7 Rita Lai
7 - Rita Lai
Height: 5-8
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Sugar Land, Texas
High School: Clements
Position: MH
Major: Business
m 21
k/s 1.05
h % .051
a/s 0.07
b/s 0.56
sa/s 0.13
d/s 0.52

2022-2023 Season Awards

  • Fall 2022 UAA Fall All-Academic Recognition Honoree

 

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 31 Endicott W, 3-1
Nov 2 at Wellesley L, 3-2
Nov 4 Westfield St. W, 3-0
Nov 10 vs. NYU L, 3-0
Nov 10 at Washington U. L, 3-0
Nov 11 vs. Rochester L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 21 7
Sets 61 21
Kills 64 19
Kills per set 1.05 0.90
Errors 52 19
Total Attacks 234 86
Total Attacks per set 3.84 4.10
Hitting Percentage .051 .000
Assists 4 4
Assists per set 0.07 0.19
Service Aces 8 2
Service Errors 5 2
Service Aces per set 0.13 0.10
Receptions 9 6
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 32 12
Digs per set 0.52 0.57
Block Solo 3 0
Block Assist 31 13
Block Total 34 13
Blocks per set 0.56 0.62
Block Errors 4 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 90.5 27.5
Points per set 1.5 1.3
Matches started 11 5
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 1 Salve Regina W, 3-2 - 1 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 2 Worcester St. W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.5
Sep 2 UMass-Dartmouth W, 3-1 - 4 6 0 15 .400 0 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 3 0 11.0
Sep 9 WPI W, 3-1 1 4 5 4 18 .056 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Sep 9 Williams L, 3-1 1 4 3 3 10 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3.5
Sep 12 Babson L, 3-0 1 3 1 3 10 -.200 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 4.5
Sep 14 at Clark W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 Simmons L, 3-1 - 1 0 2 4 -.500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 23 vs. NYU L, 3-0 - 3 3 2 11 .091 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Sep 23 vs. Washington U. L, 3-0 1 3 2 3 11 -.091 2 0 0 5 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Sep 24 at CWRU L, 3-0 1 3 2 3 16 -.063 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 3.0
Sep 29 at Roger Williams W, 3-0 - 1 3 0 6 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 1 Colby   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 Coast Guard   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Chicago L, 3-0 1 3 4 2 15 .133 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Oct 8 vs. Carnegie Mellon L, 3-0 1 3 2 2 11 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 3.5
Oct 17 Tufts   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 20 Emerson   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Emory L, 3-0 1 3 4 4 13 .000 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Oct 22 Rochester W, 3-0 - 3 2 3 9 -.111 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Oct 26 Smith   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 27 Bowdoin   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Endicott W, 3-1 - 4 6 2 12 .333 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Nov 2 at Wellesley L, 3-2 1 5 5 4 15 .067 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 0 6 0 8.5
Nov 4 Westfield St. W, 3-0 - 3 5 3 18 .111 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 6.5
Nov 10 vs. NYU L, 3-0 1 3 3 3 9 .000 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Nov 10 at Washington U. L, 3-0 - 3 3 4 11 -.091 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Nov 11 vs. Rochester L, 3-0 1 3 5 4 17 .059 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 2 2 0 6.0
  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 21 61 64 1.05 52 234 .051 4 0.07 8 0.13 9 0 32 0.52 3 31 34 0.56 90.5 1.5
Total 69 201 192 0.96 156 684 .053 5 0.02 24 0.12 16 1 77 0.38 23 130 153 0.76 304.0 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 21 61 64 1.05 52 234 .051 4 0.07 8 0.13 9 0 32 0.52 3 31 34 0.56 90.5 1.5
Conference 7 21 19 0.90 19 86 .000 4 0.19 2 0.10 6 0 12 0.57 0 13 13 0.62 27.5 1.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 11 31 32 1.03 25 112 .063 0 0.00 7 0.23 2 0 12 0.39 2 14 16 0.52 48.0 1.5
Away 5 15 17 1.13 13 63 .063 2 0.13 0 0.00 0 0 8 0.53 1 8 9 0.60 22.0 1.5
Neutral 5 15 15 1.00 14 59 .017 2 0.13 1 0.07 7 0 12 0.80 0 9 9 0.60 20.5 1.4
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Wins 8 21 27 1.29 13 81 .173 0 0.00 5 0.24 2 0 9 0.43 2 8 10 0.48 38.0 1.8
Losses 13 40 37 0.93 39 153 -.013 4 0.10 3 0.07 7 0 23 0.57 1 23 24 0.60 52.5 1.3
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September 11 28 25 0.89 21 104 .038 4 0.14 5 0.18 7 0 11 0.39 1 13 14 0.50 37.5 1.3
October 5 16 18 1.13 13 60 .083 0 0.00 2 0.13 0 0 8 0.50 0 9 9 0.56 24.5 1.5
November 5 17 21 1.24 18 70 .043 0 0.00 1 0.06 2 0 13 0.76 2 9 11 0.65 28.5 1.7