2024 Women's Volleyball Roster

15 Kristen Erland

  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • High School Notre Dame Academy
  • Hometown El Segundo, CA

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • All-WCC First Team Selection (2024)
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS (AT SAINT MARY'S)
  • All-WCC Second Team (2023)
  • All-WCC Freshman Team (2021)
  • Holds the Saint Mary's single-season record for Attack Percentage (0.397, 2023)
SENIOR (2024)
  • All-WCC First Team Selection
  • Played in each of the Toreros’ 28 matches, making 27 starts
  • Totaled 159 kills while hitting .370 alongside 119 total blocks (seven solo) across 100 sets
  • Also added 28 digs, 12 assists, and two service aces 
  • Averaged 1.59 kills per set, 1.19 blocks per set, and 2.24 points per set
  • Led the San Diego roster in hitting percentage and total blocks
  • Ranked third in the WCC in hitting percentage and fourth in blocks per set
  • Recorded a season-high 14 kills on November 21 versus Gonzaga
  • Tied her season-high seven total blocks in four separate matches
  • Finished the season tied for fifth in single-season block assists (112)
PREVIOUS SCHOOL (2021-2023)
  • Spent her freshman, sophomore, and junior seasons at Saint Mary's College of California before transferring to USD in December 2023
JUNIOR (2023) 
  • All-WCC Second Team
  • Was one of the Gaels' two starting middle blockers who helped the team lead the WCC in defense
  • Started every one of Saint Mary's 107 sets
  • Tallied 184 kills while hitting at 0.397, the highest single-season hitting percentage in program history and the second best in the WCC in 2023
  • Finished second on the team with 101 total blocks
  • Opened the season with 26 kills and no errors in her first three matches, including a program-record 10 kills on 12 swings and no errors (0.833 hitting percentage) in a win over Utah Tech in the Wildcat Invitational
  • Tied a career high with 15 kills at home against Southern Utah
  • Had a season-high 10 total blocks to go along with eight kills at home against San Jose State
SOPHOMORE (2022)
  • Appeared in 22 games in her second college season, making 20 starts
  • Finished as one of the top middle blockers on the team, with the second-best hitting percentage (.276) and the second-most blocks (67) on the SMC roster
  • Her 134 kills were good for fourth-best overall, and second-best among the Gaels' middle blockers
  • Became the second Gael ever to win the WCC's Defensive Player of the Week after her standout performances on September 9 and 10, 2023
    • Totaled 13 blocks in a win over Penn, which marked the fourth-most in a single match in Saint Mary's history, and at the time, the most in a match in the NCAA
  • Had a career-best with 14 kills against UC Davis (September 13),eclipsed that mark in a five-setter at home against Loyola Marymount on November 5, racking up 15 kills
FRESHMAN (2023)
  • All-WCC Freshman Team
    • Became the first Gael to earn the honor since 2015
  • Was the only SMC freshman to appear in all 27 matches, including nine starts during her debut season
  • Finished third on the team in kills (174) and kills per set (1.83)
  • Also was the third-best blocker on the year with 63 total blocks
  • Saved her best performances for conference play, where she tallied 10 or more kills five times
  • Had a career-best 12 kills against Santa Clara on September 28
  • Her four solo blocks against San Francisco on October 21 are the eighth-most solo blocks in a match in SMC rally-scoring history
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Attended Notre Dame Academy in El Segundo, California, where she earned five varsity letters (three in indoor volleyball and two in beach volleyball)
  • Secured First Team All-League honors as a sophomore, junior, and senior
PERSONAL
  • Born to Mike and Maria Erland in Santa Monica, California

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