12 Carli Pigza
12 - Carli Pigza
Height: 5-11
Year: Grad.
Hometown: Fort Mill, S.C.
High School: Nation Ford HS
Position: RS
Major: Education (M.A.)
m 26
k/s 2.56
h % .206
a/s 0.08
b/s 0.42
sa/s 0.10
d/s 1.63

2022: Enters season ranked 12th in career hitting percentage at TU.

2021: NCAA II Region All-Tournament Team... All-SAC Second Team... Preseason All-SAC Second Team... IUP All-Tournament Team... Played in all 97 sets in her fourth season at Tusculum... Totaled 272 kills (second-most on the team) on a .246 hitting percentage, three assists, 54 digs, and a team-leading 42 total blocks (six solo, 36 assists)... Recorded a career-best 19 kills at Carson-Newman (Nov. 12) on a .302 average... Landed double-digit kills in 16 matches, including five-straight to end the season... Hit .619 vs. Newberry (13-0-21), .600 in SAC quarterfinal vs. Catawba (10-1-15), and .500 at UVA Wise (8-0-16)... Also notched six digs at Carson-Newman... Credited with five total blocks twice: one solo, four assists vs. Ohio Dominican (Sept. 4) and two solo, three assists at Mars Hill (Oct. 2)... Earned two Zaxby's Athlete of the Week honors (Sept. 13 and Nov. 15)... Division II Athletic Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Award 

2020-21: Played in all 19 sets for the Pioneers... Second on the team with 41 kills (2.16 per set)... Added a team-high 18 total blocks (two solo, 16 assists), 17 digs, and two assists... Match-highs include: 11 kills (twice), six digs at Catawba (Mar. 19), and five total blocks at Queens in regular season finale (Apr. 3)... Division II Athletic Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Award.

2019: Appeared in 29 matches, seeing action in 103 sets... Finished the season with 190 kills, 61 digs, 58 total blocks, and 224 points... Averaged a .171 hitting percentage, .891 serve percentage, .59 digs per set, .56 blocks per set. and 2.17 points per set... Recorded a season-best 11 kills on four separate occasions... Division II Athletic Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Award.

2018: SAC All-Freshman Team... Saw action in 25 matches and 92 sets in her first collegiate season... Recorded 157 kills, one assist, six service aces, 32 digs, and a team-high 83 total blocks... Collected double-digit kills in four matches, including 14 at Newberry (Sept. 22)... Recorded six total blocks in four matches... Hit .400 in two matches: (5-1-10) at Lincoln Memorial on Sept. 18 and (7-1-15) at Queens on Oct. 13.

High School: Graduated from Nation Ford HS in Fort Mill, S.C... Coached by Carrie Christian (volleyball) and Bob Blashke (soccer)... 2017 All-Region... Letter in volleyball two years... MVP on junior varsity squad in 2014 and 2015... Region champions in 2017... First among region in blocks in the same year.

Personal: Born July 21, 2000 in Charlotte, N.C... Daughter of Mike Pigza and Cassie Jacobs-Pigza... Brother - Austin (23)... Father played football at University of Miami and won the 1987 National Championship... Mother played soccer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, winning the 1983 National Championship... Uncle Gary Dunn played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and was a back-to-back Super Bowl Champion... Graduated with a degree in studio art from TU... Enrolled in education masters program... SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll... Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Future plans: Get her masters in education at TU... TU community service: Nettie Day (2018 & 2019)... Favorite book: "The Fault in our Stars"; Favorite class at Tusculum: Art; Favorite midnight snack: Applesauce; Favorite movie: "Incredibles"; Favorite musical artist: AJR; Favorite sports team: Carolina Panthers; Carli can't go a week without: Her dog; Favorite athlete: Carli Lloyd; Advice to kids: "Follow the rules"; Favorite color: Yellow; Favorite food: Applesauce; Favorite sport other than volleyball: Soccer; People Carli most admires: Her parents; Most famous person Carli has ever met: Her uncle, Gary Dunn (Pittsburgh Steelers); What people don't know about Carli: Her fingers are double-jointed; When she was a kid, Carli tried to be like: Her brother.

Recent Games
Oct 25 at Lincoln Memorial W, 3-1
Oct 28 Emory & Henry W, 3-1
Oct 29 UVA Wise W, 3-0
Nov 1 at Limestone W, 3-0
Nov 7 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 3-0
Nov 11 vs. Carson-Newman L, 3-1
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 26 18
Sets 93 67
Kills 238 168
Kills per set 2.56 2.51
Errors 97 67
Total Attacks 686 491
Total Attacks per set 7.38 7.33
Hitting Percentage .206 .206
Assists 7 5
Assists per set 0.08 0.07
Service Aces 9 8
Service Errors 17 13
Service Aces per set 0.10 0.12
Receptions 291 208
Reception Errors 18 14
Digs 152 120
Digs per set 1.63 1.79
Block Solo 9 8
Block Assist 30 23
Block Total 39 31
Blocks per set 0.42 0.46
Block Errors 6 4
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 271.0 195.5
Points per set 2.9 2.9
Matches started 23 16
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 30 Carson-Newman L, 3-2 1 5 12 3 32 .281 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 0 5 0 15.0
Sep 2 at #1 Tampa L, 3-0 - 3 7 3 22 .182 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 7.5
Sep 3 vs. Wheeling University L, 3-1 1 4 16 4 35 .343 0 0 1 18 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 16.0
Sep 3 vs. #24 Colorado Mesa L, 3-0 1 3 8 2 16 .375 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Sep 6 Mars Hill L, 3-2 1 5 16 9 61 .115 0 0 1 29 1 10 0 2 0 2 0 17.0
Sep 9 at Emory & Henry W, 3-0 1 3 6 1 15 .333 0 3 1 20 0 8 0 1 1 1 0 9.5
Sep 10 at UVA Wise W, 3-0 1 3 5 0 15 .333 0 0 0 13 0 14 1 0 0 1 0 6.0
Sep 13 Lincoln Memorial W, 3-1 1 4 8 4 28 .143 1 0 0 6 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 9.0
Sep 23 at Coker W, 3-0 1 3 13 3 21 .476 0 0 2 9 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 14.0
Sep 24 at #24 Wingate L, 3-0 1 3 5 6 21 -.048 0 0 1 25 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Sep 27 Limestone W, 3-0 1 3 6 3 18 .167 0 0 1 11 0 10 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
Oct 1 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 3-1 1 4 10 5 35 .143 1 1 1 29 3 8 1 2 1 3 0 13.0
Oct 4 at Mars Hill L, 3-2 - 5 10 3 36 .194 1 0 1 12 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Oct 8 Catawba W, 3-0 1 3 8 5 20 .150 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
Oct 14 Anderson L, 3-1 1 4 15 5 27 .370 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 16.0
Oct 15 Newberry W, 3-1 1 4 9 2 20 .350 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Oct 18 at Carson-Newman L, 3-1 1 4 7 6 29 .034 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 9.0
Oct 21 vs. Augusta L, 3-0 1 3 7 5 27 .074 0 0 0 8 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Oct 22 vs. Georgia College W, 3-0 1 3 9 3 20 .300 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 10.5
Oct 22 vs. USC Aiken L, 3-0 1 3 6 5 21 .048 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Oct 25 at Lincoln Memorial W, 3-1 1 4 9 4 27 .185 1 2 2 11 0 9 1 1 0 2 0 12.5
Oct 28 Emory & Henry W, 3-1 1 4 10 4 33 .182 0 1 1 18 4 8 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Oct 29 UVA Wise W, 3-0 1 3 6 4 29 .069 0 1 1 10 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Nov 1 at Limestone W, 3-0 - 3 13 0 24 .542 0 0 1 11 2 13 1 0 0 1 0 14.0
Nov 7 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 3-0 1 3 8 3 19 .263 0 1 2 26 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 10.0
Nov 11 vs. Carson-Newman L, 3-1 1 4 9 5 35 .114 1 0 1 21 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 9.5
  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
2018-19 25 92 157 1.71 62 451 .211 1 0.01 6 0.07 13 0 32 0.35 20 63 83 0.90 214.5 2.3
2019-20 29 103 190 1.84 92 572 .171 3 0.03 3 0.03 9 1 61 0.59 4 54 58 0.56 224.0 2.2
2020-21 6 19 41 2.16 19 120 .183 2 0.11 0 0.00 22 0 17 0.89 2 16 18 0.95 51.0 2.7
2021-22 26 97 272 2.80 103 687 .246 3 0.03 0 0.00 20 0 54 0.56 6 36 42 0.43 296.0 3.1
2022-23 26 93 238 2.56 97 686 .206 7 0.08 9 0.10 291 18 152 1.63 9 30 39 0.42 271.0 2.9
Total 112 404 898 2.22 373 2516 .209 16 0.04 18 0.04 355 19 316 0.78 41 199 240 0.59 1056.5 2.6
  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 93 238 2.56 97 686 .206 7 0.08 9 0.10 291 18 152 1.63 9 30 39 0.42 271.0 2.9
Conference 18 67 168 2.51 67 491 .206 5 0.07 8 0.12 208 14 120 1.79 8 23 31 0.46 195.5 2.9
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Home 9 35 90 2.57 39 268 .190 1 0.03 2 0.06 77 6 49 1.40 2 14 16 0.46 101.0 2.9
Away 11 38 93 2.45 34 264 .223 4 0.11 7 0.18 161 11 77 2.03 7 10 17 0.45 112.0 2.9
Neutral 6 20 55 2.75 24 154 .201 2 0.10 0 0.00 53 1 26 1.30 0 6 6 0.30 58.0 2.9
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Wins 14 47 120 2.55 41 324 .244 3 0.06 9 0.19 164 13 108 2.30 7 13 20 0.43 142.5 3.0
Losses 12 46 118 2.57 56 362 .171 4 0.09 0 0.00 127 5 44 0.96 2 17 19 0.41 128.5 2.8
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August 1 5 12 2.40 3 32 .281 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 0 0 0.00 1 4 5 1.00 15.0 3.0
September 10 34 90 2.65 35 252 .218 2 0.06 3 0.09 138 6 71 2.09 3 8 11 0.32 100.0 2.9
October 12 44 106 2.41 51 324 .170 4 0.09 5 0.11 92 7 58 1.32 3 17 20 0.45 122.5 2.8
November 3 10 30 3.00 8 78 .282 1 0.10 1 0.10 58 5 23 2.30 2 1 3 0.30 33.5 3.4