Marketa Plesingrova

Height:
5-11
Year:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Vilanec, Czech Republic
High School:
Sports Gymnasium Ludvika Danka
Major:
Exercise Science
Position:
Outside Hitter

2018 (Sophomore) | Match-By-Match Stats: Appeared in 54 sets over 24 matches, 12 of which she started... Posted 56 kills, 20 assists, four aces, 121 digs and six blocks for averages of 1.04 kills, 0.37 assists, 0.07 aces, 2.24 digs and 0.11 blocks per set... Averaged 1.16 kills and 1.97 digs against Horizon League opponents... Came off the bench to post a season-high nine kills in 17 attempts and a season-best three blocks in two sets against Wright State (9/28)... Also had nine kills at Duquesne (9/1)... Posted 17 digs versus the Dukes as well... Had three matches with at least 10 digs... Registered two aces against UNC Wilmington (9/8).

2017 (Freshman) | Game-By-Game Stats: Played in 53 sets over 16 matches, 14 of which she started... Posted 114 kills, 34 digs, 20 blocks and six aces for averages of 2.15 kills, 0.64 digs, 0.38 blocks and 0.11 aces per set... Ranked third on the team with 2.15 kills per set... Averaged 1.93 kills and 0.53 blocks over 15 sets versus conference opponents... Named the MVP at the Eagle Challenge... Averaged 3.33 kills on an efficient .393 attack percentage in leading the Penguins to a 3-0 record at the tournament... Closed the weekend by posting a season-best 13 kills in just 20 attempts in a sweep of Delaware State (8/26)... Reached double digits in kills five times during the season...Had three aces in the season opener against Winthrop (8/25)... Had a season-high seven digs in a four-setter against Akron (9/9)... Notched four blocks twice.

Before YSU: Earned three letters and was team captain one year... Played for the Czech Republic national team and led it to a first-place finish at an international tournament in Hungary... Also played the VK KP Brno club teams that finished first in the Extraleague U19 tournament in 2015-16 and the Extraleague U17 tournament in 2013-14.

Personal: Parents are Martin and Marie... Has two brothers (Martin and Dominik) and two sisters (Marie and Klara)... Recipient of the 2018-19 McKenna Family Scholarship.