5 Sarah Tritschler
Sarah Tritschler
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Los Altos, CA
  • High School:
    Los Altos
  • Position:
    L/DS
  • Major:
    Psychology
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna
  • m
    31
  • k/s
    0.02
  • h %
    .125
  • a/s
    1.79
  • b/s
    0.00
  • sa/s
    0.29
  • d/s
    5.47

Bio

At CMS
Finished her career No. 3 on the CMS all-time digs list with 1578 ... Also had the No. 3 and No. 4 totals on the the program's all-time single-season digs list with 612 in 2018 and 607 in 2019. 

2019 (Senior): AVCA All-West Region ... AVCA honorable mention All-America ... Second-Team All-SCIAC ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... 
Started all 31 matches at libero ... Totaled 607 digs (5.47 per set), the fourth-highest single-season total in school history (five behind her total of 612 as a junior) ... Added 199 assists and 32 service aces ... Named SCIAC Specialist of the Week after the Pacific Coast Classic, when she had 30 digs against Augsburg and 29 against St. Olaf ... Pacific Coast Class and East to West Battle All-Tournament team selection ... Had double figures in digs in every match ... Had a season-high 31 digs in her final match, a five-set defeat to Carthage in the NCAA Tournament ... Had 21 digs and 12 assists in a win over WashU in the opening match of the NCAA Tournament ... Had season-high 13 assists in five-set win over Cal Lutheran.

2018 (Junior): AVCA All-West Region ... AVCA honorable mention All-America ... Second-Team All-SCIAC ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... 
Started all 31 matches at libero ... Totaled 612 digs (5.14 per set), the third-highest single-season total in CMS history ... Also had 34 service aces ... Had 40 digs in a four-set win over Cal Lutheran, the first 40-dig match for an Athena since 2015 (which came in five sets) ... Had 38 digs in a 3-2 win at Whittier ... Also had 32 digs in a 3-2 win over La Verne ... SCIAC Specialist of the Week after the La Verne win ... Had 25 digs or more in three straight matches at the Trinity (Texas) Clssic, with 25 against the host Tigers, 27 against Texas-Tyler and 25 against Texas Lutheran ... Had 26 digs in a loss to Wisconsin Eau Claire in the NCAA Tournament ... Had 25 digs against La Verne in the SCIAC Semifinals, followed by 20 against Cal Lutheran in a SCIAC Championship win. 

2017 (Sophomore): 
Appeared in 120 sets across 34 matches…Dished out 28 assists…21 service aces…302 digs for 2.52 per set…Season-high 20 digs against Pacific Lutheran (Sep. 8)

2016 season (First-Year): Appeared in 20 sets across 11 matches…Dished out 10 assists…Eight service aces…57 digs (2.85 per set)

Prior to CMS: 1st Team All League 2014, Varsity Captain 2015, CIF CCS D2 runner up (2013, 2014)

Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna, where she majors in psycholgy with a minor in data science ... Senior thesis is titled Knowledge Neglect ("when people fail to retrieve and apply previously stored knowledge appropriately into a current situation") ... Spent the summer (2019) living in Santa Monica with fellow CMS captain Phoebe Madsen while working as a venture capital intern in Los Angeles, after spending the summer of 2018 working in the Pennebaker Language Lab in Austin, Texas ... Serves on Claremont McKenna's CPB (College Programming Board) ... Lists Autobiographical Memory with Professor Umanath as the most interesting course she has taken in college so far. 

Favorite Athlete: Stephen Curry

Favorite Activities: Getting coffee and going to the beach with friends, painting, cooking/baking, and playing with my dog!

Favorite Quote: “Cool cool cool cool cool, no doubt no doubt” -Jake Peralta, Brooklyn 99

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 31 16
Sets 111 57
Kills 2 0
Kills per set 0.02 0.00
Errors 0 0
Total Attacks 16 10
Hitting Percentage .125 .000
Assists 199 98
Assists per set 1.79 1.72
Service Aces 32 20
Service Errors 19 6
Service Aces per set 0.29 0.35
Receptions 605 263
Reception Errors 27 16
Digs 607 303
Digs per set 5.47 5.32
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 0 0
Block Total 0 0
Blocks per set 0.00 0.00
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 34.0 20.0
Points per set 0.3 0.4
Matches started - -
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 - 3 0 0 0 - 4 0 0 20 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aug 30 Dallas W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 11 0 0 9 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aug 31 Augsburg L, 3-2 - 5 1 0 2 .500 7 0 1 34 3 30 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Aug 31 St. Olaf W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 7 2 0 25 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 6 vs. UC Santa Cruz W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 8 1 0 14 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 6 vs. Linfield W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 11 1 0 20 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 7 vs. Concordia (Tex.) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 6 1 2 17 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 7 vs. University of Puget Sound W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 1 0 23 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 13 vs. Emory W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 4 0 1 26 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 13 at Washington (Mo.) W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 8 1 1 26 2 24 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 14 vs. Juniata L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 5 1 2 26 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 20 at Redlands W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 1 2 1 12 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 24 La Verne W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 6 1 0 24 2 26 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 27 at Cal Lutheran W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 5 4 1 26 2 17 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 28 Whittier W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 7 0 0 10 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 1 at Chapman L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 6 .000 7 0 0 21 1 27 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 4 Caltech W, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 - 3 0 0 6 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 8 Occidental W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 0 0 9 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 11 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 2 .000 7 2 0 14 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 15 Cal Lutheran W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 13 2 1 30 1 19 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 18 at Whittier W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 9 1 0 27 3 20 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 19 Chapman W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 6 3 1 9 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 22 at Caltech W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 9 1 1 20 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 25 Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 8 1 1 7 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 26 at Occidental W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 2 0 12 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 29 Redlands W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 8 0 0 12 2 22 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 2 at La Verne W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 1 .000 4 1 0 24 3 25 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 7 La Verne W, 3-1 - 4 1 0 1 1.000 7 1 1 19 1 19 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Nov 9 Chapman W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 4 0 2 24 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 15 vs. Washington (Mo.) W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 12 0 1 26 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 16 vs. Carthage L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 6 3 2 33 1 31 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
  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
2016-17 11 20 0 0.00 0 0 - 10 0.50 8 0.40 24 1 57 2.85 0 0 0 0.00 8.0 0.4
2017-18 34 120 3 0.03 0 13 .231 28 0.23 21 0.17 326 19 302 2.52 0 0 0 0.00 24.0 0.2
2018-19 31 119 1 0.01 2 9 -.111 158 1.33 34 0.29 630 37 612 5.14 0 0 0 0.00 35.0 0.3
2019-20 31 111 2 0.02 0 16 .125 199 1.79 32 0.29 605 27 607 5.47 0 0 0 0.00 34.0 0.3
Total 107 370 6 0.02 2 38 .105 395 1.07 95 0.26 1585 84 1578 4.26 0 0 0 0.00 101.0 0.3
    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 31 111 2 0.02 0 16 .125 199 1.79 32 0.29 605 27 607 5.47 0 0 0 0.00 34.0 0.3
Conference 16 57 0 0.00 0 10 .000 98 1.72 20 0.35 263 16 303 5.32 0 0 0 0.00 20.0 0.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 14 48 2 0.04 0 3 .667 94 1.96 10 0.21 238 9 272 5.67 0 0 0 0.00 12.0 0.3
Away 9 35 0 0.00 0 11 .000 52 1.49 14 0.40 182 13 185 5.29 0 0 0 0.00 14.0 0.4
Neutral 8 28 0 0.00 0 2 .000 53 1.89 8 0.29 185 5 150 5.36 0 0 0 0.00 8.0 0.3
Result Wins 27 92 1 0.01 0 7 .143 174 1.89 28 0.30 491 22 491 5.34 0 0 0 0.00 29.0 0.3
Losses 4 19 1 0.05 0 9 .111 25 1.32 4 0.21 114 5 116 6.11 0 0 0 0.00 5.0 0.3
Month August 4 15 1 0.07 0 2 .500 29 1.93 2 0.13 88 3 93 6.20 0 0 0 0.00 3.0 0.2
September 11 37 0 0.00 0 3 .000 62 1.68 13 0.35 224 9 205 5.54 0 0 0 0.00 13.0 0.4
October 11 38 0 0.00 0 8 .000 75 1.97 12 0.32 167 9 195 5.13 0 0 0 0.00 12.0 0.3
November 5 21 1 0.05 0 3 .333 33 1.57 5 0.24 126 6 114 5.43 0 0 0 0.00 6.0 0.3

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