24 Sonia Bliss
Sonia Bliss
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Year:
    Fy.
  • Hometown:
    Claremont, CA
  • High School:
    Claremont
  • Position:
    OH
  • College:
    Harvey Mudd
  • m
    15
  • k/s
    1.31
  • h %
    .095
  • a/s
    0.03
  • b/s
    0.25
  • sa/s
    0.13
  • d/s
    0.84

Bio

At CMS
2019 (First-Year):
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Played in 15 matches totaling 32 sets as an outside hitter ... Had 42 kills (1.31 per set) to go along with 27 digs (0.84 per set) ... Had a season-high seven kills in a five-set win at La Verne, including back-to-back kills in the fifth set to put CMS up 7-3 ... Had six kills and six digs in a four-set win over St. Olaf at the Pacific Coast Classic ... Also had five kills in seven attempts against Dallas at the PCC in her collegiate debut, hitting .714.

Prior to CMS
Attended Claremont High School, where she was a member of the volleyball team ... Earned first-team all-league honors ... Also was named her team's MVP and Offensive MVP in her career ... First Team All-Academic and Outstanding Student-Athlete winner ... Helped CHS to a league championship and to the CIF and state semi-finals ... Graduated in the top five in her class ... Member of the Interact Club in high school, as well as a volunteer spanish teacher at the International Language School for Children and Adults.

Personal
Attends Harvey Mudd ... Lists Harriet Tubman as the public figure she most admires ... Sticky Burr by John Lechner is her favorite book ... Chose CMS for "both high academics and competitive athletics."

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 29 Redlands W, 3-0
Nov 2 at La Verne W, 3-2
Nov 7 La Verne W, 3-1
Nov 9 Chapman W, 3-0
Nov 15 vs. Washington (Mo.) W, 3-1
Nov 16 vs. Carthage L, 3-2
  Overall Conf
Matches 15 10
Sets 32 24
Kills 42 26
Kills per set 1.31 1.08
Errors 29 21
Total Attacks 137 98
Hitting Percentage .095 .051
Assists 1 1
Assists per set 0.03 0.04
Service Aces 4 0
Service Errors 3 0
Service Aces per set 0.13 0.00
Receptions 80 56
Reception Errors 6 3
Digs 27 16
Digs per set 0.84 0.67
Block Solo 1 1
Block Assist 7 3
Block Total 8 4
Blocks per set 0.25 0.17
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 50.5 28.5
Points per set 1.6 1.2
Matches started 5 3
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 30 Carroll (Wis.) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 30 Dallas W, 3-0 - 2 5 0 7 .714 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Aug 31 Augsburg L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 St. Olaf W, 3-1 1 3 6 4 20 .100 0 0 1 10 2 6 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
Sep 6 vs. UC Santa Cruz W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 6 vs. Linfield W, 3-0 1 1 4 1 6 .500 0 0 1 7 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Sep 7 vs. Concordia (Tex.) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 7 vs. University of Puget Sound W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 vs. Emory W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Washington (Mo.) W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 vs. Juniata L, 3-1 - 1 1 3 5 -.400 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Sep 20 at Redlands W, 3-0 - 1 0 1 2 -.500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 24 La Verne W, 3-1 - 2 4 0 6 .667 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 27 at Cal Lutheran W, 3-1 1 3 3 6 14 -.214 0 0 0 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 28 Whittier W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 at Chapman L, 3-2 - 1 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 4 Caltech W, 3-0 1 3 3 3 13 .000 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Oct 8 Occidental W, 3-0 - 2 3 1 10 .200 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 11 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-0 - 2 1 1 8 .000 1 0 0 5 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 2.5
Oct 15 Cal Lutheran W, 3-2 1 5 3 6 19 -.158 0 0 0 19 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 18 at Whittier W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Chapman W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Caltech W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 at Occidental W, 3-0 - 2 1 2 6 -.167 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 29 Redlands W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at La Verne W, 3-2 - 3 7 1 19 .316 0 0 0 9 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Nov 7 La Verne W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Chapman W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 vs. Washington (Mo.) W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 vs. Carthage L, 3-2 - 1 0 0 1 .000 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
2019-20 15 32 42 1.31 29 137 .095 1 0.03 4 0.13 80 6 27 0.84 1 7 8 0.25 50.5 1.6
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 4 8 6 0.75 3 18 .167 0 0.00 1 0.13 31 7 11 1.38 1 2 3 0.38 9.0 1.1
2022-23 21 42 4 0.10 4 15 .000 2 0.05 10 0.24 108 8 36 0.86 0 0 0 0.00 14.0 0.3
Total 40 82 52 0.63 36 170 .094 3 0.04 15 0.18 219 21 74 0.90 2 9 11 0.13 73.5 0.9
    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
Event Total 15 32 42 1.31 29 137 .095 1 0.03 4 0.13 80 6 27 0.84 1 7 8 0.25 50.5 1.6
Conference 10 24 26 1.08 21 98 .051 1 0.04 0 0.00 56 3 16 0.67 1 3 4 0.17 28.5 1.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 17 24 1.41 14 75 .133 0 0.00 4 0.24 42 2 17 1.00 0 3 3 0.18 29.5 1.7
Away 6 12 13 1.08 11 50 .040 1 0.08 0 0.00 27 3 7 0.58 1 2 3 0.25 15.0 1.3
Neutral 3 3 5 1.67 4 12 .083 0 0.00 0 0.00 11 1 3 1.00 0 2 2 0.67 6.0 2.0
Result Wins 12 29 40 1.38 26 130 .108 1 0.03 4 0.14 76 6 27 0.93 1 6 7 0.24 48.0 1.7
Losses 3 3 2 0.67 3 7 -.143 0 0.00 0 0.00 4 0 0 0.00 0 1 1 0.33 2.5 0.8
Month August 2 5 11 2.20 4 27 .259 0 0.00 4 0.80 13 2 8 1.60 0 2 2 0.40 16.0 3.2
September 5 8 12 1.50 11 33 .030 0 0.00 0 0.00 23 3 6 0.75 0 2 2 0.25 13.0 1.6
October 6 15 12 0.80 13 57 -.018 1 0.07 0 0.00 35 1 10 0.67 1 2 3 0.20 14.0 0.9
November 2 4 7 1.75 1 20 .300 0 0.00 0 0.00 9 0 3 0.75 0 1 1 0.25 7.5 1.9

News Mentions

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November 2, 2019

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September 6, 2019

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September 1, 2019

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