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2017 Women's Volleyball Roster

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19 Sydney Biniak

  • Position O
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Major Economics
  • Hometown Elkridge, Md.
  • High School Howard
  • Club Team Columbia Volleyball Club

Biography

2017
Saw action in all 30 matches and played in every set (114) during a historic senior season…Tabbed All-Colonial Athletic Association Third Team for the second straight year…Claimed a spot on VaSID All-State Second Team in back-to-back seasons...Named to four All-Tournament Teams…Finished her Tribe career as the seventh player in school history to eclipse 1,000 kills and 200 blocks…Ranks third all-time in total points scored (1231.0)…Her career-high average of 3.65 kills per set ranked sixth in the CAA and eighth at W&M…Stands fifth-best in Tribe history for most kills in a season (416) and third in points (455.0)…Her .240 attack percentage represents a career-best as well…Also contributed nine service aces, 102 digs (career-high) and 53 blocks…Generated 10-plus kills on 22 occasions and went on an insane stretch of 13 consecutive matches with double-digit kills….Hammered 17 kills to lift the Tribe to its first win against Georgia State (8/26)…Registered the school’s 13th-best hitting percentage (.591) in a sweep of Savannah State (9/2)…Went three consecutive matches (Davidson – 9/3, Wake Forest – 9/8, Maryland Eastern Shore – 9/9) with at least 16 kills and a hitting percentage above .330…Tied eighth in W&M history for most kills (29) in a match during a five-set bout with USC Upstate (9/9)…Nailed 21 kills in 40 attempts with eight errors (.325), while chipping in a season-high nine digs in the CAA opener with Delaware (9/21)…Recorded another extremely efficient outing at league rival Elon, hitting .462 in 26 attempts with 15 kills and just three errors…Lifted the Green and Gold to a CAA win over UNCW (10/13) behind 25 kills across 41 attempts with just four errors (.512 hitting efficiency)…Blocked a season-high five attacks to compliment eight kills and seven digs in her senior day match with Hofstra (11/5)…Capped her Tribe career with 11 kills and four blocks at CAA foe College of Charleston (11/12).

2016
Named to the All-Colonial Athletic Association Third Team…Received VaSID All-State Second Team honors…Earned a spot on the Colonial Classic All-Tournament Team… Saw action in 26 matches, all of them starts, and played in 94 total sets…Led W&M and ranked seventh in the CAA with 3.02 kills per set, which is second-best in single-season program history in the current scoring era…Totaled 284 kills on a .231 hitting percentage…Provided a stout defensive presence with 44 blocks total…Tallied double-digit kills in over half her appearances at 14, and registered at least 15 kills on six occasions…Recorded a .419 attack percentage with 17 kills on 31 attempts and just four errors in a win against Charlotte (9/9)…Finished just one dig shy of double-double with 10 kills and nine digs…Crushed a career-best 19 kills (.279 attack percentage) during a win over Davidson (9/17)…Hammered 14 kills on 25 attempts with just three errors (.440 attack percentage) at SEC foe South Carolina (9/17)…Smashed 16 kills and walled seven total blocks in a CAA win over the College of Charleston (10/7)…Made the most of 22 attempts with 11 kills and only two errors (.409 attack percentage) against Hofstra (10/21)...Followed up with 16 kills and five block assists against Northeastern (10/22)…Capped her junior campaign with 15 kills and a pair of service aces against Delaware (11/12).

2015
Chosen to the CAA Commissioner's Award for having a GPA over 3.2 ... Appeared in all 30 matches, starting all but three ... Played 109 sets, most for any non-senior and third-most overall ... Averaged 2.22 kills per set and 2.55 points per set while hitting .194 ... Had 10 matches of 10+ kills, including a season-best 15 at home against James Madison ... Had a season-high six blocks against Hofstra on Senior Day ... Served out two aces on four occassions, all against conference foes ... Season total of 277.5 points ranks 13th in the 25-pt era, and 242 total kills ranks 14th ... Improved to eighth in blocks per set (0.53) and ninth in both kills (1.99) and points per set (2.34) for her career in the current era.

2014
Led all W&M rookies by playing in 30 matches, making 12 starts in her first season ... Ranked fourth on the team with 1.71 kills per set ... Ranked third in blocks and led all outside-hitters with 62 (0.68 average) ... Her 60 block-assists was the 11th-most by any player in the current scoring format ... Gave W&M three 60+ blockers for the first time since 2005 ... Her 62 blocks was the 13th-best season in the current era ... Had a season-high 16 kills at Elon ... Best hitting percentage came against Hampton, when she hit .385 ... Both of her service aces on the year came at Towson ... Had three matches of 5+ blocks, including eight against Lehigh.

Prep
Three-sport star at Howard High ... Was the 2013 Gatorade Volleyball Player of the Year in Maryland ... Also earned Player of the Year honors from the Baltimore Sun and the Howard County Times following her senior campaign ... Named first-team All-Met by the Washington Post ... Captained Howard to the county title in 2013 ... Named first-team all-county as a junior ... Won the 2013 Maryland 3A state high jump title at a height of 5-6 ... Won the high jump, long jump, and triple jump county titles as a senior in 2014 ... First-team all-track in 2013 by the Baltimore Sun and Howard County Times ... 2013 Honorable-mention all-met by the Washington Post ... Also a standout center on the basketball team, captaining Howard each of her last two years ... Earned first-team all-county honors in basketball as well in 2013 and 2014 ... Helped claim the county championship as a senior ... Member of the National Honor Society and the National Art Honor Society ... Honor roll all four years of high school ... Never missed a day of school from kindergarten on up.

Personal
Daughter of Linda Barnhouse and Richard Biniak, Jr. ... Father ran cross country and track at UMBC ... Brother, MacGyver, played basketball at St. Mary's (Md.) ... Enjoys cooking and photography.

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Historical Player Information

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    2014Freshman

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    2015Sophomore

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    2016Junior

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    2017Senior

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