10 29 27 0.93 13 84 .167 0 0.00 1 0.03 2 1 10 0.34 2 22 24 0.83 41.0 1.4
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Wins 12 33 43 1.30 21 118 .186 1 0.03 0 0.00 3 1 10 0.30 8 22 30 0.91 62.0 1.9
Losses 14 39 32 0.82 23 111 .081 0 0.00 2 0.05 2 0 14 0.36 4 29 33 0.85 52.5 1.3
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September 13 41 48 1.17 24 134 .179 1 0.02 0 0.00 4 1 15 0.37 8 36 44 1.07 74.0 1.8
October 10 28 26 0.93 16 82 .122 0 0.00 2 0.07 1 0 9 0.32 4 15 19 0.68 39.5 1.4
November 3 3 1 0.33 4 13 -.231 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.3